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"I often talked to Bing Crosby, and while I liked him, I never understood why he was so popular. To me his voice was just a gimmick."
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"A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after a while, he knows something."

"I often talked to Bing Crosby, and while I liked him, I never understood why he was so popular. To me his voice was just a gimmick."

"Imperialism was genuinely popular among Athenians who would expect to share in its profits, even if only indirectly and collectively, and not to have to bear its burdens."

"The fellow that can only see a week ahead is always the popular fellow, for he is looking with the crowd. But the one that can see years ahead, he has a telescope but he can't make anybody believe that he has it."

"I felt a responsibility to present a viable alternative to the popular electric sound."

"It's marvellous to be popular, but foolish to think it will last."

"I don't use the twang bar anymore. It's become too popular."

"I wasn't the most popular girl in school by any means."
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"I don't fear death because I don't fear anything I don't understand. When I start to think about it, I order a massage and it goes away."

"One of my favorite people is Gypsy Rose Lee. She bears out the Biblical promise that he who has, gets. And I hope she gets a lot more."

"I would tell anyone who wants something from someone else to feign not wanting it. People are perverse. If you show great affection to them, they'll run the other way."

"I don't believe in life after death. But I do believe in some grinding destiny that watches over us on earth. If I didn't, the safety valve would give and the boiler would explode."

"I'd rather wear jewels in my hair than anywhere else. The face should have the advantage of this brilliance."

"I often talked to Bing Crosby, and while I liked him, I never understood why he was so popular. To me his voice was just a gimmick."

"Dirt makes a man look masculine. Let your hair blow in the wind, and all that. It's OK. All you have to do is look neat when you have to look neat."

"To be a star is to own the world and all the people in it. After a taste of stardom, everything else is poverty."
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