Talk:Irving Berlin

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 * A patriotic song is an emotion and you must not embarrass an audience with it, or they will hate your guts.
 * Life is 10 percent what you make it, and 90 percent how you take it.
 * Never hate a song that's sold a half million copies.
 * Our attitudes control our lives. Attitudes are a secret power working twenty-four hours a day, for good or bad. It is of paramount importance that we know how to harness and control this great force.
 * Talent is only the starting point.
 * The toughest thing about success is that you've got to keep on being a success.
 * There's an element of truth in every idea that lasts long enough to be called corny.
 * There's no business like show business."
 * All good song-writers have no more than half a dozen good tunes in their systems, and if they have that many, they are liberally blessed.