Tony Bennett (Anthony Dominick Benedetto) Quotes
I try to tell the story about the song with the believability that I've lived it myself and I understand what it's all about.
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Knowledge is knowing that we cannot know.
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I consider myself as a free spokesman for the people.
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I am often critical of Israel's policies when in the country, but then feel defensive of them when overseas.
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If you give what can be taken, you are not really giving. Take what you are given, not what you want to be given. Give what cannot be taken.
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One thing that we decided very early in the relationship is that when he goes, we all go - the whole family.
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Eventually, I grew out of my interest in motorcycles because they're quite dangerous. I don't ride them anymore. But I have this history.
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I don't want to be a bust.
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I still consider myself a working-class girl and would send my kids to public school.
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I enjoy speaking to other women about turning 50, and how we can enjoy it, and how we can explore it.
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I do not consider myself beautiful.
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I thought marriage was something very quiet and very regular and very bourgeois.
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In passing, also, I would like to say that the first time Adam had a chance he laid the blame on a woman.
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If I could get the respect of 14-year-olds, I'm happy. They're the toughest audience.
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Look at the Afghans, during the time of the Soviet invasion. They were among the poorest Muslims in the world, yet they were sustained by their faith in God, and God alone.
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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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From the viewpoint of what you can do, therefore, languages do differ - but the differences are limited. For example, Python and Ruby provide almost the same power to the programmer.
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We do have pictures on the wall, in our office in Belfast where we spend half our time. All the head shots are on the wall. So yeah, we just throw darts at the ones we don't want anymore.
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They are more beautiful than anything in the world, kinetic sculptures, perfect form in motion.
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I absolutely love Ireland. It's one of the most beautiful places on Earth, and I have strong ties here. Both my grandmothers are from Ireland, and I have spent every summer in Bantry since my father, who is an artist, had the romantic idea 20 years ago to buy an old farmhouse on the west coast and renovate it.
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It is almost always a mistake to mention Abraham Lincoln. He always steals the show.
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I'm recording freely, and if I make a song, I release it immediately, so I'm more likely to believe in one song at a time as opposed to albums.
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I met India Arie, who is one of my favorite artists of all time. It was really sweet; I was broken up with a month before, and she stayed up texting me all night and was helping me through it. Her text message looks like a song of hers. She's sort of become my fairy godmother.
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I try to tell the story about the song with the believability that I've lived it myself and I understand what it's all about.
