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" Our father taught us such a work ethic that if there's something worth doing, it's worth doing well. "
Donny Osmond
Work Ethic
Doing
Worth
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" I look at Justin Bieber and my heart breaks for him, because I know what he's going to go through. He knows it. Everybody knows it. "
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" Maybe I am a little bit guilty of trying to convince myself that I am cool to this point - even today. But I am so much more healthy than I used to be in my twenties, because I was not accepted at all. "
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" Knowing what I know now and what I have been through, would I do it the same? I look at the alternative - a very simple life. It would have been nice to have a simple life. "
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" Of course this is Vegas and it is the melting pot for all over the world, but people from all over the world know Donny and Marie. It is amazing. I have been in the business a long time to realize careers can be fleeting. Five years is a long career nowadays for some people, and here we are still going strong after 40 years. "
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Amazing
" The mindset of chasing that next #1 record doesn't exist for me anymore. It's more about being a well-rounded entertainer than being a pop artist. Obviously, it would be wonderful to have a hit record but I don't base my happiness on that anymore. It's about the accomplishment of a project that satisfies me. I just want to enjoy the ride. "
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Mindset
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" I tried Botox once. Never again. It made my forehead freeze. "
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Again
Tried
Never
" A lot of people think that there has to be extreme continuity in an album, but if you look at my background, it's variety! I want to see some variety in an artist, I want to be entertained, I want some depth. Show me some different styles! "
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Think
Me
Artist
" When there's an accident, we all have to slow down and watch the accident. We all have to be a little voyeuristic. I mean, look at the world we live in now, with all these 'Big Brother' shows. We're all a bunch of voyeuristic people. "
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People
Brother
Live
" It's a lot of work to keep reinventing yourself and coming up with new stuff, but that's what it takes to be in show business. "
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New
Show
Up
" With success came an ever-growing burden of responsibility. I lived with a near-constant low-level anxiety that I would make a mistake that would not only threaten my career, but also my brothers' - not to mention the livelihoods of many people who work with us or for us. "
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Mistake
Work
Success
" Here's the mark that a lot of people miss nowadays. Producers missed. They leave out the heart and soul. And that's what I learned from Sammy Davis, Jr., from Frank Sinatra, is when you went to go see those shows, you got to know them. "
Donny Osmond
Know
You
Soul
" I'm going to be true to what I want to do, because if I care what people think about me, I'm a puppet. Which I have been in my life. And you can't live life that way, man! "
Donny Osmond
People
Life
Care
" I don't have a lavish lifestyle with expensive cars. "
Donny Osmond
Lavish
Expensive
Lifestyle
" My political ideas and things like that, even my religion, I try to keep close to me because it's a personal thing, and I don't shove it down people's throats. I don't condemn any artist that wants to do that, like the Baldwins. That's their choice. But in my world, I'm just an entertainer. "
Donny Osmond
Ideas
Religion
World
" I didn't grow up with Broadway music. My mother played Perry Como, while I listened to Andy Williams records. Later on it was Cream, Grand Funk Railroad and lots of R&B like the Isley Bros. and Parliament. "
Donny Osmond
Mother
Grow Up
Railroad
" You're an island no matter what you do. I think it's very dangerous to use popularity as your identity in life. So you have to really know who you are inside, the core person, and follow what is true rather than follow what is hype. "
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You
Think
Life
" A belief in God is vitally important, not just in show business, but stability in life. You know, to recognize deity is the most important thing that you can do. I mean, it comes to the Ten Commandments. They weren't ten suggestions. They were Ten Commandments. "
Donny Osmond
Life
Belief
Business
" You have to believe in yourself, otherwise you can't do it. If you don't believe in yourself, how do expect anyone else to? Because ultimately, you're the one who has to do it. "
Donny Osmond
Believe
Believe In Yourself
Yourself
" It's a natural phenomenon that when you hit as a little kid, as a teenybopper, we'll call it, everybody who used to like you back in that period of time grows up and they leave you back there. "
Donny Osmond
Time
Natural
Leave
" I wish I could dance like Michael Jackson. I'd love to be able to have my life exactly the way it is, but with his dance moves. "
Donny Osmond
Life
My Life
Wish
" Success sometimes can really bite you in the shorts. "
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Shorts
Bite
You
" This whole head of the home thing has been blown way out of proportion. Some guys just take it way too far. Some parents take it way too far. Yet children need guidance. They need a parent to help and guide them. They also need a friend. They need a confidant. "
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Friend
Parents
Children
" Romance is alive and well in America, but the 50 percent who can't make it work fail because of selfishness. It gets down to that. You can't oversimplify it because every situation is so complex. "
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Work
You
America
" If you're climbing the ladder of life, you go rung by rung, one step at a time. Don't look too far up, set your goals high but take one step at a time. Sometimes you don't think you're progressing until you step back and see how high you've really gone. "
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Think
Goals
Life
" I love cranberry juice, but I'm not a coffee drinker - as a Mormon, I avoid caffeine. "
Donny Osmond
Coffee
Caffeine
Avoid
" I don't want my album coming out with a 'G' rating. Nobody would buy it. "
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Album
Out
Buy
" My father instilled in me the attitude of prevailing. If there's a challenge, go for it. If there's a wall to break down, break it down. "
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Attitude
Father
Me
" I go to bed late. My mind starts going at night - that's when those creative juices begin flowing. "
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Go
Bed
Late
" Sometimes people take it for granted that they had success, especially nowadays when you have instant stardom. A lot of people feel entitlement and nobody is entitled to anything. "
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Success
You
Sometimes
" We have a water purifier, so we drink a lot of it. As a singer, especially in Utah, you have to hydrate constantly. "
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You
Water
Utah