George Shearing
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AL YANKOVIC I do not see myself, I never make plans, I never set goals, and I never do that kind of stuff; I don... KATE DEL CASTILLO A lot of directors don't know what they want to do. Every director I've seen that was a good... JOHN MILIUS I don't think the Bonzo Dog could have evolved in America, nor could the old Nice: because of th... JON LORD ALISON SWEENEY MICHELLE PFEIFFER ELIZABETH WURTZEL I feel like every role you take, there's a part of you that obviously feels like you can do it. ... MILA KUNIS TOM BRADY ARNOLD PALMER If I couldn't do it, then I'd be defeated. I've got the tools to do it. I never did ques... BILLY HIGGINS J. COLE BARBARA KINGSOLVER I criticise myself an awful lot. I do worry to the point that I don't think it's very health... ROXANNE MCKEE I'm not dark; I'm not. The main thing I consider in accepting a role is less the tone of the... RACHEL HURD-WOOD CHRISSY TEIGEN I don't sell myself. I've never explained my comedy to people who don't get it. Never co... LISA LAMPANELLI There have been times when I've been asked to do things and I've thought, 'This is great... BILLY CAMPBELL I've been making music for a long time, but I've been waiting to do it right, because I don&... EVAN ROSS BRUCE RAUNER I used to do a lot of comedy. I don't know what happened. I think it's my face. EDDIE MARSAN I don't actually do any exercise, which is really bad. But I wear heels a lot. My theory is that... KAREN GILLAN VERONICA ROTH I've got a friend who's a power lifter, and she's a vegetarian. I don't know how she... SETH ROLLINS I don't believe I've ever played a hip dude. I don't think I would have the wherewithal ... EUGENE LEVY When I was young, a lot of things were closed off to me. I was always told, 'Don't do this, ... OMAR SY ROB LOWE Craziest thing I've done for love is getting married. I think it's crazy. I think it's c... JENNY MCCARTHY Dancing is something I do. Not something I just want to do. It's something I just do, depending ... ADAM G. SEVANI A lot of people relate me to the blues but I don't think it's a hindrance at this point. I&#... PAUL BUTTERFIELD FRED COUPLES AASIF MANDVI DAVID BAILEY MICHAEL FASSBENDER I don't feel typecast almost at all, and it could just be because I'm insensitive, but I dou... GRACE PARK LARRY KING ISRAELMORE AYIVOR MIKE DITKA If our mind was an ocean then every now and then we would have the perfect storm happening in it.Gar... GARY F EVANS... SCOTT KELLY I think the rigors of a TV schedule are brutal and 'Six Feet Under' wasn't a network sch... FRANCES CONROY GEORGE RYAN CASS MCCOMBS I've never quite worked out how to do holidays. I've got a house in France which I suppose i... QUENTIN BLAKE A lot of female comedians will go up there in a sweatshirt and Converses, trying to dress themselves... CARLY CRAIG ERNEST HEMINGWAY It sounds kind of stupid, but I've never not wanted to be a musician. It's been inside me si... ZOLA JESUS I think it takes a lot of desire because I think a lot of people who've never written books don&... TED BELL ISABELLA ROSSELLINI I've always had high expectations of myself. I've never felt that there was anything I could... DAK PRESCOTT ZOE KAZAN BETHANY HAMILTON I really do feel like I know myself, and I'm so happy to be by myself and I'm so happy to be... DREE HEMINGWAY I'm not on Twitter or Facebook. I've never been interested in being on any of them. I don... HANNAH WARE I don't see myself as an artist, as a writer. The sort of writing that I do, which is popular fi... FIONA MCINTOSH I really am a thinker. I don't do things rash. I know some of the things I've said or the wa... BODE MILLER I've spent most of my life doing some sort of exercise, but I've learned to never push mysel... 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DAMIEN RICE BEYONCE KNOWLES WARREN FARRELL RICKI-LEE COULTER It's not possible to be perfect - you can always do something better. I'm never proud of wha... NATALIA MAKAROVA GRETCHEN RUBIN TILMAN J. FERTITTA RICKY MARTIN GINA GREENLEE
