Shirley Bassey Quotes

I learned by standing in the wings and watching established acts on stage.

Shirley Bassey

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: musician
  • Nationality:
  • Birth: January 8, 1937

Topics

WingsWatchingStageStandingActs

For interns at 'The Weekly Standard' or 'National Review,' where the martial instinct finds its most insistent voice, what Robert Kagan calls the military 'career path' is not widely seen as a plausible future. Pulling a trigger is what Jose, Tyrone, and Bubba do, not early admission students at the better private universities.

John Gregory Dunne

FuturePathVoiceBetterEarlySeen

I had no choice but to work hard. I was a straight-A student, went to college, and I loved business. I never thought I was going to be a singer myself.

Jenni Rivera

WorkBusinessMyselfCollegeThought

Russia should support globalization. The Internet can develop in Russia in a very speedy way.

Anatoly Chubais

SupportInternetGlobalizationWay

Ruskin's concern for art education applied to the development of the power of the hand and eye for everyone.

Robert Hewison

EducationPowerArtEyeHand

If you wait until those weapons pose a direct, clear, present danger to the United States, you've probably waited too long.

John Sununu

WaitPresentLongYouPoseClear

There's a certain type of character that you can't help but come in contact with growing up and living in Brooklyn and Long Island. A certain mixture of moxie, heart, and a wise guy sense of humor.

Steve Buscemi

CharacterHeartHumorWiseHelpYou

Because I've spent most of my life with such a beautiful, talented, challenging female, I feel I've gained - and am still gaining - a great deal of knowledge about the feminine mystique and about personal relationships - knowledge which is so important to a writer.

Stan Lee

LifeKnowledgeBeautifulGreatFeel

I study nature, and I realize that no matter how much you learn, you can't top nature.

Tony Bennett

NatureLearnYouMatterTopStudy

For me, the creative process for me always starts in a personal place. I step away from my iPod or any records or CDs.

Miguel

CreativeStepMeProcessPlaceAway

I didn't get into politics to play a character on TV.

Jason Kander

CharacterPoliticsPlayGetTV

President Obama's first term in office has been better for intentions than for actual changes in planning and policy. I do believe, and he has several things to this effect, that he would like to provide universal preschool or at least far more preschool for our children.

Jonathan Kozol

ChildrenBelievePlanningBetter

It is greed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.

Democritus

GreedTalkingWantListen

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