Awards Quotes - Page 28

• I was very aware when I went to the Academy Awards that it would probably be my first and last time. So I thought my input should really be about fertility, and I thought I'd bring some eggs.

  Bjork

  Eggs, Input, Lasts

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• One of the most memorable live performances of my career took place on the 2002 American Music Awards show when I had to the opportunity to sing with Elton John. I was moved by the way he played the piano onstage.

  Tim McGraw

  Memorable, Opportunity, Careers

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• It was amazing to be nominated by the Academy who saw fit for me to be nominated for best supporting actor. The Critic's choice award was wonderful. I'm on cloud nine.

  Giancarlo Esposito

  Clouds, Choices, Actors

  "Exclusive: Giancarlo Esposito Talks Current Projects, More; Directing Series On Slave Abolitionist John Brown". Interview by Masha Dowell, www.indiewire.com. October 9, 2012.

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• Awards are not the only markers of success; I don't judge myself just based on them. I believe that each cinema-goer has his own mental trophies.

  Rachel Bilson

  Believe, Judging, Cinema

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• Nowadays, what an award gives is a sense of solidarity with the poetry guild, as it were: sustenance coming from the assent of your peers on the judging panel.

  Seamus Heaney

  Judging, Giving, Peers

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• When I think about my MVP season, I will also think about the loss to Golden State. But winning the award as Most Valuable Player of the NBA is just a huge honour. I didn't really realise how big it was until Mark Cuban had tears in his eyes at the award ceremony.

  Dirk Nowitzki

  Eye, Loss, Thinking

  "Nowitzki Waxes Poetic On Life". Interview with Martin Fuenkele, www.fibaeurope.com. August 15, 2007.

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• I know a lot of actors picture themselves winning Academy Awards. I really just wanted to do a Christmas movie because it's the kind of movie that I really love to watch. I'm a sucker for the holidays.

  Leigh-Allyn Baker

  Holiday, Winning, Watches

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• Getting an award on Top Gear is better than getting a Grammy.

  Jay Kay

  Gears, Top Gear, Grammy

  "Jay Kay: 'Getting an award on Top Gear is better than getting a Grammy'". Mirror.co.uk Interview, www.mirror.co.uk. January 27, 2012.

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• There have been two [career highlights]. Waking up in New York to hear I'd been nominated for Best Actor for a Tony Award on Broadway, for An Ideal Husband. The other one was waking up the morning after the opening night of A Man For All Seasons and reading the reviews.

  Martin Shaw

  Morning, New York, Husband

  Source: www.mirror.co.uk

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• If you are a professional actor who has pride in his work, then the judgment of your peers should be important to you. I treasure each and every award I have ever received - and my Oscar is in a place of honor.

  Sophia Loren

  Pride, Honor, Important

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• I'd like ten more babies and ten more chihuahuas and a few Academy Awards. Meanwhile, I enjoy being a sex symbol and making people happy.

  Jayne Mansfield

  Baby, Sex, People

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

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• Men are not given awards and promotions for bravery in intimacy.

  Gail Sheehy

  Men, Bravery, Intimacy

  Gail Sheehy (1977). “Passages: Predictable Crises of Adult Life”, Bantam

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• In my heart there may be doubt that I deserve the Nobel award over other men of letters whom I hold in respect and reverence, but there is no question of my pleasure and pride in having it for myself.

  John Steinbeck

  Heart, Pride, Men

  John Steinbeck (2003). “America and Americans and Selected Nonfiction”, p.146, Penguin

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• It is customary for the recipient of this award to offer personal or scholarly comment on the nature and the direction of literature. At this particular time, however, I think it would be well to consider the high duties and the responsibilities of the makers of literature.

  John Steinbeck

  Responsibility, Thinking, Would Be

  William Faulkner, Eugene O'Neill, John Steinbeck (1971). “William Faulkner, Eugene O'Neill [and] John Steinbeck”

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• If you, my fellow copywriters or art directors, want to win the award, devote your genius to making the cash register ring.

  David Ogilvy

  Art, Winning, Directors

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• If I want to be up for an Academy Award, I'm either going to have to play a tour de force of some kind or have a tracheotomy just before the nominations.

  Burt Reynolds

  Play, Want, Nominations

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

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• I'm not out trying to prove anything. All I'm trying to do is go out there and help my team any way I can to win. I don't get caught up in the individual stats or the awards.

  Steve McNair

  Team, Winning, Trying

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• Getting to the playoffs is more important than winning an award.

  Corey Perry

  Winning, Important, Playoffs

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• You are recognized by your bat. If you are the best hitting shortstop out there, that's how you win a Gold Glove. That's the way it is. It shouldn't be-it's a defensive award.

  Jimmy Rollins

  Winning, Gold, Way

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• Awards, they come and go. The main thing is it's all about team.

  Seimone Augustus

  Team, Comes And Goes

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• I don't think too much about awards.

  Delmon Young

  Thinking, Too Much

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• I'm a guy here to play football. I'm not here for photos or newspapers or TV shows or trophies or awards. I'm not into all that.

  Randy Moss

  Football, Tv Shows, Play

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• I've worked for everything I've ever got and it's worked out. Even if I was the Cy Young Award winner I still would not want to feel that sense of entitlement. I would still treat every game like it's my very first game and my very last game.

  R.A. Dickey

  Games, Want, Lasts

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• WikiLeaks is a service to the population. Assange should get an award for - presidential medal of honor.

  Noam Chomsky

  Presidential, Honor, Population

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• You can imagine what a trip this is for a Jewish girl from Great Neck-I get to win an Academy Award and meet Elizabeth Taylor at the same time.

  Julia Phillips

  Girl, Winning, Necks

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