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In Braille you write your flat sign first and then your note. GEORGE SHEARING My affiliation with England is borne out by the fact that I do come back for periodic visits. GEORGE SHEARING I studied with a blind teacher from about 5 until I was 16, at two different schools. From the age o... GEORGE SHEARING Having a set, popular formula does inhibit you. GEORGE SHEARING When Hank Jones had his night off, I would get somebody to take my place as intermission pianist and... GEORGE SHEARING I think it was Duke Ellington who once said that we're always most pleased with our current reco... GEORGE SHEARING Teddy Wilson, I think, said a little while ago that it's much easier to come in and play whateve... GEORGE SHEARING I haven't written an awful lot recently, but I think I probably will start again very shortly. B... GEORGE SHEARING The way it works: The orchestra plays a few selections of its own and I terminate the first part of ... GEORGE SHEARING I was born in London in 1919. I first went to America in 1946 for a three-month holiday. Then I came... GEORGE SHEARING It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived. GEORGE GEORGE TAKEI GEORGE SAND GEORGE SAND GEORGE WASHINGTON GEORGE BURNS GEORGE SANTAYANA GEORGE SANTAYANA GEORGE SANTAYANA GEORGE SANTAYANA GEORGE SANTAYANA GEORGE SANTAYANA GEORGE SANTAYANA GEORGE SANTAYANA GEORGE SANTAYANA GEORGE SANTAYANA GEORGE CARLIN GEORGE TAKEI GEORGE LOIS GEORGE CARLIN GEORGE WASHINGTON GEORGE ELIOT GEORGE CARLIN GEORGE BURNS GEORGE BURNS GEORGE BURNS GEORGE BURNS GEORGE BURNS GEORGE BURNS GEORGE BURNS GEORGE BURNS GEORGE BURNS GEORGE BURNS GEORGE BURNS GEORGE BURNS GEORGE BURNS GEORGE BURNS GEORGE BURNS GEORGE CARLIN I miss all of my old friends who have passed away. Sometimes you just don't understand why they ... GEORGE JONES GEORGE LUCAS I see myself capable of arrogance and brutality... That's a fierce thing, to discover within you... GEORGE STEVENS GEORGE LUCAS Getting rid of the dictator is only a first step in establishing a free society. The dictatorship mu... GEORGE AYITTEY GEORGE SANTAYANA I learned that kids in show business are so different from regular, average students. They would gat... WALLY GEORGE I am always the 'good guy', and I take on the idiotic jerks of the nation. WALLY GEORGE GEORGE GROSZ I do think that I can sing, though I actually like voices I can't imitate. INARA GEORGE I think a show is for fun, and the thing about playing live is that you make mistakes, and that'... INARA GEORGE I was raised in Topanga Canyon. It's an eclectic community up in the Santa Monica mountains. A l... INARA GEORGE GEORGE SANTAYANA We must bring unity of spirit and purpose and condemn hatred and division wherever we see it. GEORGE OSBORNE GEORGE ORWELL GEORGE WASHINGTON GEORGE CARLIN GEORGE SEWELL Time is money says the proverb, but turn it around and you get a precious truth. Money is time. GEORGE GISSING GEORGE ORWELL GEORGE BURNS Praise the bridge that carried you over. GEORGE COLMAN We could never verify that there was any Iraqi authority, direction and control, complicity with al ... GEORGE TENET In properly organized groups no faith is required; what is required is simply a little trust and eve... GEORGE GURDJIEFF GEORGE MCGOVERN Mixed feelings, like mixed drinks, are a confusion to the soul. GEORGE CARMAN GEORGE CARLIN GEORGE MASON Press forward. Do not stop, do not linger in your journey, but strive for the mark set before