Bernie Worrell Quotes
We used to have a main female vocalist. But she had a baby. Now we do the singing ourselves.
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In general, I think the world is a good place if you work hard, believe in yourself, have good intentions, and if you are kind to people, I believe that good things happen to you.
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But I believe we must not allow feelings of defeat to take root in our hearts.
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Disrespect toward Jesus, as we have seen all too often in our society, is very offensive to Muslims.
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My wife, Caroline Spector, and I pitched some comic ideas to various publishers back in the '80s, but nothing ever came of it.
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What I remember myself from films, and what I love about films, is specific scenes and characters.
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Solar power is clean, renewable and cost effective, but it also needs time to develop.
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'Firewall' seems both scary and protective at the same time. And how often does that happen within one word besides 'military' and 'government?'
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As of 2002, two million Latino adults had been diagnosed with diabetes.
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From my undergraduate days, I've always been interested in the major philosophical questions that don't seem to have an answer that everyone agrees on.
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Many of the issues we face in dealing with rapid climate change are well suited to an engineering mind.
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Focus on remedies, not faults.
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I was born technically in D.C., and then my family moved to the Columbia area when I was in elementary school. It was right on the line between Clarksville and Columbia in Howard County. I remember it being just like a peaceful, safe atmosphere. I always felt connected to the woods and that whole suburban feel.
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We need to get the corporate money out of the political system and return democracy to the people.
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I'm a man without a corporation.
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At the beginning, I experienced writing as a sort of constraint. Starting so young as a writer is pitiable: it's beyond your powers; you have to lay bare things that are very heavy, and you don't have the means for that.
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Some people have a misunderstanding about the Army. Some people think, 'Hey, you're in the military, and everything is super-hierarchical, and you're in an environment that is intolerable of criticism, and people don't want frank assessments.' I think the opposite is the case.
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People can be inspired the way I've been inspired by music.
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A win for one is a win for all - and I'm not just saying that because Dumas did.
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I suppose, in a way, one could say I may be less interested in my career than the audience is. Not to mean that I'm disinterested in my career, but I don't see it in terms of one stepping stone or, 'Now I'm going to go into my blue phase,' or what have you.
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Asceticism is the right way of thinking for those who have to extirpate their sensual drives because they are ravening beasts of prey. But only for those!
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You feel like you're really a part of a movement when you're singing Journey at a karaoke bar.
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I used to be a professional kiteboarder. People were like, 'Oh, my God, are you scared of sharks? Are you scared of injuries?' You can't be scared. If you're scared, then you can't do it. You can't train to be the best.
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Intelligence is loose in the galaxy. Power is in our hands, for better or worse. We can modify Nature’s rules, if we dare, but we cannot ignore her lessons.
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We used to have a main female vocalist. But she had a baby. Now we do the singing ourselves.
