Donald Fagen Quotes
I've never been comfortable as a lead performer, and I never wanted to be a singer, particularly.
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There are lots of wonderful old Italian actors. You don't need to take an Egyptian to play an Italian actor.
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One of the most interesting aspects of the film project was collaborating with so many people - directors, filmmakers, and writers - over a five-year period. I learned that there are two components to this.
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In the name of the constitution of Texas, which has been trampled upon, I refuse to take this oath. I love Texas too well to bring civil strife and bloodshed upon her.
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The Backstreet Boys were so ten years ago. Whatever.
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My party is committed to a federation.
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We do not yet possess ourselves, and we know at the same time that we are much more.
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When I go from a role with heavy prosthetic makeup, which I've done quite a bit of as well, and then do a role where I'm not wearing any, I have to be conscious of toning everything down.
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The prevailing system of management has crushed fun out of the workplace.
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Economic sanctions rarely achieve the desired results.
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I remember once being told by a casting person, years ago, that I shouldn't pursue a career in the business because of the color of my skin. The fact that I remember it today means it stuck with me. I thought that was really stupid advice and advice nobody should ever give someone.
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If I am not for myself, who will be for me? If I am not for others, what am I? And if not now, when?
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There are people who are born deaf and grow up deaf who don't speak at all, and some of them have told me that they resent a little bit that I do speak. But, you know, I have to be myself. I have to do what I'm comfortable doing.
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People take sides on political things, such as the Vietnam War. War is immoral and war is wrong, but I don't think the clergy ought to bring it before the Church.
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I like my coffee like I like my women. In a plastic cup.
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We've always been modestly leveraged, and we've never believed in a great deal of leverage on either our private equity business or on our investment banking business. And I think it really goes back to my uncle and dad growing up in the Depression and just seeing what happened to people who were overly levered.
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I tend to write during the day so I can see my children at night. But if my kids aren't with me and I have a chunk of time when I'm a single woman living in my house for a miraculous week, I will get to write at different hours.
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If Alibaba cannot become a Microsoft or Wal-Mart, I will regret it for the rest of my life.
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The Sin Washer had died centuries ago, and His legacy seemed often to be in the accumulation of connections and power more than the distribution of emotional or spiritual ease. She kept that thought to herself. Wisdom came in many forms, and silence was often the most useful.
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Teaching children to debate without teaching children to listen is divorce training.
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I get weepy even watching the news.
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People want to see something authentic. If it's too polished and highly produced, people might not trust it as much. If it's grainy, if it's coming from a webcam, if it's someone standing there and talking their mind or sharing their thoughts, people trust it much more.
Chad Hurley -
You should have a fear of some things. That doesn't mean it incapacitates you from your ability to figure out a way to deal with it.
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I've never been comfortable as a lead performer, and I never wanted to be a singer, particularly.
