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Herb Alpert Quotes

He has a method that likens the musician to an athlete, so I do physical exercises designed to keep a musician in shape in order to perform the function, which is to play music.

Herb Alpert

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: musician
Nationality: american
Birth: March 31, 1935

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In 2006, I hung out with The Carter Center as they monitored the Palestinian elections. Nobody thought Hamas would win. Hamas did not think Hamas could win. The lion's share of folks I spoke to who were voting for them were not actually voting for Hamas but against Fatah.

Maysoon Zayid

Lion Win Think Thought Voting Out

The way 'star' used to be reserved for a small number of people, and when the star category became so vast, they came up with 'superstar,' and then they came up with 'megastar.'

Tom Stoppard

People Small Way Up Star Used

Everything seems to be going faster and faster. It's really harder to create something that endures. The New York City Ballet has succeeded in doing that.

Robert Caro

New York City Doing Create New

When you're editing, you want to be the perfect appreciator, not another writer.

Joseph Kanon

You Perfect Want Editing Writer

I'm more of an exaggerator than a liar.

Dita Von Teese

Liar More Than

I used to record but just in my own studio or in my friend's back when I toyed with the idea of being a rapper.

Don Cheadle

Friend Back My Own Rapper Own Used

Film people are coming into TV, because they can't get any work.

Delta Burke

Work People Coming Film Because Get

Even a cup of coffee tastes so much sweeter because you've come once again out of the, literally, out of the edge of death, and that's the condition I suppose that a lot of artists and writers would like to be in.

Christopher Koch

Coffee Death You Edge Out Artists

I'm sure, in real life, spying is boring - there's probably a lot of sitting around and plenty of paperwork. But the world seems to think that spying is exciting, and that's how movies get made.

Mark Strong

Life World Think Movies Sitting Get

I would just like to say that opera is no longer about fat people in breastplates shattering wine glasses.

Lesley Garrett

People Glasses Wine Fat Say Opera

I made and created a show that my family was all on board with, and we were so excited because we got to work together.

Kris Jenner

Work Family Together Excited Show

I think the whole stigma of 'black movies' is slowly being lost. When you look at movies like '12 Years A Slave,' to 'The Butler,' to 'The Best Man,' to 'Ride Along,' to even 'Think Like a Man' from last year - these movies are just good movies.

Kevin Hart

Good Best Ride Man Black Think