#ric

The whole 'American Idol' way of looking at things is the antithesis of what I grew up with. There are a whole lot of kids wanting to be famous now, whereas if I'd even mentioned that word to one of my teachers, I would have got into a whole load of trouble. ↗

— Harry Connick, Jr.

#american idol #antithesis #even #famous #got

You know, this whole thing about Ricky Martin, and how successful that young man is. He's 27, I was 29. ↗

— Robert Conrad

#how #i #know #man #martin

Companies that get confused, that think their goal is revenue or stock price or something. You have to focus on the things that lead to those. ↗

— Tim Cook

#confused #focus #get #goal #lead

Elvis Presley, The Everly Brothers, and a lot of American artists were my greatest influences. ↗

— Gordon Waller

#artists #brothers #elvis #elvis presley #everly

So then you have to say to yourself: Do I want to be rich, or do I want to do good work? ↗

— Jackie Cooper

#good work #i #rich #say #then

If we don't change, millions of American families are just one medical emergency, or one layoff, away from financial disaster and bankruptcy. ↗

— Jim Cooper

#american families #away #bankruptcy #change #disaster

This is a simple change that will provide a huge financial boost for many Americans, particularly low- to moderate-income families. It is an important step in making sure we do everything we can to encourage all Americans to save and plan for the future. ↗

— Jim Cooper

#boost #change #encourage #everything #families

I wrote the script of Patton. I had this very bizarre opening where he stands up in front of an American flag and gives this speech. Ultimately, I was fired. When the script was done, they hired another writer and that script was forgotten. ↗

— Francis Ford Coppola

#american flag #another #bizarre #done #fired

We were raised in an Italian-American household, although we didn't speak Italian in the house. We were very proud of being Italian, and had Italian music, ate Italian food. ↗

— Francis Ford Coppola

#ate #being #food #had #house

Hopefully it will be possible to get all our other albums in American shops one day so if people are interested they can hear it but I'm hoping that people are going to be interested in what we are going to do, not just what we've done. ↗

— Ville Valo

#american #day #done #get #going