Charlie Haden Quotes
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If even in science there is no a way of judging a theory but by assessing the number, faith and vocal energy of its supporters, then this must be even more so in the social sciences: truth lies in power.
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That is the saving grace of humor, if you fail no one is laughing at you.
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If you have two parents who have to work, who want to work, you need to have someone to guide your child.
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Banks are concerned the central bank is imposing too many regulations. If the trend continues, we'll swing to heavy regulation. We need to have balanced regulation to encourage the economy.
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I have often heard that the novel is dead. But I see novels produced, I don't know how many a week, in France. I have the impression it's carrying along quite well.
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My idea of heaven is a great big baked potato and someone to share it with.
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After the revolution, it might very well remain necessary to place people where they could not do harm to others. But the one under restraint should be cut off from the rest of society as little as possible.
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Israel has a security concern involving geography. But geography does not have the same value it did in 1967.
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I certainly don't have any boundaries myself, but I think I'm very aware of other people's.
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My confidence comes from me, not from Jon Jones. I can't draw my confidence from another person.
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We've come a long way in our thinking, but also in our moral decay. I can't imagine Dr. King watching the 'Real Housewives' or 'Jersey Shore.'
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I am not from a film family or a Mumbai girl. The probability of getting a second chance is low, and so one has to be more careful.
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I went to Sunday School and liked the stories about Christ and the Christmas star. They were beautiful. They made you warm and happy to think about. But I didn't believe them.
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I've always been a reader and a writer.
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My first endeavor was to save the core of the German system of justice: the independent judiciary.
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A woman always has her man, but the man unconsciously leans on his roots, his heritage. He feels like an orphan without his parents.
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It is not altogether shyness that now makes me unsuccessful in company. Sometimes it is a state of mind that is three parts meditation, that will not free the thoughts until their attendant trains are prepared to follow them.
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My friend had a funny remark; he told me everybody has something – some people have a big butt, some people are insecure and at least you know what it is, even if it's a lump on your head. I know I have a lump on my head.
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In the time we made 'To the 5 Boroughs,' there was a political seriousness because of what was happening in the world.
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In the not-for-profit world, there can be wastefulness because there's not the desperate urgency of when you're on a clock.
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I also just accept that I might never want to write a song again.
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When you step out and do a song in a musical, the easier thing to do is make it funny. But when those transitions become necessary, when they aren't camp, that, to me, is magic. I've done musical comedies and enjoyed them, but subject matter that's deeper and more realistic is always what's appealed to me most.
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My nails are my rhythm section when I'm writing a song all alone. Some day, I may cut an album, just me and my nails.
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I can write a song about my hero Che Guevara and call it 'Song for Che.'
