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Benny Goodman

"I remember Glenn Miller coming to me once, before he had his own band, saying, How do you do it? How do you get started? It's so difficult. I told him, I don't know but whatever you do don't stop. Just keep on going."

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"I remember Glenn Miller coming to me once, before he had his own band, saying, How do you do it? How do you get started? It's so difficult. I told him, I don't know but whatever you do don't stop. Just keep on going."

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"Ronald Reagan used to alarm his Soviet counterparts by saying that surely they'd both unite against an invasion from Mars."

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"Fat is a way of saying no to powerlessness and self-denial."

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Amber Hurdle

"You cannot have your cake and eat it."

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Amber Hurdle

"I just think that all of us in this room should have a voice in how the USA is represented. And he don't allow us our voice, that's all I'm saying."

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Amber Hurdle

"There was a lot of stress and assumptions made without me even saying anything, which was very upsetting."

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Amber Hurdle

"The function of a briefing paper is to prevent the ambassador from saying something dreadfully indiscreet. I sometimes think its true object is to prevent the ambassador from saying anything at all."

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Amber Hurdle

"I wouldn't write a book, because saying the word I over and over again would nauseate me."

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Amber Hurdle

"The camera is interested in what you are thinking as opposed to just what you are doing or saying."

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Amber Hurdle

"Matisse was very clear about saying that you have to blow your own trumpet and explain yourself, which I think has been slightly forgotten."

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Amber Hurdle

"I don't believe what the papers are saying They're just out to capture my dime, Exaggerating this, exaggerating that."

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"That night at Carnegie Hall was a great experience. When the thing was first put up to me I was a little dubious, not knowing just what would be expected of us."
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"One way or the other, if you want to find reasons why you shouldn't keep on, you'll find 'em. The obstacles are all there; there are a million of 'em."
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