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Johnny Rivers Quotes

One thing will lead to another and somebody will come up with a riff or a line or something we build from.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: musician
Nationality: american
Birth: November 7, 1942

Topics

Build Will Lead Line Up Something

Most screenplays I receive are boring, and some are straight-out bad.

Bad Boring Most Some Receive

I'm not good at narrative; I'm really a gag writer, and that comes from being in the newspaper comic strip world for a while in college. What I do is I just write tons of jokes, then I sort them out in terms of quality and then pick the best of the jokes and then try to form them into a plot. If I get a good theme going, I feel lucky.

Good Best Quality College World Try

Whatever is in the best interest of the Lakers, that's what's important to me.

Metta World Peace

Best Me Important Whatever Interest

I was in the music industry as Amanda Diva for 10 years but I realized that I had bigger work to do and needed to get busy doing that work. I really do believe that I'm here for a bigger purpose, and I want to be a role model and speak for the black community and black women specifically. Humor was the way it felt most organic and effective for me.

Work Women Music Community Humor Me

I may be 80, but I intend to keep acting until the day I die. Instead of slowing down, I've discovered my second wind.

Day Wind Die Acting Down May

If you're telling a story, and somebody is going to come out badly, it better be you.

Story Better You Out Going Come

It affords me sincere pleasure to be able to apprise you of the entire removal of the Cherokee Nation of Indians to their new homes west of the Mississippi.

Martin Van Buren

Me You New Nation Pleasure Sincere

Generally speaking, there is more wit than talent in the world. Society swarms with witty people who lack talent.

Antoine Rivarol

Talent People World Society Witty

There are teachers' unions around the country realizing they want to improve standards of the profession, improve the quality of their profession, and ultimately attract the best and the brightest to their profession. The vast majority of teachers are dedicated and committed.

Antonio Villaraigosa

Best Quality Country Want Unions

Learning is a result of listening, which in turn leads to even better listening and attentiveness to the other person. In other words, to learn from the child, we must have empathy, and empathy grows as we learn.

Education Learning Words Child Learn

Once I start writing about somebody, I become very protective of them.

Writing Start Become Somebody Once

A lot of the point mags are going out of business. They dropped the pay tremendously and it's all because of the internet. I used to go out once a month to LA and shoot for one week. I'd make a ton of money then come back to New York and do whatever I wanted.

Business Money New York Internet New

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