Charlie Haden Quotes
We're here to bring beauty to the world and make a difference in this planet. That's what art forms are about.
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I want to be an animated character. I'm also doing more writing and directing.
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I would like to see America some day.
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I cannot go to Montreal without going to Beauty's, my favorite place for breakfast, where I have the Mish-Mash omelet with hot dogs, salami, eggs, green peppers, and onions, and the best banana bread in the world. It's legendary!
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I don't want to say anything because I know I am unable to protect you from the harm that I see.
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Though intelligence is powerless to modify character, it is a dab hand at finding euphemisms for its weaknesses.
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I'm lucky enough to do what I like for work - not everyone's that fortunate.
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It's time to face facts: Most people stop being environmentalists when they sit down to eat.
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What I do find enormously gratifying is the reviews my books get from the American press. They are so on the ball compared to anywhere else. It's so satisfying to get a review that conveys the reader understood precisely what I was trying to get at.
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The human soul needs actual beauty more than bread.
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If you learn one thing from having lived through decades of changing views, it is that all predictions are necessarily false.
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Time has changed and now is the age of spending.
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I've written a screenplay that is a series of monologues and songs; they form this sort of human tapestry across time and place. The form is strange, but I find it really fascinating.
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What is history? An echo of the past in the future; a reflex from the future on the past.
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Instead of going out to dinner, buy good food. Cooking at home shows such affection. In a bad economy, it's more important to make yourself feel good.
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I connect with people on a daily basis.
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As investors, we want to believe we are smart, insightful and uniquely talented - even though we often fail to do the heavy lifting, put in the long hours, and make the uncomfortable but necessary decisions to achieve success.
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Some people don't understand that I - as an artist and a person - I want to make my own decisions and create the music that I personally like.
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What I have done in my nine year career was just a glimpse of what I can do.
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I once bought my kids a set of batteries for Christmas with a note on it saying, toys not included.
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I am always hearing from Israelis, 'Oh, CNN is anti-Israel,' or 'BBC is against us.' But no, they are reporting facts.
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I have said many times that Iran is a state sponsor of terrorism.
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My operas usually come from musical ideas rather than ideas about subject matter.
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I think when I look out and I see there's so much negativity in the world and a lot of people are unhappy and a lot people are anxious, it just feels like that's one view of the world. But you don't have to always focus on that view of the world.
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We're here to bring beauty to the world and make a difference in this planet. That's what art forms are about.
