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artist would-be wanted
If the audience knew what they wanted then they wouldn't be the audience, they would be the artist. Alan Moore
artist found difficult
But I found that being an artist and doing accurate work is very difficult. Alan Bean
artist use actors
As an artist, as an actor, as a writer, you have to use what's personal to you. You have to be personal about your work; otherwise, it doesn't ring true. Alan Alda
artist thinking legends
Whatever obstacle comes your way, you gotta be prepared to jump over it! And I think that's what separates the legends from the regular artists. It's all in how you manage that success, and how you deal with the controversy when it actually comes. Akon
artist looks roles
The role of the artist is to not look away. Akira Kurosawa
artist looks credit
I never liked the whole thing about pictures with the artists. You look back at an Elvis Presley record, and you don't see any producer credits, because the audience is not supposed to know about the producer credit. Chris Blackwell
artist makeup talking
If I'm talking to a photographer, I'm talking to a stylist, I'm talking to a makeup artist, we're kind of creating and collaborating and making something that is artwork and is special and is different. Chloe Grace Moretz
artist world power-to-change
The artist has tremendous power to change the world. Chogyam Trungpa
people may medical
It is astonishing how much more anxious people are to lengthen life than to improve it; and as misers often lose large sums of money in attempting to make more, so do hypochondriacs squander large sums of time in search of nostrums by which they vainly hope they may get more time to squander. Charles Caleb Colton
people solitude multitudes
A multitude of people and yet solitude. Charles Dickens
people governing whole
My faith in the people governing is, on the whole, infinitesimal; my faith in the people governed is, on the whole, illimitable.
people words-of-wisdom selfishness
Others had been a little wild, which was not to be wondered at, and not very blamable; but, he had made a lamentation and uproar which it was dangerous for the people to hear, as there is always contagion in weakness and selfishness.
people words-of-wisdom want
Mrs. Boffin and me, ma'am, are plain people, and we don't want to pretend to anything, nor yet to go round and round at anything because there's always a straight way to everything.
people next cleanliness
Cleanliness is next to Godliness, and some people do the same by their religion.
people scary alive
I have heard it said that as we keep our birthdays when we are alive, so the ghosts of dead people, who are not easy in their graves, keep the day they died upon.
people enemy
Some people are nobody's enemies but their own
people romance wonder-woman
Superman/Wonder Woman, people expected, I guess, a lot of romance, or maybe something that wasnt emotionally deep. Who knows? Charles Soule
musician thieves great-music
A great musician is just a thief who doesn't get caught Buddy Rich
musician retiring blues-music
Blues musicians don't retire. They drop. Buddy Guy
musician jazz shows
I can show you that I have played with just about every jazz musician, every African musician, every blues musician. It's not like I'm cashing in on a false concept. This is what I do. Carlos Santana
musician impossible hard
It's really hard to make a living as a musician. It's almost impossible. Billy Joel
musician young pursue
When I was a young musician, the only option available to pursue secondary education in music was to attend a classical conservatory.
musician like-family tied
Like family, we are tied to each other. This is what all good musicians understand.
musician claims
I don't claim to be a musician, I didn't go to Julliard. Dick Dale
musician
I'm a musician. It's what I do! I wouldn't be too good at anything else. Chad Smith
musician financial affair
And a musician has to learn to be frugal and to carefully manage financial affairs Charlie Byrd