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I went to see John Mayall at the Marquee, with Peter Green on guitar, and that was a particularly good gig. -- Alvin Lee
We did a gig at the Marquee and we were supposed to be paid five pounds but we never got it, and it cost us something like 10 pounds in petrol to get there to do it. So what we did was steal some equipment from The Marquee. -- Andy Partridge
When your name is on the marquee, you either get the glory or you get the hits. -- Meat Loaf
All they had to do was put my name on a marquee and watch the money roll in. -- Gloria Swanson
I don't think Marquee Moon was so good, y'know? Just another record. First records everybody likes a lot. -- Tom Verlaine
Health care reform, the marquee legislative accomplishment of the Obama administration's first term, was passed before we entered the world of divided government. -- Eliot Spitzer
I was a big Who fan when I was 15, 16 years old, and I used to go watch them play at the Marquee Club in London as often as I could. -- Chris Squire
I hope I'm in a position to make stuff that I really want to make as opposed to stuff that I just have to make for money reasons, or to sustain a certain marquee value. -- Paul Walker
I went to work. That was a turning point. When you have to do eight shows a week and your name is on the marquee, no matter what is going on at home or what's on the cover of the newspapers, you've got to do your job. -- Marla Maples
I did 'Lone Star Love' in 2007 with Randy Quaid, and that was supposed to come to Broadway at the Belasco and a marquee went up and everything... and it all fell apart, and that marquee came right down, and we got severance pay. And, it was very sad. -- Kara Lindsay
Keep a marquee everything sparkly Man down hit em on the walkie talkie -- Nicki Minaj
There's an Elvis movie on the marquee sign, we've all seen at least three times. -- Hal Ketchum
I certainly wanted my name in lights. I wanted my name on a marquee. I wanted recognition on Broadway. -- Stephen Sondheim
I've never thought of my name at the top of the marquee in any particular terms other than, you know, slight bewilderment. -- Bobby Keys
If I weren't a Christian Scientist, and I saw "Trog" advertised on a marquee across the street, I'd think I'd contemplate suicide. -- Joan Crawford
Anybody see 'Cop Land'? I went to go see it, but I got stoned in the parking lot. And then on the way in, I read the marquee, and I got paranoid and went home. -- Arj Barker
Broadway producers are happy to have a big Hollywood name they can post on the marquee, but most of them assume that television and film stars really can't handle stage work. Too often, they're right. -- Rue McClanahan
Jazz brought this sense of democracy where four guys come together and your name may be on the marquee, but in this moment, when you're the soloist, it's you, and we follow you. We follow you. -- Al Jarreau
To be a driver that can cross off one of those marquee events as a winner, that cements your legacy in motorsports, to be able to win the Daytona 500 is the ultimate dream of a race car driver. -- Tony Stewart
Really, the golden egg of doing a series is that you cross that very stupid bridge that says 'Name Actors Only' in casting sessions. All of a sudden, you become a name actor; it gives you marquee value. That's all that a series does. -- Jason Alexander
They call me Ricky Fatton. Mind you I've had a lot on my plate recently. I got measured for this suit the other week. They measured my pants, jacket, top to bottom. Bloody hell Ricky you're a Mark F they said, a size up from a marquee. -- Ricky Hatton
You know when there's a star, like in show business, the star has her name in lights on the marquee! Right? And the star gets themoney because the people come to see the star, right? Well, I'm the star, and all of you are in the chorus. -- Babe Didrikson Zaharias
The marquee scrolling across our minds trying to reinterpret life reads: "God-Against-Us." This becomes the dominant lens through which our flesh interprets life. We no longer give our loving Father the benefit of the doubt. Instead, we view every event as conclusive proof that God is against us. -- James MacDonald
Strangely enough, I wasn't into fast guitarists. I preferred Peter Green's subtle touch. I saw him with John Mayall's Bluesbreakers at the Marquee Club in London and was very impressed. He was the only guitarist I've ever seen to turn the volume control on his guitar down during a solo. -- Alvin Lee
Your Great-Aunt Muriel doesn't agree, I just met her upstairs while she was giving Fleur the tiara. "She said 'Oh dear, is this the muggle born?' and then, 'Bad posture, skinny ankles.'" Don't take it personally, she's rude to everyone," said Ron. "Talking about Muriel?" inquired George, reemerging from the marquee with Fred. "Yeah, she's just told me my ears are lopsided. Old bat. -- J. K. Rowling
I think I need to spend some time with safari but what arrests my attention are salient, sadomasochism, saccadic, and salad days. I think I will go learn more about coral only to learn a lot more about corollary and counterturn and coffin nail. I go from magnificence to means to marquee to maniac to distyle, ductile, hindsight, shell game, veronica, yardstick, ball field, magpie, variegated, and close shave. -- Dara Wier
When I was with Elvis, I used to remind myself there's Elvis on the marquee and then there's the living, breathing Elvis. -- Linda D. Thompson

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