"I mentioned that I was thinking of getting out of the business after Call Me Madam. I thought maybe I should become a homebody."

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Source : Ethel Merman, George Eells (1979). “Merman: an autobiography”, Berkley Pub Group

Ethel Merman

#Business Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Should Quotes

“Speak, speak, speak, & remember that whenever anyone's liberty to speak is denied, your liberty is denied also, & your place is where the attack is..”
“The devaluation of music and what it's now deemed to be worth is laughable to me. My single costs 99 cents. That's what a single cost in 1960. On my phone, I can get an app for 99 cents that makes fart noises - the same price as the thing I create and speak to the world with. Some would say the fart app is more important. It's an awkward time. Creative brains are being sorely mistreated.”
“My dream is to live a good life and be loving, be close to God and be a good human being and bring peace to people.”

Source : FaceBook post by Ziggy Marley from Jun 26, 2012
“When we spoke about workplaces in 1972 we mainly were referring to old-line manufacturing firms, on the one hand, and Main St. shops and restaurants, on the other. Both of those categories are now insignificant in terms of employment. Today, the economy is dominated by the rapidly growing Low-Cost Operators - national discount and mall chain stores, fast food franchises and supermarkets - which offer employees low salaries, few benefits and little training.”

Source : Interview with Bob Morris, bobmorris.biz. 2008.
“I think the best acting is when you allow yourself to be kind of vulnerable in the moment.”
“I combined smoky grey shadows with ultra heavy black liner and piled on extra lashes for a mysterious and sultry look. To contrast with the gritty texture on the eyes, I kept the girls skin soft and pretty and gave their lips a natural flush.”
“Cricket is a most precarious profession; it is called a team game but, in fact, no one is so lonely as a batsman facing a bowler supported by ten fieldsmen and observed by two umpires to ensure that his error does not go unpunished.”
“[On Addis Ababa:] Among the city's handicaps are an immaturity for which no one can be blamed, as it was founded only eighty years ago, and a proliferation of architectural excesses for which many people can and should be blamed.”

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