Smokey Robinson Quotes

I always try to write a song, I never just want to write a record.

Smokey Robinson

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SongWantTryNeverWriteAlways

I was doing a college show for the first time, and there was this 20-year-old gay male who's been diabetic his entire life. He said, 'I really wanna get into stand-up.' I was like, 'Oh, my God, do you realize how interesting and inherently funny you are? Go do all the comedy that you wanna do.' I care about that.

Jessica Williams

LifeFunnyGodTimeCollegeCare

I surrendered to a world of my imagination, reenacting all those wonderful tales my father would read aloud to me. I became a very active reader, especially history and Shakespeare.

Andrew Wyeth

FatherHistoryImaginationMeWorld

For me, it's important to have a team and coach and manager that I know, and they know me, so they are not coming to me with everything.

Angelique Kerber

MeTeamKnowImportantManager

I want to work with anyone who's passionate about telling a story. I obviously have a list of people I really love, but it's a really long list.

Matt Bomer

WorkLovePeopleStoryLongWant

Since the pleasure of most foods is in the first few bites, eat one thing on your plate at a time, at least at the start of the meal when you can concentrate and enjoy the full flavors.

Mireille Guiliano

TimeStartEnjoyYouFirstEat

America is still the land of opportunity, and hard work is still a pathway to success.

Dianne Feinstein

WorkHard WorkSuccessOpportunity

To call New York's traffic at holiday time a nightmare is to understate.

Dick Cavett

TimeHolidayNewTrafficCallYork

Something's going to happen that's going to make us all pay attention at the type of sentences some people are serving and the conditions in which they are served.

Christopher Darden

PeopleAttentionSome PeoplePayUs

The lion's share of what I hear right now are people who, intentional or accidental, have avoided all jazz prior to 1960. And all the musicians who were successful in the '60s spent their entire lives, prior to 1960, listening to all the musicians these people avoid.

Branford Marsalis

LionPeopleListeningMusiciansJazz

Liberace was a miracle. You talk about who he was and what he did, and then you look at who he inspired, from Elton John to Cher to Michael Jackson to Bette Midler. There are so many people that came to see him. Elvis was there, watching his shows.

Scott Bakula

PeopleYouLookTalkWatchingSee

There's a vast encyclopedia of fears and phobias, and pretty much any object, experience, situation you can think of, there is someone who has a phobia of it.

Scott Stossel

ExperienceThinkSomeoneYouPretty

I just pinch myself, because I think if there's anything I can be proud of, I've survived success, which I think is difficult these days.

TobyMac

SuccessMyselfProudThinkI Can

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