Cy Coleman Quotes

So I went into jazz and performed in jazz clubs all over the country.

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• People who want the most approval get the least and people who need approval the least get the most.

  

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• Your private life is really very important for you. You know, all of us, you know.

  

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• When the Islamic revolution began in 1979 under the leadership of Ayatollah Khomeini, it aroused considerable admiration in the Arab street. It presented a model of organised popular action that deposed one of the region's most tyrannical regimes. The people of the region discerned in this revolution new hope for freedom and change.

  

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• As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone is for you.

  

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• I owe it all to Jesus.

  

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• I've sort of heard that 'it' girl thing, but not really. Hearing it from a few people doesn't solidify it in my mind and I wouldn't know how to solidify that title. It's so elusive and what does it mean, I don't know?

  

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• It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one's dignity, to work unhampered, to be generous, frank and independent.

  

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• I know dozens of authors who have had a lot of books published by New York, and they won't ever take another Big 6 contract since they've gotten a taste of the freedom, control, and money self-publishing offers.

  

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• My father's record collection was all country. That's how I was exposed to it.

  

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• So I went into jazz and performed in jazz clubs all over the country.

  

  Cy Coleman
  • Country