Kenny Rogers Quotes

My mom loved to sing - and I'll go on record and say she was the worst singer ever. I'd get up and move away from her!

Kenny Rogers

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To my mind the election was stolen by George Bush and we have been suffering ever since under this man's leadership.

Jessica Lange

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Those of us who have yet to find philanthropy may find there is a far greater reward from it than from wealth creation.

John Caudwell

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Michael Palin decided to give up on his considerable comedy talents to make those dreadfully tedious travel shows. Have you ever tried to watch one?

John Cleese

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I love watching the Oscars and seeing everybody saying all that 'it's an honour just to be nominated' rubbish. Then you see their faces when the split screen comes up as the winner is announced - the losers are all smiling through gritted teeth and looking as if they just swallowed half a pound of soor plooms.

John Niven

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I love storytelling and I love just relating directly to an audience. That's why we do theatre, it's because we love contact with the audience. We love the fact that the audience will change us. The way the audience responds makes us change our performance.

Simon Callow

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A writer should bury his thoughts deep and convey them through the characters in his novel.

Mo Yan

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The true greatness of a person, in my view, is evident in the way he or she treats those with whom courtesy and kindness are not required.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

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We still have not been able to move into those positions in our country that are really directing traffic among that 1 percent, and that's where women have to break through.

Claire McCaskill

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People say that to me and I think what unites all my characters is that they are hurt; it's most accurate to say I play characters that are hurt but are responding to their environment.

Ashley Judd

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I have come to understand and appreciate writers much more recently since I started working on a book last fall. Before that, I thought golf writers got up every morning, played a round of golf, had lunch, showed up for our last three holes and then went to dinner.

Phil Mickelson

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It's very important to listen when someone is speaking up. I always keep my ear to the ground.

Svetlana Alexievich

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My home has a split personality. Some of the rooms are very French antique. Think Aubusson rugs, turquoise ceramic jugs, sandbag pillows, and broken birdcages. The other half is very Aztec. Neon ikat fabric pillows, vintage books piled up to the ceiling, and shutters from Bali.

Poppy Delevingne

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