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Hack Wilson Quotes

In life, you need many more things besides talent. Things like good advice and common sense.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: athlete
Nationality: american
Birth: April 26, 1900 - November 23, 1948

Topics

Life Good Talent Advice Common Sense

My parents came from Calcutta. They arrived in Cambridge, much like the parents in my novel. And I found myself sort of caught between the world of my parents and the world they had left behind and still clung to, and also the world that surrounded me at school and everywhere else, as soon as I set foot out the door.

Myself School Parents Me Door World

Basically, I frittered away the Nineties making pop videos and being pretty self-indulgent.

Nineties Pretty Away Being Videos

I was really lucky. My gal pal was my mom.

Mom Lucky Really Pal Gal

Luckily, the public sees me as a character actor.

Character Me Actor Public Sees

Everything's connected, and everything has meaning if you look for it.

Michelle Williams

Meaning You Look Connected

It's interesting what a new song can do to the other songs. A new song can be the grout of the record, tie the songs together, and define a new room in the house, helping the other rooms make sense.

Together Song Interesting House New

I have never once celebrated a Valentine's Day as a romantic holiday. For me, it's another opportunity to tell my kids or whoever how much I love them. I hang pink crepe paper and make heart-shaped pancakes!

Love Opportunity Valentine's Day Day

I owe my whole acting career to the fact that I'm a singer. I went out to Los Angeles and auditioned for a TV show called 'Fame L.A.' The original role was for a comedian, but they said I wasn't very funny, so they asked me, 'What else can you do?' So I played a singer.

Funny Me You Career Acting Said

You must trust yourself more than you trust others. Pay attention to your inner voice - it will tell you if how and in what you are investing is right for you.

Trust Yourself Voice Attention You

Why did they do it? Beats the hell out of me. I was just a scared kid from Kentucky, and these guys had been up in the majors for a while. I guess it was because I was just such a helluva nice kid - if you'll accept that.

Me Hell You Nice Why Accept

There's a lot to be said for doing what you're not supposed to do, and the rewards of doing what you're supposed to do are more subtle and take longer to become apparent, which maybe makes it less attractive. But your life is the blueprint you make after the building is built.

Life Building Doing You Said Become

I feel like being into the beat of your own drum has become too prominent in the culture.

Culture Feel Become Drum Own Beat

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