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Mac Davis Quotes

I met the Colonel when Elvis was recording some song I'd written for one of his movies. Elvis was just having fun with the gang and all the Memphis boys and Colonel Parker was sitting over here in like a theater seat.

Mac Davis

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: musician
Nationality: american
Birth: January 21, 1942

Topics

Fun Having Fun Song Movies Sitting

In many ways, writing is the act of saying 'I,' of imposing oneself upon other people, of saying, 'Listen to me, see it my way, change your mind.' It's an aggressive, even a hostile act.

Joan Didion

Change People Mind Me Writing Way

As a coping mechanism, or as a way to make a little hard count by shilling demons in the shadows, I try not to belittle the thought process of the conspiracy theorists. As a cocktail waitress in Vegas once schooled me: never get down on anybody else's hustle.

John Ridley

Me Thought Process Demons Hustle

If I thought of gymnastics as a job, it would put too much stress on me.

Simone Biles

Stress Job Me Thought Too Much Much

Everyone in England knows about Burberry, and it kind of represents a standard of being well-dressed... But the nice thing is, they have a lot of clothes, so I still feel like myself whenever I'm wearing their clothes.

Tom Odell

Myself Feel Clothes Nice Kind Being

I noticed that when it came time to improvise, my students would often make mistakes.

Roscoe Mitchell

Time Mistakes Students Would Noticed

Going back and forth between Western Arabic and African countries clearly created the various musical backgrounds I could have and obviously influenced my professional attitude, my way of approaching both music composition and singing, particularly phrasing.

Rokia Traore

Attitude Music Singing Professional

If we do get a quantum theory of spacetime, it should answer some of the deepest philosophical questions that we have, like what happened before the big bang?

Michio Kaku

Questions Deepest Answer Big Quantum

Is there any practice less selfish, any time less wasted than preparing something nourishing and delicious for the people you love?

Michael Pollan

Love Time Practice People Selfish

Conflict does not lead to stability in the world.

Mohammed Morsi

Conflict World Lead Stability Does

We're all different ages, sizes, shapes, genders, and we all have different lifestyles. We're quickly moving to bespoke diets that enable tailored and informed nutritional food choices.

Denise Morrison

Innovation Focus Expectations Top

Happy for America, happy for Europe, perhaps for the world when, on the delivery of Cornwallis's sword to the illustrious, the immortal Washington, or rather by his order, to the brave Lincoln, the sun of Liberty and Independence burst through a sable cloud, and his benign influence was, almost instantaneously, felt in our remotest corners!

Deborah Sampson

Happy Sun Brave World Independence

But these days there are a lot of younger people who would like to go into teaching but don't because the economic opportunities are sometimes elsewhere.

Chuck Schumer

People Opportunities Go Sometimes