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Irving Berlin42 quotes“The world would not be in such a snarl, had Marx been Groucho instead of Karl.”
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The song is ended, but the melody lingers on.
Irving BerlinIrving Berlin Got no checkbooks, got no banks. Still I’d like to express my thanks – I’ve got the sun in the mornin’ and the moon at night.
Irving BerlinIrving Berlin A patriotic song is an emotion and you must not embarrass an audience with it, or they will hate your guts.
Irving BerlinIrving Berlin Music is so important. It changes thinking, it influences everybody, whether they know it or not. Music knows no boundary lines.
Irving BerlinIrving Berlin Gos bless America, my home sweet home.
Irving BerlinIrving Berlin Our attitudes control our lives. Attitudes are a secret power working twenty-four hours a day, for good or bad. It is of paramount importance that we know how to harness and control this great force.
Irving BerlinIrving Berlin The toughest thing about success is that you’ve got to keep on being a success.
Irving BerlinIrving Berlin Heaven… I’m in heaven, and my heart beats so that I can hardly speak.
Irving BerlinIrving Berlin All alone by the telephone.
Irving BerlinIrving Berlin Talent is only a starting point in business. You’ve got to keep working that talent.
Irving BerlinIrving Berlin I’m dreaming of a white Christmas, Just like the ones I used to know, Where the tree tops glisten And children listen To hear sleigh bells in the snow.
Irving BerlinIrving Berlin You can’t write a song out of thin air you have to feel and know what you are writing about.
Irving BerlinIrving Berlin Talent is only a starting point.
Irving BerlinIrving Berlin God bless America, land that I love, Stand beside her, and guide her, Through the night, with the light from above, From the mountains, to the prairies To the oceans, white with foam God bless America, my home sweet home, God bless America! My Home Sweet Home!
Irving BerlinIrving Berlin I long to be out in the sun with no work to be done.
Irving BerlinIrving Berlin We got to keep on being a success.
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I am the universe, and every possibility belongs to me.
Courtney PeppernellCourtney Peppernell The only thing that changed about you is me.
Elaine HaysElaine Hays He is my heaven and my hell. Serving passion and poison with the same spoon, and i am a sucker for a taste.
Laura Natoli-KearneyLaura Natoli-Kearney My mistakes tell me I am quite human, but my brief flashes of brilliance tell me I am divine, too.
Rachel WolchinRachel Wolchin She now finds solace in vanilla-scented daydreams, as her soul sings away in a musical symphony of humid breaths and well-favored smiles.
Megan LaoMegan Lao Some things won’t change-some things can’t.
Julia Kellogg HenryJulia Kellogg Henry My blood is fifty percent alcohol the other half was you.
Chris AllchinChris Allchin Darling, you don’t fear love, you fear of loving wrong.
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For me, acting is becoming naked in front of people, you know? And when you know in the back of your mind somebody is testing you, you cannot really bare yourself. That’s a feeling I always have when I’m auditioning.
Irrfan KhanIrrfan Khan Yes great people are always subject to persecution and always getting into straits.
Friedrich SchillerFriedrich Schiller If the people in the audience are talking, you’re being ignored. If the people are gazing at you, you’ve got something they want to hear.
Chuck BerryChuck Berry You who think of us: they lived only in delusion, Know that we the People of the Book, will never die!
Czeslaw MiloszCzeslaw Milosz If people would just wake up to what’s real, there would be no misery in the world. I guess chanting’s a pretty good place to start.
George HarrisonGeorge Harrison If each of us hires people who are smaller than we are, we shall become a company of dwarfs. But if each of us hires people who are bigger than we are, we shall become a company of giants.
David OgilvyDavid Ogilvy The people of Arizona, the people of Atlanta, Georgia, you should be ashamed of yourselves.
Carlos SantanaCarlos Santana Be straight with yourself just to maybe save a few more people from being stupid and being ignorant.
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