Chet Baker Quotes
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You rarely get satisfaction sitting in an easy chair. If you work in a garden on the other hand, and it yields beautiful tomatoes, that's a good feeling.
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My mom just understands about stuff. We have a really good trust, and she knows I can take care of myself.
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'Inside Out' - that was a really good movie. That's the first animated movie I saw since 'The Lego Movie.'
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What's really important to me is somebody who can totally let loose and pretty much be themselves and have fun.
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You see bands putting ads in the paper: 'drummer wanted'. I could never be in a set-up like that.
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I love Costas. He's knows too much, but he's a good guy.
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Every woman looks good in a flamenco dress.
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Sports in Indonesia aren't being supported by the government. The rewards you get as a young player don't match the effort you put in. I want to be different from other athletes, if not better, and I want to make something good out of my profile and help the younger players have opportunities.
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I wanted to be a professional drummer.
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We hear so many records these days that are done with click tracks, as opposed to a drummer.
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The hype man's job is to get everybody out of their seats and on the dance floor to have a good time.
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I wish to be useful, and every kind of service necessary to the public good becomes honorable by being necessary.
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In the Foo Fighters, my main job is to be the drummer, and that's enough.
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I cannot in good conscience ask my colleagues to expend precious time and energy defending or explaining my past. We need all hands on deck, fighting for the future.
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I'm the worst rider. I'm a terrible rider. Me and horses are not a good mix. For some reason, people are always trying to get me on a horse in a movie.
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I was a pretty angry kid, and I got into military history largely as a way to vent my own anger. As I got older it narrowed down to a more specific focus on individual violence. I'm just trying to understand where it came from.
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Everybody always talks about how they can't wait until they turn 18, so they can go out on their own and get their own apartment, and I'm like, 'I want to be with Mom!' I have it good.
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Affectation is a very good word when someone does not wish to confess to what he would none the less like to believe of himself.
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As an adopted person, once you find out about that 'other' side of yourself, it's almost like you find out who you really are.
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I speak my mind. I'm not really afraid of things. I actually don't think that's that unusual.
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I looked upon myself, in a sort of romantic and silly way, as like a laboratory.
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The bad news is, I have worked less than I have liked. The good news is, I can look back on my body of work and feel truly proud of the work I have done.
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Racism is not merely a simplistic hatred. It is, more often, broad sympathy toward some and broader skepticism toward others.
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It takes a pretty good drummer to be better than no drummer at all.
