"If a man, in a lifetime of 50 years, can point to six songs that are immediately identifiable, he has achieved something. Irving Berlin can sing 60 that are immediately identifiable. Somebody once said you couldn't have a holiday without his permission."

-- Sammy Cahn

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“My dream is to drop three atomic bombs on New York City.”
“Writing seems like the only job where what you think and feel really matters.”

Source : Richard North Patterson (2011). “The Final Judgment”, p.104, Macmillan
“Survival in the conventional sense of the term means to continue to live, but also to live after death.”
“If you do a trick and it doesn't work out, that can stick with you. I like to go back, nail the trick, and, 'OK, I'm cool, it's all good.'”
“A common danger unites even the bitterest enemies.”
“Why do I love being naked? Because I was born that way?”
“Four months filming in a foreign country. You know, it is great because you get to learn all about different cultures. I feel so much more enriched.”
“I really don't have a theme when I start a sculpture. The rock guides me to the final sculpture. I think that is true for many creative sculpture artists.”

Source : Jimmy Carl Black Interview by Stephen Moore in Munich, Germany, www.stevemoorebooks.com. March 29, 2000.

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