Tony Bennett (Anthony Dominick Benedetto) Quotes
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I was brought up with beautiful music - Nat King Cole and Glen Miller from my dad, and my mum loved Judy Garland and Doris Day - brilliant stuff. Through my brothers and sisters I heard David Bowie and The Specials, The Carpenters, Meatloaf and The Rolling Stones.
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I'm as radical as libertarians come.
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You have to be yourself.
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She knew what all smart women knew: Laughter made you live better and longer.
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I dig all kinds of competition.
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I find myself gravitating towards drama. It interests me. In the books I read, the paintings I like, it's always the darker stuff.
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I love Massachusetts for a number of reasons. I once loved a magical girl who lived in a magnificently converted barn, a half-hour or so from Boston. I love your winters. I love the snow.
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I've learned about ice water in the morning - when you wake up tired, or you're jet lagged and you've been flying and your skin is dry, or you have puffy eyes - the ice water really helps cool the face down and helps circulation.
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You have to expect the raps when you have achieved popularity as a writer.
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And when you look at the Turtle's movie there is something there, definitely something there.
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A writer is someone who tells you one thing so someday he can tell his readers another thing: what he was thinking but declined to say, or what he would have thought had he been wiser. A writer turns his life into material, and if you're in his life, he uses yours, too.
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I can't comprehend that I'm in the film of 'Les Miserables.' It's one of those dreams I thought would be unattainable for someone like me, who came from nowhere.
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It was never important for a wedding to be about anything other than me and my partner. A big celebration was never my cup of tea.
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The first aspect of a business that you need to make it work well is money. Once the money aspect is flowing, you can freely work on other aspects.
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All I can say is that I've always felt like a very old soul. When I was 3, I felt 60.
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The understanding of Syria's devastating civil war has been distorted by the immense danger and difficulty of covering it.
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I do a lot of voice over for Japanese anime titles as well as live-action stuff and original stuff from the States. 'Legion of Super Heroes,' 'New Wolverine: The X - Men' animated series, 'Afro Samurai' and some live-action stuff, TV shows here and there - I like to mix it up.
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American society as a whole can never achieve the outer-reaches of potential, so long as it tolerates the inner cities of despair.
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When I went to London, they told me I spoke with a funny accent - English with a Chinese accent.
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I don't have a complex mind.
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I never wore a watch. I always depend on public clocks, and stores have clocks, but that is strange.
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When women fight for a higher salary, they can often feel guilty. When men fight for more pay, they feel empowered. I've always wanted to encourage women to go after the money they deserve.
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It gives the young men some assurance that things are going to be maintained.
