"What success I achieved in the theatre is due to the fact that I have always worked just as hard when there were ten people in the house as when there were thousands. Just as hard in Springfield, Illinois as on Broadway."

-- Bill Robinson

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“I don't believe people when they say their songs have nothing to do with their personal life.”

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“I feel pretty good when I get out of bed in the morning. I don't feel all beat up, which is nice.”
“Up until that moment, I'd been at the earliest stage of love, when you feel it will turn you into the better person you want to be. Now, his gentle voice and sage advice took me to a later stage: I felt I needed to pretend to be a better person than I was so he'd keep loving me. This was hard because it made me hate him.”
“I think maybe I'm trying to forget or not be so conscious about plastic circuitry and just go for the feeling.”
“Because of 'The Birds' and 'Marnie' I was, as the expression goes, hot in Hollywood and producers and directors wanted to hire me.”
“Now, I guess, people want stars. People are trying to invent stars.”
“The realms of good fortune and calamity in human life are all made of thoughts and imaginings. Therefore Buddhists say that the burning of desire for gain is itself a pit of fire, while drowning in greedy love is itself a bitter sea. The moment thoughts are pure, fierce flames become a pond; the moment you become aware, the boat has arrived on the further shore. If your thoughts vary at all, your world will immediately differ, so can we not be careful?”
“The Lion King always makes me cry, especially when Simba's father gets trampled.”

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