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Favorite Quotes
"With Hitchcock I had little relationship. I was called to replace Bernard Herrmann, his favorite composer, in Torn Curtain, after the bitter fight between them."
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"Forever Young, by Dylan, is one of my favorite songs."
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"My favorite monologue in the book is Kate Harrington's story of her relationship with Truman."
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"You know there's nothing a Hill Democrat would rather do than criticize another Democrat. It is their favorite activity. Then they can read about how honorable they are in an Op-Ed piece, how bipartisan."
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"My favorite is still the one that I started off with, which is a Les Paul Standard. I've played that at every gig I've ever had. And that's my starting point in the studio."
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"My own personal favorite Cher song is the unforgettable Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves."
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"Really, if I'm gonna eat a meat, I'd rather eat venison than anything and I do like it a little on the rare side. That's probably my favorite meat and I've had some awfully good venison in some of the great restaurants."
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"Do we settle on a regional team because we can go to its ballpark and see its games on television? Or do we choose a team as our favorite because it has an especially appealing player, a Barry Bonds or an Ichiro?"
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"My vintage Levi's are my favorite on the show, 'cause they really fit."
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"Song Sung Blue took a lot of compressing and refining, and it has one of my favorite lyrics."
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"Nooooooo... favorite film, that's like asking if you have a favorite kid!"
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"My favorite Knicks moment was when we beat Indiana in Game 7 to reach the NBA Finals. We worked so hard as a team to reach that moment that it was very satisfying to beat Indiana and reach the Finals."
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"I don't tend to have a favorite album; I tend to have favorite tracks. There are flaws in every album that spoil it for me."
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"Growing up, my favorite TV show was Star Trek."
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"And this one I wanted to do some covers. So I just really sang some of my favorite songs."
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"Fishing seems to be the favorite form of loafing."
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"Alinsky's 1971 book, "Rules for Radicals," is a favorite of the Obamas. Michele Obama quoted it at the Democratic Convention. One Alinsky tactic is to "Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it." That's what the White House did in targeting Rush Limbaugh, Rick Santelli and Jim Cramer."
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"My favorite moments in the show are when I stand by myself and sing."
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"And of course coming from Massachusetts, Rocky Marciano was my favorite."
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"You might have a favorite book or film, but you can only watch or read it so many times before you have to let it sit and then go back and realize it's your favorite still. At some point everything gets a little stale and you have to step away from it."
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"I don't really have a favorite bass player. I listen to a lot of bluegrass. But then again, I'm not a typical bluegrass bass player. I was really into the Grateful Dead, and I still am - I don't listen to them too much, but for me they are a big influence."
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"My favorite review described me as the cinematic equivalent of junk mail. I don't know what that means, but it sounds like a dig."
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"You have to bear in mind that Mr. Autry's favorite horse was named Champion. He ain't ever had one called Runner Up."
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"If I'm out trailriding, I have a favorite motorcycle. Riding on the road, I've got a favorite. If I'm jumping, I have a favorite, and if I'm racing, I have a favorite."
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"My favorite book is always the one I'm working on at the moment."
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"Ray Leonard was more of a favorite than Thomas Hearns that night."
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"I try not to have favorites, but Barfly is one that I like. My favorite is always the one I just finished."
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"I would always fall down the big main staircase in our house. My favorite thing in the world was to pretend to be horribly killed at the top of it, and to fall dramatically down to the bottom of it."
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"My favorite place is Central Park because you never know what you're going to find there. I also like that when I look out the windows of surrounding hotels, it's seems like I'm looking out over a forest."
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"My favorite jellybean is the pink one with the flavor inside."
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"Lou Reed is something like a personal favorite of mine, but you could always put me into that drawer of singers who can't really sing, who speak their songs."
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"That's sort of like asking a parent who their favorite child is. It's very hard to determine. Sometimes I'll get feedback from somebody who liked this part of the show. Others like another part of the show."
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"Richard Lloyd of Television is one of my favorite guitarists. His mentor was Jimi Hendrix when he was just 14. Jimi was always pounding everything he knew into that kid."
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