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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I spent 250 to 300 days of every year on the road. But in the end, I felt something was missing. I needed to be anchored so I could concentrate, so in 2000, I established a new methodology - the one I use today. I spent the week in my office and travelled every weekend, even at Christmas.
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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 actually like getting out of my comfort zone. It shakes me up.
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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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Winning the Oscar was like winning all the prizes in one single night that I never won as a kid.
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I was one of the most brilliant liars as a child.
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In high school I was the dog, always, and I never have felt comfortable or right in my body, and part of my whole exhibitionist thing has probably been a way of testing to see whether or not I really was this repulsive creature that I felt like for so long.
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Whether I build a character from the ground up or develop one, whether within my own copyright or in licensed work, I can step into that character's mind. It takes a kind of voluntary dissociation akin to method acting, military planning, marketing, or detective work: to think like the other guy and work out what he's going to do next.
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Regulatory mandates have a disproportionate effect on small businesses.
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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.
