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• Cher wanted to be an entertainer more than I've seen anybody want to be an entertainer in my life.

  Sonny Bono

  Want, Wanted

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• Since the departure of good old-fashioned entertainers the re-emergence of somebody who wants to be an entertainer has unfortunately become a synonym for camp. I don't think I'm camper than any other person who felt at home on stage, and felt more at home on stage than he did offstage.

  David Bowie

  Home, Thinking, Departure

  "David Bowie on Ziggy Stardust, white funk and other theatrical matters - a classic interview" by Charles Shaar Murray, www.theguardian.com. June 12, 2012.

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• Just reading that - just reading that a person can be black and still perform in blackface, making fun of black people for a living, and at the same time be a genius and be an incredible entertainer and at the same time be extremely conflicted and feel like - just feel terrible for doing that, essentially, which is what Bert Williams felt, from what I gather, from what I read - all of that just made - was so incredible to me.

  Cecile McLorin Salvant

  Fun, Reading, People

  "Jazz Singer Cécile McLorin Salvant Doesn't Want To Sound 'Clean And Pretty'". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. January 1, 2016.

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• A jazz musician is a combination orator, dialectician, mathematician, athlete, entertainer, poet, singer, dancer, diplomat, educator, student, comedian, artist, seducer, public masturbator, and general all-round good fellow.

  Steve Lacy

  Athlete, Artist, Dancer

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• The best teacher is an entertainer.

  Bob Keeshan

  Teacher, Best Teacher

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• It was never my dream to be famous. I didn't start acting to be a movie star. I started in the theater and my desire was to get better at my craft. It's still my desire. I don't consider myself a movie star, nor do I really have the desire to be one. I'm just an entertainer. An actor who works hard at his craft. Whatever labels people give me, that's not really me or part of my process.

  Denzel Washington

  Dream, Stars, Hard Work

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• When you talk about the world's greatest entertainer you have to say Al Jolson because there was no one like him. Only Judy Garland and perhaps Frank Sinatra got anywhere near him!

  Jack Benny

  World, Als, Garlands

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The real work of men was hunting meat. The invention of agriculture was a giant step in the wrong direction, leading to serfdom, cities, and empire. From a race of hunters, artists, warriors, and tamers of horses, we degraded ourselves to what we are now: clerks, functionaries, laborers, entertainers, processors of information.

  Edward Abbey

  Horse, Real, Warrior

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• When people leave my show, I want them to say, 'I've never seen anything like that in my life ... It's amazing. He's the greatest entertainer in the world.'

  Michael Jackson

  People, World, Want

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• Are writers reporters, prophets, crazies, entertainers, preachers, judges, what?

  Wallace Stegner

  Judging, Prophet, Preacher

  Wallace Stegner (2007). “Crossing to Safety”, p.53, Modern Library

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• Marijuana is the most violence causing drug in the history of mankindMost marijuana smokers are Negroes, Hispanics, Filipinos and entertainers.

  Harry J. Anslinger

  Marijuana, Drug, Violence

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• Entertainers have no brain...I get frustrated when I hear things like that from people. We have different goals. We have our own ways. I try to do the best I can, but still.

  Seohyun

  People, Goal, Frustrated

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• Grease is one of the movies that made me want to be an entertainer, and I have literally been waiting my whole life to play Sandy. My siblings and I watched it and played it out over and over when we were kids. This is my dream role and performing it live on television will be one of the most thrilling opportunities I’ve had in my career so far.

  Julianne Hough

  Dream, Sibling, Kids

  "Fox Taps Julianne Hough, Vanessa Hudgens for 'Grease: Live'" by Lacey Rose, www.hollywoodreporter.com. January 17, 2015.

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• I believe that as an entertainer, you're only as good as your audience and the people who support you.

  Zachary Levi

  Believe, Support You, People

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I see myself not only as a football player, but an entertainer and icon.

  Cam Newton

  Football, Player, Icons

  Sports Illustrated Interview, www.theguardian.com. December 27, 2011.

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• Michael Jackson? He was something more (than one of my favorite entertainers), a true friend. He wasn't just a genius. Above all, he was a good person, who gave so much. He gave people values, he encouraged them to better themselves all the time. He was far deeper and more authentic than people could see. He was misunderstood too many times

  Kobe Bryant

  True Friend, People, Misunderstood

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• Kids tend to look up to sports figures and entertainers, probably more than they should, but I've tried to use that in a positive way.

  Warren Moon

  Sports, Kids, Looks

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• We live in a country where we're supposed to have freedom of the press and religious freedom, but I think to some degree, there's a sense of fear in America today, that if you say the wrong thing, what some people will consider what is wrong, if you step out of line, if you dissent, whether you be an entertainer, that somehow and some way this government or the forces to be will come down on you.

  John Lewis

  Country, Religious, Freedom

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• I don't consider myself an interviewer as much as an entertainer.

  Ellen DeGeneres

  Interviewers

  "Find Out Who You Are and Live That Truth". Interview with Katie Couric, www.glamour.com. February 1, 2010.

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• I never tell an audience what they can expect. I never have and I never will. I'm an entertainer for 75 years.

  Jerry Lewis

  Years, Audience

  "The nutty interview: We try to get answers from Jerry Lewis". Interview With Lisa Rose, www.nj.com. May 28, 2008.

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• I wanted the focus to be on my ability as a singer and as an entertainer - not on my private life.

  Adam Lambert

  Focus, Singers, Ability

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• I think an artist can fit under a few different categories depending on how much you explore your creativity. It can vary from artist to artist from musician to performer to vocalist. I thrive on creativity. So in the long run I want to be an all around entertainer.

  Christina Aguilera

  Running, Creativity, Artist

  MSN Live Chat, www.bignoisenow.com. 2000.

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• Amongst black people, you have always heard it said that once a black man reaches a certain level, especially if you are an entertainer, you get a white trophy woman. I didn't make that up.

  Spike Lee

  Men, White, People

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• The storyteller and poet of our time, as in any other time, must be an entertainer of the spirit in the full sense of the word, not just a preacher of social or political ideals. There is no paradise for bored readers and no excuse for tedious literature that does not intrigue the reader, uplift him, give him the joy and the escape that true art always grants.

  Isaac Bashevis Singer

  Uplifting, Art, Bored

  Isaac Bashevis Singer (1982). “The collected stories of Isaac Bashevis Singer”, Vintage

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• I don't get on stage and give a social diatribe. I am a performer and an entertainer.

  Pete Wentz

  Giving, Social, Stage

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