you. GEORGE WHITEFIELD The trouble with eating Italian food is that five or six days later you're hungry again. GEORGE MILLER GEORGE LUCAS No matter how dark the moment, love and hope are always possible. GEORGE CHAKIRIS GEORGE ELIOT Winter dressing is all about having chic outerwear. GEORGE KOTSIOPOULOS You know what I've kind of come to realize is that I'm a huge Drew Barrymore rom-com fan. Th... GEORGE KOTSIOPOULOS It's better if you have a strong opinion on any talk show. GEORGE KOTSIOPOULOS For many years I've been using Swarovski accessories when styling editorial photo shoots and als... GEORGE KOTSIOPOULOS I learned everything about fashion during my time at the 'NY Times.' GEORGE KOTSIOPOULOS For proper family portraits it's best to stick with classic, timeless looks that will not only b... GEORGE KOTSIOPOULOS The weight of a fabric is inconsequential, since seasonal dressing is all about layering. GEORGE KOTSIOPOULOS For slaves to fashion, the rules are made to be broken. GEORGE KOTSIOPOULOS Photos convey a point in time, so for casual snapshots I say wear the trends so you have fun images ... GEORGE KOTSIOPOULOS I like to spend Christmas with family and friends, pigging out, exchanging gifts and basically doing... GEORGE KOTSIOPOULOS People are people the world over. Some are good, some bad, some greedy and some generous. Nations ar... GEORGE AIKEN GEORGE WALD Dictators cause the world's worst problems: all the collapsed states, and all the devastated eco... GEORGE AYITTEY GEORGE SANTAYANA GEORGE MICHAEL HENRY GEORGE GEORGE GALLUP GEORGE ORWELL GEORGE SAND GEORGE WASHINGTON GEORGE WASHINGTON GEORGE WASHINGTON GEORGE WASHINGTON GEORGE WASHINGTON GEORGE WASHINGTON GEORGE WASHINGTON GEORGE WASHINGTON GEORGE ORWELL GEORGE ORWELL GEORGE ORWELL GEORGE ORWELL GEORGE ORWELL GEORGE ORWELL GEORGE ORWELL GEORGE ORWELL GEORGE ORWELL GEORGE ORWELL GEORGE ORWELL GEORGE ORWELL GEORGE ORWELL GEORGE ORWELL GEORGE ORWELL GEORGE ORWELL GEORGE ORWELL GEORGE ORWELL GEORGE ORWELL GEORGE ORWELL GEORGE ORWELL GEORGE ORWELL GEORGE ORWELL GEORGE ORWELL GEORGE ORWELL GEORGE ORWELL GEORGE ORWELL GEORGE ORWELL GEORGE ORWELL GEORGE ORWELL GEORGE ORWELL GEORGE ORWELL GEORGE ORWELL GEORGE ORWELL GEORGE ORWELL GEORGE ORWELL GEORGE ORWELL GEORGE TAKEI GEORGE ORWELL GEORGE ORWELL GEORGE ORWELL GEORGE ORWELL GEORGE ORWELL GEORGE ORWELL GEORGE ORWELL GEORGE ORWELL GEORGE ORWELL GEORGE ORWELL GEORGE ORWELL I've been to L.A. before, and I love the sunshine and the fact that people seem so genuinely nic... HELEN GEORGE GEORGE LUCAS GEORGE MICHAEL GEORGE GOBEL GEORGE ORWELL GEORGE ORWELL GEORGE ORWELL GEORGE ORWELL GEORGE ORWELL GEORGE ORWELL GEORGE ORWELL Cutting budget deficits can never be just an exercise in economics. GEORGE OSBORNE GEORGE STRAIT GEORGE SOROS They are few in the midst of an overwhelming mass of brute force, and their submission is wisdom; bu... GEORGE COMBE GEORGE BURNS I know every book of mine by its smell, and I have but to put my nose between the pages to be remind... GEORGE GISSING GEORGE TAKEI GEORGE FOREMAN GEORGE FOREMAN GEORGE FOREMAN GEORGE FOREMAN GEORGE FOREMAN GEORGE GROSZ GEORGE GROSZ GEORGE CATLIN The Word STEFAN GEORGE GEORGE LUCAS GEORGE GREY Well, again working strictly to the film, where you had this lovely, lovely land of brightness and c... GEORGE MARTIN GEORGE CLOONEY I think the British people have a strong sense of what is fair. GEORGE OSBORNE Well British pension funds have not been investing the savings of British people in British infrastr... GEORGE OSBORNE GEORGE WASHINGTON GEORGE WASHINGTON GEORGE WASHINGTON GEORGE WASHINGTON GEORGE WASHINGTON GEORGE WASHINGTON GEORGE WASHINGTON GEORGE WASHINGTON GEORGE WASHINGTON
Funk, I don't think I have anything to do with funk. I've never considered myself funky. 
