Jennifer Holliday Quotes

A lot of my die-hard fans think I have a lot of hits, but I don't.

Jennifer Holliday

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I think 'Hero' is not a real martial arts movie; it is not about violence, or formula.

Jet Li

HeroThinkViolenceRealArtsMovie

The early influences, in many ways, were in Baltimore. I was passing open windows where there might be a radio playing something funky. In the summertime, sometimes there'd be a man sitting on a step, playing an acoustic guitar, playing some kind of folk blues. The seed had been planted.

Jerry Leiber

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Time is always a component of place; you can't really talk about where without talking about when.

Jennifer Egan

TimeTalkingYouPlaceTalkWithout

I have mood swings, but I'm sure people in England have that, too. Me and my friends, we're just a bunch of happy idiots.

Jens Lekman

HappyPeopleMeFriendsMoodIdiots

For one person, Haydn is most exciting. Or Bach is the most exciting. For another, it's Carter or Strauss. For me - and for any musician - all of the music is exciting. And if you don't approach it with excitement, we can't be musicians.

Andris Nelsons

MusicMeMusiciansYouPersonMost

We need a more substantive conversation around race relations and the way people of color are treated.

Megan Rapinoe

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Too many of us still believe our differences define us.

John Lewis

BelieveDifferencesDefineUsStill

If you want an active schedule, you have to husband your time so you can act on the things that are important.

Robert Pozen

TimeHusbandYouImportantWantAct

I have a 6-year-old daughter, and we never look through magazines. But when we're on a plane, that's the one time we have screen-time and magazine-time sometimes. And I do not open a magazine with her without saying: 'Now remind me, are these real pictures?'

Alysia Reiner

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Part of making any endeavour is that each one has its own special problems. It's the nature of the process.

Martin Scorsese

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I freely admit that I took great license in writing 'The Dark Queen,' more so than my other historical romance novels. This is largely because I viewed the book as a fantasy novel as much as an historical. I do feel that writers should strive for as much accuracy as possible but, in the end, remember that we are writing fiction.

Susan Carroll

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When a machine can do something better and faster than a person can, I am happy to let the machine do it.

Susan Orlean

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