Shawn Amos Quotes

From chain gangs to folk songs to intelligent soul, America has created musicians dedicated to truth, justice, and a better American Way.

Shawn Amos

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TruthJusticeSoulBetterMusicians

I had a liver transplant, then I had a pacemaker put in, then I had a new knee put it, then I had a heart valve put in. I'm almost brand new. I have a lot of new parts.

Jim Nabors

HeartBrandNewLiverTransplant

Sexiness has its different roles.

Joanna Krupa

SexinessDifferentDifferent Roles

I'll accept bad taste in a minute, as long as there's some great comedy minds and performances.

Mel Brooks

GreatComedyLongBadAcceptMinds

We spent a month in Japan last year, a week in Istanbul for the United Nations, and nearly three months in my native Nova Scotia, where my two brothers have homes; and we'll go back there this summer.

Robert MacNeil

WeekYearBackSummerGoThree

Pre-state societies were far more violent than our own.

Steven Pinker

MoreOwnFarViolentThanOur

That helped me to keep in touch with myself and to keep in touch with this really quite extraordinary language and literature into which I had pushed a little way.

Robert Fitzgerald

MyselfMeLanguageLiteratureWay

I have the best agent, manager, publicist, acting coach, and lawyer. Without them, I wouldn't have the opportunities that I've had.

Rochelle Aytes

BestLawyerOpportunitiesActing

Every film is a political act; it's how you see the world.

Mira Nair

WorldPoliticalYouSeeActFilm

My mom has obviously had a powerful influence on my life, and her voice can describe certain things that I couldn't see in myself.

Common

LifeMyselfMomInfluenceVoiceSee

Ever since I was a kid, this was all I wanted to do. I've wanted to do music. I wanted to sing. It's all I know.

Bruno Mars

MusicKnowKidSingWantedEver

Once you touch the trappings of monarchy, like opening an Egyptian tomb, the inside is liable to crumble.

Anthony Sampson

YouTouchInsideOpeningMonarchy

I've studied Charlie Chaplin for years. I've studied Lucille Ball, Carol Burnett, all of them. I don't play around. This is not a game.

Tiffany Haddish

GamePlayYearsBallAroundThem

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