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.
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My health is fine.
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A teacher should have a creative mind.
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If England became a world power, it was because of the industrial revolution.
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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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I'm afraid that I won't do a good job when I go into an audition.
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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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I'd never been published when I was young.
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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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Sometimes I'll have an idea for a story or have a subject, and that will inspire lyrics, but most of the time, hopefully, they already exist somewhere else.
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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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No industry in living memory has collapsed faster than daily print journalism.
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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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If I was in a room with a bunch of skinheads talking about racism, then I would be disturbed, but after we finished a take, we were normal people again.
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The budget is tight, and that is exactly where we want it to be and where we need it to be.
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Pride had kept her running when love had betrayed her.
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Having spent time on the Broadway stage definitely helps one's confidence in terms of feeling just validated in that world. Most people only know my voice as a country artist.
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I only seek in my old age to perfect that which I had not before thoroughly learned in my youth, because my sins were a hindrance to me.
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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.
