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Frank Sinatra Quotes

My father had a piano that was a nickelodeon - put a nickel, and the roller would play.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: musician
Nationality: american
Birth: December 12, 1915 - May 14, 1998

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Father Play Piano Nickel Would Put

I was always told that I acted too white. I was always told that I was going to date a white guy - which, in fairness, was true: I do have a white boyfriend. So they weren't entirely wrong, but all of those things were really damaging.

Jessica Williams

Fairness White Wrong True Always

I have never started a novel - I mean except the first, when I was starting a novel just to start a novel - I've never written one without rereading Victory. It opens up the possibilities of a novel. It makes it seem worth doing.

Victory Start Doing Possibilities

And then, when I started to school, I found out I couldn't talk.

School Talk Out Started Found Then

The intelligent use of contemporary music in film has an enormous audience.

Robert Stigwood

Music Intelligent Audience Film Use

An object imbued with intent - it has power, it's treasure, we're drawn to it. An object devoid of intent - it's random, it's imitative, it repels us. It's like a piece of junk mail to be thrown away.

John Hockenberry

Power Random Treasure Mail Us Junk

I had a birthday one night on a farm we were shooting on. I walked into the tent, and there were 150 people waiting for me, all wearing masks of my face.

Stephen Hopkins

Birthday Waiting People Me Night

Seeing our kids as grown up and taking their places in the world is just fantastic.

World Seeing Places Up Just Kids

I feel very proud in what we've created in the 'Spiderwick' stories. And, frankly, I am glad we are ending the series on a high-note.

Tony DiTerlizzi

I Am Ending Proud Feel Glad I Feel

You ain't supposed to get salmon when they're swimming upstream to spawn. But if you're hungry, you do.

Swimming You Hungry Salmon Get

I have this coat that I got in a nefarious deal years ago. It's a Johnny Carson coat, and I've had it remade three times. It's mine all the time. Carson was a real man, and I thought, 'Coats for real men by real men? I'm in.'

Time Men Man Thought Real Man Three

Ultimately, for our family, the opportunity to spend increased time together, balanced with a return to academia, was one we could not pass up.

Family Opportunity Time Together Up

A game one of my sisters will play with me in my first year of being alive is called Good Baby, Bad Baby. This consists of being told I am a good baby until I smile and laugh, then being told I am a bad baby until I burst into tears. This training will stand me in good stead all through my life.

Life Smile Good Training I Am Baby

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