William Vaughn Moody famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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Gigantic, willful, young, Chicago sitteth at the northwest gates.
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Passion is power, And, kindly tempered, saves. All things declare Struggle hath deeper peace than sleep can bring.
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The roaring street is hung for miles With fierce electric fire.
-- William Vaughn Moody
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I'm conflicted with theater in the city because you want to reach a diverse audience, and that audience doesn't typically go to the theater.
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Defend Paris to the last, destroy all bridges over the Seine and devastate the city.
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They've hung everything on me except the Chicago fire.
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Remember, no matter how hard your life is right now, it would be worse if a song by Chicago was playing.
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Bud Johnson, God rest his soul of fame, a tenor saxophonist. Bud was always a big, big, big booster of mine and he always when I first met Bud in Pittsburgh when he came through there, he heard me sing and he wanted me to come to Chicago.
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I think that what comes through in Chicago humor is the affection. Even though youre poking fun at someone or something, theres still an affection for it.
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I'm young but I'm not stupid.
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A young man with a very good past. [Fr., Un jeune homme d'un bien beau passe.]
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If you're going to be a myth or want to be a myth, you'd better die young.
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I have only really gotten by with playing versions of myself as most young actors do.
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