I can understand why it takes some people a long time to really be a singer. You have to find out, 'Why am I singing? What am I doing this for?' I do it because I enjoy it, and philosophically, music is a catalyst. It's a refining agent.
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MALCOLM MCDOWELL Every time I get a script it's a matter of trying to know what I could do with it. I see colors,... PAUL NEWMAN I know victims of domestic abuse. I know what it takes for people to get out, and I also know why pe... PADDY CONSIDINE When I'm out for a walk or out shopping, then I'll probably have 20 different conversations ... DAVID DUNN I think that's why I was able to do well in the beginning: because it was such a foreign thing. ... AWKWAFINA I just do my thing and try each show to be more honest about why I am and who I am. It's quite t... CRAIG FERGUSON When I'm singing, it's like I'm at home. And music is a great healer. I think I'd ha... LULU I feel like I am a real artist and I want to be able to feel what I am singing about. So when I sing... JOJO I would never wear anything with a logo. That I really find difficult. It's a frustration that I... NORMAN FOSTER Sometimes my body is aching, but I always think, 'Why am I in this? Why do I love it so much?... MICHELLE KWAN Where I am right now I'm pretty good at. You know, I understand that there's a problem. I... DANIEL BALDWIN I really enjoy doing charity, for a good cause, it's like the least I can do, I really enjoy tha... ALEX O'LOUGHLIN I really enjoy doing charity, for a good cause, it's like the least I can do, I really enjoy tha... ALEX O'LOUGHLIN It's funny because a lot of people that know me as a dancer, don't know that I'm a singe... NAIMA ADEDAPO My audience went, 'Wait, why is she singing jazz? What's going on?' And then they went, ... LADY GAGA It's certainly not a shock to find that the industry has no imagination. I think people don'... NATHAN LANE YOU are YOU! Know YOU can! YOU must not be afraid because God has a prosperous future plan for YOU! ... ISRAELMORE AYIVOR I am living my dream because I get to work with my kids and watch them find their happiness. It'... 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STANTON EVANS I've written a lot of books in my time, and to write a book about Joe McCarthy and have some of ... M. STANTON EVANS I didn't agree with what Joe McCarthy was trying to do, but I sure did admire his methods. M. STANTON EVANS I call it the 'House of Reprehensibles.' We don't have any real political resistance to ... M. STANTON EVANS I entered Yale in the fall of 1951, and about November of that year, Bill Buckley published 'God... M. STANTON EVANS I was never for Richard Nixon until Watergate. M. STANTON EVANS I tell my students, even if you are an opinion journalist, your opinion should be based on facts. M. STANTON EVANS Soviet expansionism in Europe, the battle for control of China, and the 1950 invasion of South Korea... M. STANTON EVANS Demands for equal financing of sewers, streets, and garbage collection would make more sense than pr... M. STANTON EVANS A document was drafted in the State Department in July 1946 by an official named Samuel Klaus. This ... M. STANTON EVANS Containment, as everyone will recall, was a rough plan for stopping the Communists any time they cro... M. STANTON EVANS When you get older, two things happen to you. You begin to lose your hearing, and I forget what the ... M. STANTON EVANS Tax cuts are like sex: When they are good, they are very, very good. And when they are bad, they are... M. STANTON EVANS In 1775, no fewer than nine colonies had established churches, ranging from Congregational establish... M. STANTON EVANS The trouble with conservatives is that too many of them come to Washington thinking they are going t... M. STANTON EVANS We found nothing grand in the history of the Jews nor in the morals inculcated in the Pentateuch. I ... ELIZABETH CADY STANTON The Bible and the Church have been the greatest stumbling blocks in the way of women's emancipation. ELIZABETH CADY STANTON I am always busy, which is perhaps the chief reason why I am always well. ELIZABETH CADY STANTON Nothing strengthens the judgement and quickens the conscience like individual responsibility. ELIZABETH CADY STANTON We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal. ELIZABETH CADY STANTON To make laws that man cannot, and will not obey, serves to bring all laws into contempt. ELIZABETH CADY STANTON Reality is that part of the imagination we all agree on JANE STANTON HITCHCOCK With age come the inner, the higher life. Who would be forever young, to dwell always in externals? ELIZABETH CADY STANTON As is well known, 'McCarthyism' was an alleged focus of political evil in the 1950s: Accusat... M. STANTON EVANS Annie Lee Moss was a black woman who worked for the Army as a code clerk in the Pentagon. She was id... M. STANTON EVANS We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal. ELIZABETH CADY STANTON The religious superstitions of women perpetuate their bondage more than all other adverse influences... ELIZABETH CADY STANTON The history of the past is but one long struggle upward to equality. ELIZABETH CADY STANTON I shall not grow conservative with age. ELIZABETH CADY STANTON To throw obstacles in the way of a complete education is like putting out the eyes. ELIZABETH CADY STANTON