I'm not trying to influence anyone else; I'm not saying, 'Do what I do.' I think it&... 
I have never been offended. I don't know what it means. It's not that I disagree with it. I ... 
I don't think of myself as a leader. I am, but I don't think of myself that way. I'm not... 
It is a lie. 
I do suffer from depression, I suppose. Which isn't that unusual. You know, a lot of people do. 
I connect fashion to other peoples' elegance, but not my own. I don't think I've ever fe... 
What I've learned to do is arrest my addiction - arrest it myself, so I don't get arrested. 
I really don't think anything I do is a mistake. It could be if I didn't learn from it. 
If you don't think it.
I trust myself. I trust my instincts. I know what I'm gonna do, what I can do, what I can't ... 
I do a lot of cardio. I think it's super important, especially for women. I don't have a tre... 
I don't know if it's naivete or just narcissism, but I start out with this notion that I can... 
I've calmed down. Looking back, I was engaged more in dramas than I was in relationships. I'... 
I don't think any country is perfect. It's our responsibility to do the best we can do to ch... 
I don't see myself as a full-time broadcaster. I've done some of it, and I enjoy it, but I d... 
I put a lot of pressure on myself. I think something's not good enough, and I won't stop unt... 
It's a funny thing: people often ask how I discipline myself to write. I can't begin to unde... 
Some people, I think, think that because I don't take it as seriously as a lot of the girls do, ... 
I'm a pretty disciplined investor and pretty disciplined buyer. I do my due diligence. I do my h... 
Maybe it's a little depressing to think that my vision of a perfect world is actually so messed ... 
The first shooter video game stuff which - look, admittedly, I missed that generationally, so it'... 
I could go away five or six weeks in a row and never touch a club. I would just look at them and say... 
I'm free to see things objectively because I don't consider myself American, and I don't... 
I don't think global warming is to do with us, I think it's a natural circle. I don't th... 
You know, it's amazing. I don't even have a car, would you believe it? I had a motorbike and... 
I don't wish anybody ill, I really don't. I've got a lot of faults, but I was never jeal... 
Cease to think of an impossibility and you will seize an opportunity for productivity. Excellence co... 
One of my favorite things is mayonnaise and I have to tell you that. I love mayonnaise, but I don... 
We don't do laundry because that requires a lot of water, and water's at a premium up here. ... 
I don't know that we do. I had thought ours worked well, but I had never examined it too closely... 
A lot of people don't know what it's like to actually be hungry. I do. I've also slept o... 
I don't like to write like God. It is only because you never do it, though, that the critics thi... 
In interviews, the first question I get in America is always: 'What do you do to stay young?'... 
Anytime that I've felt uninspired, I don't force myself to sit down and write. I only do it ... 
I guess I just like to challenge myself and push myself harder to do things that I don't think I... 
I don't say: 'can't do that', 'won't do that'. I've never thought in... 
I've been drinking tequila for a long time now, and it's never been about drinking to get dr... 
I do think of myself as a bit of a loner, a bit of an independent. I'm one of those people who, ... 
I don't look in the mirror; don't like what I see; never have. I am not my idea of a beauty.... 
I was asked once if I ever got tired of playing bimbos, and I answered that I've never played a ... 
The first question I ask myself when something doesn't seem to be beautiful is why do I think it... 
