Tony Bennett (Anthony Dominick Benedetto) Quotes
I've been so fortunate because I never really had ups and downs as far as my career. Ninety-nine percent of the time, I've been sold out all over the world.
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I was able to really see that connection as a football player where success requires a lot of hard work and effort, physically and mentally.
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I realised that you couldn't use the tools of yesterday to communicate today's world. Basically, that was the big light that went on in my head.
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I'm not going to roll back anything. Nothing is going to change with respect to reproductive rights.
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A lot of my work involves instilling objects with the power of touch - a transference of soul, spirit, energy through actions.
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To be honest, proper recognition has only come from the fans. I don't want to be hard, and I don't want to be negative, but I want to be honest.
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I'd always put on little shows at home, but when I was 11, I did a community event in Woodford, where anyone could go. You had three days of vocal training and performed your song at the end. I sang 'I Say a Little Prayer.' It's a tough song to sing but they gave me the confidence to go for it and belt it out.
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The horror genre is not my favorite. I think it's fun, there's a great place for it and I get a kick out of it, but some stuff I'm too old for. You can't just take 10 guys and stick them in a cabin and off them one at a time - I'm not vested.
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I like the idea of being so passionate about everything I do and the fact that I might wake up tomorrow and say 'I want to be a chef,' and just pour myself into that.
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I was trying to manage school and training for the Olympics and ended up not doing well at either. That was a big lesson in my life. My mother expected both.
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Fashion is unique. It's a leveler, not a divider.
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If you wanted to build an Internet startup in 2005, you had to buy your own servers and hire someone to manage it. Now, that's unheard of.
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I am thankful to the Nobel committee for recognising the plight of millions of children who are suffering in this modern age.
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I have deep emotions about the American people. If I were to cry for anything, I would cry for them and the policies that they're about to face.
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Working with Bill Cosby was incredible. I was lucky to be a part of that.
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I'm an honorable human being. I know what to do and what not to do, and if I'm wrong, I always apologize. I'm a big enough man to do that.
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Saving enough to retire has become impossible for most Americans.
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In the heat of our campaigns, we have all become accustomed to a little anger and exaggeration. Yet, on the whole, our political process has served us well.
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Travelling expands the mind rarely.
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Generally speaking, if a human being never shows anger, then I think something's wrong. He's not right in the brain.
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How can anyone be against love?
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I have a massage when I want to relax. I love being pampered. I love island massages when you're outside in the fresh air.
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The symbol and the metaphor are as necessary to science as to poetry.
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Jazz music, as is also the case with the old down-home spirituals, gospel and jubilee songs, jumps, shouts and moans, is essentially an American vernacular or idiomatic modification of musical conventions imported from Europe, beginning back during the time of the early settlers of the original colonies.
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I've been so fortunate because I never really had ups and downs as far as my career. Ninety-nine percent of the time, I've been sold out all over the world.
