Carol Leifer Quotes

My father was the king of the joke-tellers. I was so impressed as a child watching him, holding people in rapt attention.

Carol Leifer

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• And upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution, upon military necessity, I invoke the considerate judgment of all mankind, and the gracious favor of Almighty God.

  

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• I can stay up watching TV so late.

  

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• I've pretty much behaved like a knucklehead my entire life.

  

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• If you don't improve the lives of the poor, it's not charity.

  

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• It's almost an impossible thing to get a movie made that is written by two actors who want to star in it, when no one knows who they are. The only time it happened that I know of was when Sylvester Stallone did it in 'Rocky.'

  

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• You reach a point in your career when the weeks turn into a month or more of the phone not ringing.

  

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• I get most of my inspiration from older records. Most of the records that I listen to were probably made before I was born, and I was born in the mid-'70s. I don't know why, exactly, I'm drawn to those sounds.

  

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• The various forms of intellectual activity which together make up the culture of an age, move for the most part from different starting-points, and by unconnected roads.

  

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• I did model for a little while part-time, but I wasn't a bloody model, and I am definitely not that horrible thing 'model-turned-actress.'

  

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• I never thought of myself as a performer or songwriter or singer.

  

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• My husband cooks fancier food for himself than I've ever cooked on-air. I call him from the road, and he's making champagne-vanilla salmon or black-cherry pork chop. Half of me is feeling unworthy. Not only am I not a chef, I'm not a better cook than my own husband!

  

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• I've gone through many phases in music in my life. Before I was signed, I was making completely different music, and my fan base has followed me. They continue to follow me as the music progresses and as I grow as an artist. As long as I stay true and don't pretend to be someone I'm not, I hope they'll come along with it.

  

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• My father was the king of the joke-tellers. I was so impressed as a child watching him, holding people in rapt attention.

  

  Carol Leifer
  • People
  • Children
  • Father