Ken Burns Quotes

You can learn as much about the history from reading about the present as you can vice versa, that is learning about the present through history, which is what I do for a living.

Ken Burns

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LearningHistoryReadingPresentYou

Actors are real. It's a real skill, and it exists, and talent really exists.

Jeff Nichols

TalentSkillRealReallyExists

I don't think you need a record deal to write songs. You don't need any other reason than you want to do it. It's a far cry from why some people do music today. They make it to order, which is pretty horrible.

Andy Taylor

MusicTodayPeopleThinkYouWant

I've been in basketball a long time, and nobody is more of a competitor than I am.

Steve Alford

TimeI AmBasketballLongLong Time

Any time there is an economic downturn or political strife, lipstick sales skyrocket. If you have a hard day, it's this $14 thing that lifts your day. I think drag has that same lipstick effect.

Trixie Mattel

TimeDayThinkPoliticalYouSales

I don't believe things happen in vain. I believe they happen for a reason.

Tracey Gold

BelieveThings HappenI BelieveVain

It's true hard work never killed anybody, but I figure, why take the chance?

Ronald Reagan

WorkHard WorkChanceTrueWhyHard

I suppose we're not supposed to judge people.

Rush Limbaugh

PeopleJudgeSupposeSupposed

The fashionable woman is sexy, witty, and dry-cleaned.

Mary Quant

WomanSexyWittyFashionable

My dad was a huge country music fan, but he also had a band and he sang. So he'd listen to a lot of music and the songs that he'd learn for the band were more from the male artists. So my earliest country memories were Waylon Jennings, Conway Twitty, George Jones, Johnny Paycheck even.

Martina McBride

MusicMemoriesLearnCountryListen

What makes me different as a scientist is that I'm kind of imaginative. The ideas just happen.

Lisa Randall

MeIdeasKindHappenDifferentJust

I don't take any shorts. I don't say, 'Okay, it's good enough.' I try to get exactly what I'm hearing in my head to the tape, and I won't let it move until then.

Dr. Dre

GoodEnoughSayTryOkayHead

The best thing I ever learned from my dad was he knew he wasn't the best of singers, but he always knew he was a great entertainer, and I always thought that was a good concept to bring along, that ultimately acting is an entertainment art and you have to be aware of the fact that you want people to be excited to be watching you.

Dean Norris

GoodGreatArtBestPeopleThought

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