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The greatest benefit of being a solo performer is that it is seriously frightening, but at the same time very empowering. It's just you and the audience. All the weight is on you to deliver the songs.
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You cannot tailor-make the situations in life but you can tailor-make the attitudes to fit those situations.
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Every few years, I go back into all the songs and I update them so that it never sounds like an oldies show. If you come to the shows, they're full of muscle. 'Copacabana' sounds like it could have been released yesterday.
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In chess, you should be as cool as a cucumber.
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I've been in this business for 40 years - you do a show, and you don't know what's going to come of it.
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With 500 channels and the Internet available, you'd think a candidate could get the word out.
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One of the exciting things about reporting is going to places you've never been to before.
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I didn't wake up and decide to become an activist. But you couldn't help notice the inequities, the injustices. It was all around you.
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In order to be universal, you have to be rooted in your own culture.
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If you get something like 'Avatar,' it opens up a lot of big blockbuster doors.
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You could say that all novels are spy novels and all novelists are spy masters.
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If you're playing the bad guy, you have to find what you like about them.
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I think if you come from a history of persecution you have to develop a sense of humour.
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If you're famous, you're not free.
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Yeah, I'm old as the hills and you would think I'd be out to pasture someplace because I've done everything, but nothing has changed.
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If you can't move the audience, they don't want you.
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Would you believe in what you believe in if you were the only one who believed it?
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It's unacceptable to just sit on the couch and say I'm not doing anything. You've got to get out and do everything you can.
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You don't have a peaceful revolution. You don't have a turn-the-cheek revolution. There's no such thing as a nonviolent revolution.
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Acting is exciting. It is different every time you do it.
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Experience is what you get while looking for something else.
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Maybe it's a tired tale, but without an education, you're not going to go anywhere.
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Don't taunt the alligator until after you've crossed the creek.
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You have to be physical. If you are not, defensive backs will try to pick on you.
