Glen Campbell Quotes
If you've got a good melody and a good story married together, that's a good sign for hit-song material.
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The good news is that parents are the leading influence on kids' decision not to drink alcohol.
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This is kind of weird, but I eat lemons with salt as snack. They're so good!
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It can be frustrating when you're put in a category with others. Women do get lumped together in this reductive grouping, and you think, 'Gosh, that rarely happens with the boys.' I'm sure people don't say to Eddie Redmayne, 'How do you feel about Andrew Garfield?'
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With songs I almost see the images, see the action, and then all I have to do is describe it. It's almost like watching a scene from a film, and that's what I go about trying to catch in a song.
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My mom actually taught fifth grade, so... I'm good with fifth graders. That's, like, my specialty.
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It is such a gift to be able to write songs in general, but when you can share it with somebody, it is just such a pleasure. It is such a happy moment when you finish a song, and you are just like, 'Wow - that was great.'
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I take so much pleasure at seeing customers who are happy: happy with what they eat, but happy with their friends and sharing a great moment together, and I think that is more important in life than the endless pursuit of perfection.
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My great religion is a belief in the blood, the flesh, as being wiser than the intellect. We can go wrong in our minds. But what our blood feels and believes and says, is always true. The intellect is only a bit and a bridle.
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Fencing is a game of living chess, a match where reflexes only work in combination with intent, and mind and body must work together at every moment.
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Playing good girls in the 30s was difficult, when the fad was to play bad girls. Actually I think playing bad girls is a bore; I have always had more luck with good girl roles because they require more from an actress.
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Anyone who says there isn't pressure to look good as an actor in L.A. is lying.
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I like to follow my favorite team and talk sports with my band or fans. You won't believe how many musicians are sports fans. We have so much time on tour that we need these outlets for relaxation.
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Sport's always a good thing - it's healthy, and it takes your mind off other things.
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I don't think there's an illustrator who's as good as a Titian or a Rembrandt... but then, Rembrandt was a bit of an illustrator on the quiet, you know?
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The buzz you get when you're playing a song and everyone is screaming and dancing and what have you and singing along is incredible.
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Even when things are at their worst, there's a little voice in your head saying, 'Good story!'
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Quakers almost as good as colored. They call themselves friends and you can trust them every time.
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A feel-good style can be a symptom of unawareness or lack of caring.
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Self-actualized people are independent of the good opinion of others.
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I'm reasonably good at talking onstage, but actually holding court in a pub is all to do with power dynamics which I don't think has anything to do with fiction.
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The recent, single-year influx of unaccompanied minors from foreign countries into the United States is a direct result of President Obama's policies of encouraging amnesty and failing to enforce existing immigration laws.
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A financer is a pawnbroker with an imagination.
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If you've got a good melody and a good story married together, that's a good sign for hit-song material.
