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Helen Reddy Quotes

If you had told me when I was 18 that I wouldn't have made it until I was 29, I would have said, Forget it.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: actress
Nationality: australian
Birth: October 25, 1941

Topics

Me You Said Forget Would Made

As a father, I've tried to encourage my children to have a broader and deeper emotional life than I've had. I want my sons to be able to express their feelings about things.

Life Father Children Feelings Want

I believe in research. Each movie at Pixar involves research with college professors or taking trips to learn as much as we can about a particular subject matter.

College Research Believe Learn Trips

A company shouldn't get addicted to being shiny, because shiny doesn't last.

Company Being Because Last Get

If you try to create someone else's performance, it becomes a facsimile of a facsimile.

Performance Someone You Create Try

One kind of artist is always striving to annihilate the past, to make the world anew in each new work, and so to triumph over the dead weight of routine. I am the other kind... who only sees his way forward by standing on the shoulders of those who have already cleared the path ahead.

Work Path Past I Am World Forward

The truth of the matter is that I used to be much more - as it were - shy. Now I don't care!

Truth Care Now Shy Matter More

I've been thinking a lot about the journey of my parents - just seeing the sacrifices they've made to allow me to do what I do. How much of a difference their sacrifices have made through the generations.

Journey Parents Me Thinking Seeing

It's just about being honest. I listen to a lot of stuff that's out there, some of which I wrote, and I'm like, 'Where is that? Where's the honesty?' So that's what I want to get to in my music now.

Music Honesty Now Want Listen Out

Being an entrepreneur can be learned, and that is exactly what I have done. You don't have to be born with it or have had the 'lemonade stand.' But, you do need to have the passion, devotion, conviction, and sheer will and drive to make it happen.

Passion Make It Happen Drive Stand

I have a half an hour warm-up I do that my voice teacher gave me. I exercise at least for an hour during the day. I don't have any superstitious rituals or anything like that.

Teacher Day Me Voice Exercise Half

People used to feel oddly empowered to tell me all the reasons I couldn't win. Because I was a woman. Because I was a lesbian. Because I was from the West Side of Manhattan.

Christine Quinn

Woman People Me Win Feel Tell

You'll know if you're a famous composer if 20 years from now your name appears on a pull-down menu in Band in a Box, alongside Hans Zimmer.

Name Famous You Know Now Band

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