Johnny Mathis Quotes
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Wit is the appearance, the external flash of imagination. Thus its divinity, and the witty character of mysticism.
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I really believed that my songs were good enough for the whole world to listen to. I had fans from America or the U.K. who would be like, 'Oh my God, I love your music'.
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I used to sculpt a bit as a kid.
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I've had more ups than downs in my career. All you can do is keep working. You still have to take enjoyment out of what you're doing, and things will turn, and my smile has always been there. In good moments and bad.
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I'm the first Icelandic director who started working on U.S. movies. There are others behind me now, but it's like when Bjork opened the door for Icelandic musicians to work abroad. We're such a closed-off country, but Bjork broke the spell. And I'm glad it was a woman who did it. She showed us we could break this barrier.
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We should revoke passports from any Americans or dual citizens who are fighting with ISIS.
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I'm a New Yorker; I've paid my dues.
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I'm a nice middle-class girl in real life, and I'm a mom and a grandma, and I usually play sweet characters.
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I thought 'Pineapple Express' was hilarious.
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He started pushing to make birdies and you don't do that when you're down.
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I'm still walking around New York like a tourist staring up at all the skyscrapers. I wave at people, I shake hands, I help ladies with strollers.
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A man of honour should never forget what he is because he sees what others are.
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Don't marry a man to reform him - that's what reform schools are for.
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I never experienced much outright anti-Semitism. While we learned about the Holocaust - endlessly, it felt like - no spray-painted swastika ever appeared on my childhood landscape. Jewish persecution was an ever-looming reality, but always an abstract one.
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I've admired Lawrence master from his choreographer days. I love how he experiments and makes it work. I like his attention to detail and the intrigue in his movies.
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I cannot believe there is caste system in society; I cannot believe people are judged on the basis of their prosperity.
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The supreme power cannot justly take from any man any part of his property, without his consent in person or by his representative. … Now what liberty can there be where property is taken away without consent?
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Many Italians suspect that this is our last chance for change.
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Touring with Brian May was like a dream come true that happened early in my career. He inspired me with the way he harmonized and layered his guitar sounds.
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I'm an athlete. I go out there and fight my heart out.
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Hillary Clinton is such a formidable candidate.
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I had the strong sense that I really wanted to be a SEAL, and I started thinking, 'Look, I don't ever want to look back and feel I have any regrets.'
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I cannot tell you how lucky I am: the songs that I sing, I like!
