Memories were fine but you couldn't touch them, smell them or hold them. They were never exactly as the moment was, and they faded with time.
Would you believe that Sammy Davis, Jr. taught me how to sing a ballad? 'You can be in an arena,' he said, 'and you should be able to hold their attention.'
If you really think that the enviroment is less important than the economy, try holding your breath while you count your money.
So long as there is one pretty girl left on the stage, the professional undertakers may hold up their burial of the theater.
Make my breast transparent as pure crystal, that the world, jealous of me, may see the foulest thought my heart does hold.
The more we train a man to labor, deliberate, dictate and demand over the inconsequential, the less capable his mind becomes of holding that of consequence.
I hold the maxim no less applicable to public than to private affairs, that honesty is always the best policy.
People sometimes hold themselves back because they want to use racism as an excuse for them not being able to achieve what they want to achieve.
The only obligation to which in advance we may hold a novel, without incurring the accusation of being arbitrary, is that it be interesting.
I think a man needs to be a man. To hold a woman the way she wants to be held. Just do whatever your woman wants, and you'll be fine.
I'm not intimidated by other actors at all - or directors. I don't care who they are. But I am intimidated by writers. I hold them in the highest esteem.
I married a woman who's not going to take anything. No slips. She's very accountable, and she holds me very accountable.
The media plays up celebrity a lot, but it doesn't hold a candle to being a scientist. There's a lot to be said for what they all do, and are trying to accomplish.
I hold that a writer who does not passionately believe in the perfectibility of man has no dedication nor any membership in literature.
She wasn't doing a thing that I could see, except standing there leaning on the balcony railing, holding the universe together.
You come to a point where you give up on holding yourself to a perfect feminist ideal - it just feels stifling.
I suppose any note, no matter how sour, sounds like a song if you hold onto it long enough.
Learning from the past can help you move forward. Lingering in the past will only hold you back.
In a perfect world, you would be able to hold onto everyone. But It's not realistic. The changes with NYPD have been progressive and have taken the show to new levels.
Holding a note is a very difficult thing - you have to use your whole body to achieve a perfect pitch.
I have a bad back partially from playing the drums and singing. I used to have to hold my body in such a position that my spine got out of alignment.
