Christian Scott Quotes
Man I mean, the great thing about playing clubs in Harlem is people have an appreciation not just for the music but for the history of the music.
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Not everybody fantasizes about robbing a bank, but I think most people have that fantasy of being in a high speed chase.
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There is nothing out there that I have a grudge against or I have a problem with.
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The times that I have done something that I didn't respond to emotionally right away, it's generally not worked out too well.
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In terms of people that I know, my grandmother and my mother are huge influences on my writing life because they are both massively supportive and always have been of my career.
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The differences between revolution in art and revolution in politics are enormous. Revolution in art lies not in the will to destroy but in the revelation of what has already been destroyed. Art kills only the dead.
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Most of the press is in league with government, or with the status quo.
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Greetings and death to our enemies.
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I want to keep a thread between the studio and the stage, and I want to flow more easily from one to the other.
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When I'm making a film, I'm obsessive about what I do, and I get totally into it. That's all I'm eating, breathing, living at that moment.
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One of my favorite episodes was the one in which Homer grew hair. That was a very unique episode, since there was a gay secretary, but that wasn't even the issue of the show-the issue was Homer's image changing because he had hair.
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Immigrants use the library often. A lot of them don't have access to books and Internet at home. They seem so disconnected to the city.
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Good God, do you mean to say this place is a club?
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The body dies, but the spirit that transcends it cannot be touched by death.
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It's really a misconception to identify the writer with the main character, given that the author creates all the characters in the book. In certain ways, I'm every character.
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I hope everybody enjoys our input on 'Black Water' - it sure was a lot of fun getting to record it.
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I'm nearsighted in my right eye, have glaucoma in my left, and the nerves in my hands are on Medicare. Basically, I'm on the wrong end of a short sale.
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If I don't train enough, of course I'm nervous.
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Silk Road to Ruin has all the analysis and it's structured very well. I rely on my notes more and I use direct quotes. But there's nothing like writing about it right away.
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My family and relatives alone could fill Shanmukhananda Hall in Bombay.
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Americans are falling out of the middle class, not into it. And they deserve relief. I absolute support extending the Bush tax cuts for those who work the hardest and invest the most in our economy - the real drivers of American growth, the middle class.
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I was able to grow up and do silly things and have a life with only a small amount of public scrutiny.
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Hating people isn’t a productive way of living. So what’s the point in hating anyone? There’s enough hate in the world as it is, without me adding to it.
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For me, growing up, the downside of it was that as a kid you don't want to stand out. You don't want to have a famous father let alone get a job because of your famous father, you know? But I'm a product of nepotism. That's how I got my foot in the door, through my dad.
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Man I mean, the great thing about playing clubs in Harlem is people have an appreciation not just for the music but for the history of the music.
