Johnny Mathis Quotes
Every performer has a little gem, a little pearl they have done that nobody pays much attention to. And then one day, somebody does recognize it, which is so gratifying.
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WWE was an opportunity to wrestle in front of thousands - in 2013, I did 227 matches, and almost all of them were in front of more than three or four thousand people, with a high of 70,000 plus. It was an incredible experience to be part of that.
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I'm sort of contrary and stubborn sometimes. When everybody says, 'You have to read this book! You have to read this book!' I'm like 'Oh, I'll get around to it.'
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The victory of the working people over the exploiters and slave holders is at the same time the victorious struggle for liberation by the German people.
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Acting is doing. It's not speaking; it's behavior. It's something happening, even if you're only listening.
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It's important for any artist - particularly female artists - to feel completely comfortable and to know what they're trying to do.
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I suppose I have played a lot of put-upon women, but it's never bothered me. They've never been weak – they've always got steel in them.
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Television is more of a business. You can't take as many risks, because there's so many channels now, and the advertising's dropping.
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Stories are like that. Like cities, they are built on the stones and bones of the past.
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There are 309 million people out there that are trying to improve their lot in life. And we've got a system that allows them to do it.
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Happiness is only attained by the free will agreeing in its freedom to accord with the will of God.
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Disease and ill health are caused largely by damage at the molecular and cellular level, yet today's surgical tools are too large to deal with that kind of problem.
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For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain, you lose something else.
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Our founders said that everybody mattered, everybody counted. But we all know that they didn't count everybody at the beginning. They did somehow have confidence that each generation of Americans would do a better job with it and would bring more and more people in from the margins and into the heart and soul of our democracy.
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If particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies, we are determined to foment a rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any laws in which we have no voice, or representation.
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Bling is good.
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My work always presents problems in our society. Those problems may be anything from injustice to freedom, and everything related to humanity.
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I was 12 when it really hit me. I did children's theatre camp during the summers and played a fairy in 'A Midsummer Night's Dream.' The next summer, I played Clytemnestra in 'Agamemnon' and I was like, 'OK, this is amazing.'
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It's not the name that makes the player. It's the player.
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Being Christian towards poor people means trying to improve their lives and give them back some self-respect.
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On the other hand, the vast majority of all westernized countries, including every single European country along with Israel and Japan, do not offer birthright citizenship.
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Here's the thing about hair; I think most people think that I have Lego hair, like I can just take it on and off in one piece, and that's not quite the case - although pretty close.
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To his credit, Obama has undertaken a truly ambitious effort to redefine the United States' view of the world and to reconnect the United States with the emerging historical context of the twenty-first century. He has done this remarkably well.
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My mother said, Don't worry abot what people think now. Think about whether your children and grandchildren will think you've done well.
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Every performer has a little gem, a little pearl they have done that nobody pays much attention to. And then one day, somebody does recognize it, which is so gratifying.