I do not think I reinvent myself. Wearing my hair differently or changing my style of dress is playi... 
In a perfect world, I only act when I really want to. I don't do most of the stuff that is out t... 
I'm not pretty. The truth is I didn't think I could be a model at all. I was looking at some... 
For styling, I don't like a lot of mousse. I do use Sally Hershberger's Texture Blast, which... 
I don't really like to call myself a brand, and I don't like to think of myself as a brand. ... 
Feminists who say that I switched sides because I am an opportunist should know that exactly the opp... 
People assume that a lot of pop artists don't write their songs. That, for me, is super frustrat... 
Often, if there's something that I want to do, but somehow can't get myself to do, it's ... 
I must have a God-given talent, which is the ability to multitask, plus I have great retention. I... 
I eat everything, that's a problem. I don't have discipline. My favorite dish is the Caribbe... 
Name the fears that are holding you back. It's the equivalent of flooding the boogeyman with light. 
My grandmother lived to 104 years old, and part of her success was she woke up every morning to a br... 
Every historian discloses a new horizon. 
Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble. 
First you forget names, then you forget faces. Next you forget to pull your zipper up and finally, y... 
The word experience is like a shrapnel shell, and bursts into a thousand meanings. 
Life is not a spectacle or a feast; it is a predicament. 
When men and women agree, it is only in their conclusions; their reasons are always different. 
People who say they don't care what people think are usually desperate to have people think they... 
'Mad Men' is nothing more than the fulfillment of every possible stereotype of the early 196... 
I would never want to be a member of a group whose symbol was a guy nailed to two pieces of wood. 
The years between fifty and seventy are the hardest. You are always being asked to do things, and ye... 
Electricity is really just organized lightning. 
Acting is all about honesty. If you can fake that, you've got it made. 
If you live to be one hundred, you've got it made. Very few people die past that age. 
You simply have to put one foot in front of the other and keep going. Put blinders on and plow right... 
The influence of 'Hidden Fortress' comes up a lot because it was printed in a book once. The... 
I stood up as best I could to their disgusting stupidity and brutality, but I did not, of course, ma... 
In our age there is no such thing as 'keeping out of politics.' All issues are political iss... 
The coward sneaks to death; the brave live on. 
The nationalist not only does not disapprove of atrocities committed by his own side, but he has a r... 
Empathy is born out of the old biblical injunction 'Love the neighbor as thyself.' 
Habituated from our Infancy to trample upon the Rights of Human Nature, every generous, every libera... 
The golden moments in the stream of life rush past us, and we see nothing but sand; the angels come ... 
Nuclear weapons offer us nothing but a balance of terror, and a balance of terror is still terror. 
The first sign of real obsession with music was with an old wind-up gramophone that mum had thrown o... 
There is danger in reckless change, but greater danger in blind conservatism. 
Polling is merely an instrument for gauging public opinion. When a president or any other leader pay... 
Faith is an excitement and an enthusiasm: it is a condition of intellectual magnificence to which we... 
War - An act of violence whose object is to constrain the enemy, to accomplish our will. 
The Constitution is the guide which I never will abandon. 
No one can look back on his schooldays and say with truth that they were altogether unhappy. 
Did you ever get the feeling that the world was a tuxedo and you were a pair of brown shoes? 
You know, legends are people like Haggard and Jones and Wills and Sinatra. Those people are legends.... 
Stock market bubbles don't grow out of thin air. They have a solid basis in reality, but reality... 
We all think we've got one more boxing match in us, and that, probably, will be the downfall of ... 
People are hurt in love affairs and never recover, more than a boxing match. 
It's an old ploy of the bourgeoisie. They keep a standing 'art' to defend their collapsi... 
I have, for many years past, contemplated the noble races of red men who are now spread over these t... 
I remarked constantly, just at sunset, in these latitudes, that the eastern horizon was brilliantly ... 
I just found out about 10 days ago that I must live 300 or 400 yards from Britney Spears... so now I... 