"When Elvis was performing, you just tried to figure out a way to get there. I think he set all the records and anyone that has ever had the good fortune to see him, you know what it's like to try to get in to see Elvis. It was impossible, practically."

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Source : Interview with David Adams, www.elvis.com.au. August 2, 2015.

Jackie DeShannon

#Thinking Quotes #Trying Quotes #Records Quotes

“Dream big dreams, but never forget that realistic short-term goals are the keys to your success.”
“A very prosperous people, flushed with great victories and successes, are seldom so pious, so humble, so just, or so provident as to perpetuate their happiness.”
“I go to see my kids in school plays, ... I watched Lorna in a concert at the Westminster College of Music the other day and it was amazing. I felt very proud and surprised. I don't know why I was surprised, because I've known her for 17 years, but I've never seen her do anything like that in front of an audience. It's brave, it's uplifting.”
“An art machine is a system whose parts when put in motion act upon each other in such a way as to cause you to see things differently”

Source : David Antin, John Cage (2005). “John Cage Uncaged Is Still Cagey”
“And I would never accept a film because of the money. I have enough money.”

Source : "'DiCaprio? I wouldn't wish his life on anybody'". Interview with Xan Brooks, www.theguardian.com. November 14, 2002.
“I think PCs are going to continue to shift in form factor. The real question is: What's a PC?”
“I will not cut my film because, because, because, because of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz.”

Source : "I will not cut my film" by Emir Kusturica, www.theguardian.com. March 03, 2005.
“It's only ... when we're stripped of purpose that we know who we are.”

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