"Playing two months or more in one city meant new songs all the time. If people paid their dimes to see and hear Sophie Tucker, they didn't want to hear the same songs over and over or see the same clothes."

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Source : SOPHIE TUCKER (1945). “Some of These Days: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF SOPHIE TUCKER”

Sophie Tucker

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“Mathematicians stand on each other's shoulders.”
“If you want to turn a vision into reality, you have to give 100% and never stop believing in your dream.”
“I love being around great actors and film-makers, and I try to hide the fact that I'm in awe of them.”
“It is the melody and the rhythm that are by far the most important and then words and imagery and stuff, story bits will start to stick to a melody and that is the way I write.”

Source : Source: the-talks.com
“Some poets marry a language; some have affairs with it; some treat it as a parent, some as a child, some as an equal, or as a friend.”

Source : Stephen Burt (2009). “Close Calls with Nonsense: Reading New Poetry”, Graywolf Press
“What's most troubling is the open water swim. It's windy, the waves are getting in your face and the water is a bit dirty. And there's silly things like you can't touch the bottom if you swallow a mouthful of water.”

Source : "Greg James' Gregathlon for Sport Relief". Interview with Stephanie Soh, in.askmen.com.
“There are only two possibilities. You are either going for your dreams or giving up your dreams. Stretching for what you could be or settling for what you are.”
“There was no sign of Jules. â€œBad news,â€ said Elliot. â€œThe man is sick. Youâ€™re going to have to settle for me.â€ â€œSick?â€ Vee demanded. â€œHow sick? What kind of excuse is sick?â€ â€œSick as in itâ€™s coming out both ends.â€ Vee scrunched her nose. â€œToo much information.”

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