Chris Isaak Quotes
I come from a small town and I come from a background where we didn't have money to travel. I thought I'd have to join the military to get to Europe. So I'm thrilled to travel.
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Vinyl is democratic, as surely as the iPod is fascist. Vinyl is representational: It has a face. Two faces, in fact, to represent the dualism of human nature. Vinyl occupies physical space honestly, proud as a fat woman dancing.
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There is no evidence to show that prohibition has ever had its intended impact. Of course, just as banning beef has reduced beef consumption, banning alcohol will lead to reduced alcohol consumption. But, there appears to be little or no correlation between, say, domestic violence or household impoverishment and prohibition.
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If a queen bee were crossed with a Friesian bull, would not the land flow with milk and honey?
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I think the new generation is much more demanding about respect for the environment than we have ever imagined.
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I can go to a country song, go right into it and make it sound authentic. And I think that's because of my ear as an impressionist.
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All Americans are dependent for their energy on the Arabian peninsula.
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Of course, individuals vary greatly within each racial group and should be treated as such.
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I had stories that needed more space than the hour and a half or two hours a movie gives you.
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One of the recent love stories I enjoyed was Bhaskar's 'Bommarillu.'
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I am a certified yoga teacher and I love to cycle and swim.
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But I think boys ultimately are easier than girls.
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I feel completely fortunate to have this outlet for something I don't really feel like I have a choice in, to make music. I've got to make it.
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Everything is creative. It's all relative to me. No matter what, you've gotta use your imagination, use your senses.
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I think when I first straightened my hair, I was a teenager. I don't believe that I was consciously doing it to look white or to be on television. It never crossed my mind. All of the girls in my neighborhood got perms and their hair straightened. But I know that historically it was to assimilate and there are some people who do it for that reason.
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My father was a statesman, I am a political woman. My father was a saint. I am not.
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I think it's really important to be conscious of yourself and the world around you. For me, that meant reading a lot and reporting.
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My own belief is that there is hardly anyone whose sexual life, if it were broadcast, would not fill the world at large with surprise and horror.
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So many people love sci-fi, and they're so loyal.
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There is that elementary principle of organization in any art that nothing gets in anything else's way, and everything is at its own limit of possibilities.
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Once you achieve a certain level of success or fame, it becomes really difficult to go against type.
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We have food all around us all the time, and if we haven't eaten for three hours, we think we're starving. You're not starving - human beings can go for 30 days without food.
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A boatload of government money is indeed a gift. Unless, I suppose, you're one of the saps paying for the cargo.
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I'm going to vote in support of the president of the United States in keeping the troops in Iraq until the president and our military is convinced that the mission is complete.
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I come from a small town and I come from a background where we didn't have money to travel. I thought I'd have to join the military to get to Europe. So I'm thrilled to travel.
