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Phylicia Rashad: The stubbornness I...

Phylicia Rashad: The stubbornness I...

The stubbornness I had as a child has been transmitted into perserverence. I can let go but I don't give up. I don't...

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Alfred Hitchcock: The more successful...

Alfred Hitchcock: The more successful...

The more successful the villain, the more successful the picture.

Source: In The...

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Ingmar Bergman: Art lost its...

Ingmar Bergman: Art lost its...

Art lost its basic creative drive the moment it was separated from worship . . . In former days the artist remained...

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Luis Bunuel: Frankly, despite my...

Luis Bunuel: Frankly, despite my...

Frankly, despite my horror of the press, I'd love to rise from the grave every ten years or so and go buy a few...

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Oliver Stone: [T]here's something about...

Oliver Stone: [T]here's something about...

[T]here's something about movies that always amazes me, their transcendence of time. You can in one second, in one...

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Billy Wilder: If you're going...

Billy Wilder: If you're going...

If you're going to tell people the truth, make them laugh, or they'll kill you.

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Billy Wilder: Shoot a few...

Billy Wilder: Shoot a few...

Shoot a few scenes out of focus. I want to win the foreign film award.

Source: In...

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Huddie Leadbelly Ledbetter: My guitar is...

Huddie Leadbelly Ledbetter: My guitar is...

My guitar is half my life and my wife is the other half.

Source: c. 1926; in My...

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Mahalia Jackson: Anybody that sings...

Mahalia Jackson: Anybody that sings...

Anybody that sings the blues is in a deep pit, yelling for help.

Source: In Aretha...

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Robert Orben: A compliment is...

Robert Orben: A compliment is...

A compliment is verbal sunshine.

Source: In Webster's Electronic Quotebase, ed....

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Max Roach: The American drummer...

Max Roach: The American drummer...

The American drummer is a one-man percussion orchestra.

Source: In Jazz Magasine,...

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Max Roach: Jazz is a...

Max Roach: Jazz is a...

Jazz is a very democratic musical form. It comes out of a communal experience. We take our respective instruments and...

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Chet Atkins: You shape your...

Chet Atkins: You shape your...

You shape your own destiny.

Source: In The Book of Country Music Wisdom, ed. by...

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Jimi Hendrix: . . ....

Jimi Hendrix: . . ....

. . . and so castles made of sand slip into the sea eventually.

Source: From My...

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Samuel Goldwyn: I think luck...

Samuel Goldwyn: I think luck...

I think luck is the sense to recognize an opportunity and the ability to take advantage of it. The man who can smile...

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Aretha Franklin: If a song's...

Aretha Franklin: If a song's...

If a song's about something I've experienced or that could've happened to me it's good. But if it's alien to me, I...

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Gail Parent: Do you want...

Gail Parent: Do you want...

Do you want to live in a world where a man Iies about calories?

Source: The Facts,...

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Fannie Hurst: But suppose, asks...

Fannie Hurst: But suppose, asks...

But suppose, asks the student of the professor, we follow all your structural rules for writing, what about that...

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Linda Ronstadt: I don't think...

Linda Ronstadt: I don't think...

I don't think you can look for love. All you can do is get yourself in a situation where you don't discourage...

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Karen Carpenter: I had no...

Karen Carpenter: I had no...

I had no idea whether I could play 'em or not, but I wanted to and I was very determined. . . but the band director...

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