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NATALIE COLE One of these days, I'd like to put together a revue of all my music, which would probably turn i... NATALIE COLE I love what I do so much. I just keep going. Not much can bring me down. NATALIE COLE I don't think that my parents even imagined that I would be exposed to drugs. In those days, for... NATALIE COLE A lot of people want to donate a kidney, but they're not in a position to because they have heal... NATALIE COLE I never got to make that transition from little girl to young woman... and that really screws you up... NATALIE COLE I'm an ordinary person under extraordinary circumstances. NATALIE COLE God surrounded me with people of faith, people of strong faith, people of power, spiritual power, an... NATALIE COLE I think that I am a walking testimony to you can have scars. You can go through turbulent times and ... NATALIE COLE When you have put all your faith in man and continue to be disappointed, don't you hope there is... NATALIE COLE I think people hear the warmth in my voice and the friendliness, and they think: 'Oh, she must b... NATALIE COLE I have been to hell and back. I have seen the edge. I have seen the dark side of life. NATALIE COLE Life is such a gift, I just say thank you all day. NATALIE COLE COLE SWINDELL COLE SWINDELL J. COLE I was of the type who gets bullied rather than the one who does the bullying, which I'm glad abo... LILY COLE There has been a fairly marked recovery in retail demand that has created a slightly greater lift in... ALAN COLE There are other kitchens running locally, but you know there are lots of folks who may not get the r... ALAN COLE We got an e-mail before we got here and the Red Cross needs 300,000 meals a day for 90 days and poss... ALAN COLE We had a lot of trouble at the Grove and the guys stayed up all night getting the cars ready to come... ALAN COLE I saw Keith there at the end so I guess he was pretty close. Charlie gives us real good stuff and I ... ALAN COLE I've been coming here a long time trying to win one of these fair races. It's real nice to finally g... ALAN COLE This was a goal of mine for a long time. To come over here and win a Fair race. My owner gives us wh... ALAN COLE COLE SWINDELL COLE SWINDELL Yes, I've already done a couple of guest voices. GARY COLE There is no handbook about how a career is going to go. GARY COLE I grew up with Apocalypse Now and Badlands, so I had a real awe thing going. GARY COLE I was a little nervous coming in mostly because my first scene was with Martin Sheen, who I'm a ... GARY COLE If someone comes up to me, 90 percent of the time it's about Office Space. GARY COLE I like the fact that this kind of family has been seen in a movie a million times: teenage kids, the... GARY COLE A lot of actors in my age bracket look at being still standing as pretty good. GARY COLE Karl Malden was quite a mentor. He taught me things he had learned from being in front of a camera s... GARY COLE I just don't eat too much. That's never been my problem. GARY COLE I messed around in high school, but I pretty much put it away until I did a television show in San F... GARY COLE I still like to listen to the people that I came of age on. GARY COLE Being able to fantasize for a couple of days at being a rock singer surpassed most things I've d... GARY COLE I don't think anyone sets out to do something bad, it's just that it's very difficult. GARY COLE I love going to concerts, so that whole environment is something that intrigues me anyway. GARY COLE Then, at some point, you get identified with certain things. GARY COLE I will confess I did none of my own singing. I did all my own costume and makeup, though. GARY COLE You need someone to tell you how to do things like hitting your marks, or driving a car so it looks ... GARY COLE When you make a movie, it's up to so many things and so many people. GARY COLE I was initially a leading man, but only on television. 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