Chris Isaak Quotes
I think I'm in a really nice position, where I'm sure I could do another show if I wanted to do one, but right now the main thing in my mind is writing songs.
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I've always been proud that my name stands for peace.
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Writers should provoke disagreement.
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Come on... when you're running, if you see you're going to win, you're going to celebrate.
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I grew up in uptown Jamaica; I went to a rich school. I was raised by my mother and my stepfather; they made sure education came before anything. I had a good childhood, grew up spending time with my bigger brothers and sisters. My people are good people. I was exposed to a lot of different kinds of people and culture.
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Winning the peace is harder than winning the war.
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In the beginning, I found it hard to give my songs away, but now I've realised it's exciting, and it's only making me better.
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People respect nonfiction but they read novels.
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Our relationships with our computers are almost sexual, they're so close. They're just such a huge part of our lives.
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When I got my Oprah money, the first thing I bought was a really nice electronic bidet toilet seat.
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I have been fortunate that publications like the 'New York Times' and 'The Wall Street Journal' have allowed me to share some of my opinions with a wider audience.
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That's one of the lucky things about getting the success later on. I know how I want to dress, I know what kind of house I want to live in, I just know more about myself, and that's true about the roles I want to play and what parts of myself I want to express. You're just more in touch with yourself.
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I don't think any actors love taking their clothes off on film, unless you're an exhibitionist, which I'm certainly not.
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You have to master not only the art of listening to your head, you must also master listening to your heart and listening to your gut.
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Deep breaths are very helpful at shallow parties.
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When you're trying to paint a portrait of a very specific world, you're trying to show what makes the world different. So, sometimes it means exaggerating certain kind of aspects, but I don't think it's that important or it's that much of an issue as long as you get an emotional truth across.
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Stupidity is a talent for misconception.
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Adventuring can be for the ordinary person with ordinary qualities, such as I regard myself.
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I just wanted to defend football, which is not always easy to do. Those of us who have been in the sport so many years now realise we must protect it and look after it. I was speaking about football, what it means. It is our profession, it has been our lives, and we must take care of it a little.
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We're just so self-conscious. However much we try not to be, on some level, especially as a woman and an actress, you have so much pressure when it comes your hair and the bags under your eyes and your skin.
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People want to put women in one box, and I'm interested in how women can be everything at once.
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No mistake about it. Ice is cold; roses are red; I'm in love. And this love is about to carry me off somewhere. The current's too overpowering; I don't have any choice. It may very well be a special place, some place I've never seen before. Danger may be lurking there, something that may end up wounding me deeply, fatally. I might end up losing everything. But there's no turning back. I can only go with the flow. Even if it means I'll be burned up, gone forever.
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Self-expression is impossible in relation with other men; their self-expression interferes with it. The greatest heights of self-expression in poetry, music, painting – are achieved by men who are supremely alone.
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I always tell students that writing a poem and publishing it are two quite separate things, and you should write what you have to write, and if you're afraid it's going to upset someone, don't publish it.
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I think I'm in a really nice position, where I'm sure I could do another show if I wanted to do one, but right now the main thing in my mind is writing songs.
