#om

My parents didn't want me to be a regular in a series. I was a working actor from time to time but they thought was a little too much being a star of a series. They wanted me to have a slightly more normal childhood. ↗

— Harry Shearer

#being #childhood #from time to time #i #little

My affiliation with England is borne out by the fact that I do come back for periodic visits. ↗

— George Shearing

#back #borne #come #england #fact

An adventure may be worn as a muddy spot or it may be worn as a proud insignia. It is the woman wearing it who makes it the one thing or the other. ↗

— Norma Shearer

#makes #may #muddy #one thing #other

It is impossible to get anything made or accomplished without stepping on some toes; enemies are inevitable when one is a doer. ↗

— Norma Shearer

#anything #doer #get #impossible #inevitable

Somehow or other I always got myself rigged up in something sensational. ↗

— Norma Shearer

#got #i #i always #myself #other

I don't like freedom jazz - I think it's void of roots and void of foundation. ↗

— George Shearing

#freedom #i #i think #jazz #like

I studied with a blind teacher from about 5 until I was 16, at two different schools. From the age of 12 until 16, I was in a boarding school-which, I believe, at that time was compulsory for blind children. ↗

— George Shearing

#age #believe #blind #boarding #boarding school

I think it was Duke Ellington who once said that we're always most pleased with our current record. I mean, you have to assume that you learn from one, and you do something better next time. ↗

— George Shearing

#assume #better #current #duke #duke ellington

I was born in London in 1919. I first went to America in 1946 for a three-month holiday. Then I came back, worked here for almost a year sold up my home and went back on immigration in 1947. ↗

— George Shearing

#america #back #born #came #first

Teddy Wilson, I think, said a little while ago that it's much easier to come in and play whatever comes into your mind, without obeying any of the laws of bass line and harmony and so on. ↗

— George Shearing

#any #bass #come #comes #easier