Orison Swett Marden Quotes
Success is not measured by what you accomplish, but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds.
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I like the diversity that my children are exposed to every day.
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During workouts, I listen to Pandora, and I like the '90s pop stations. 'The Backstreet Boys' is fun!
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Sometimes a role might be difficult on my throat.
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In recording, you're trying to make something work sonically - getting the right inflection on the right guitar sound - and maybe a part that would be musically great doesn't sound as cool.
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Comic book readers tend to be pretty secular and anti-authoritarian; nothing is above satire in their eyes.
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We're trying to have the band create something beautiful that hopefully one day, 20 years from now, can be picked up by a kid and hopefully have the same effect that Neil Young had on me, or Led Zeppelin or Black Sabbath.
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To do more of a concert thing, it takes so much preparation. You don't just show up and wing it. You're putting countless hours in the studio, not just to write and produce stuff, but to come up with edits and special things for the show.
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I approve of anyone wearing what the establishment says you must not wear.
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I'm not afraid to call a wine that tastes like Skittles or green peppers mixed with orange marmalade. I'll say, 'It tastes like chicken.' I mean, that's not what people think of when they think of wine, but that's what it tastes like to me and it hits home.
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I hope that what you take away from my album is not just the music - which I did want to be fun, and I did want it to be about individuality, but please also take away from it that there's no dream that's too big.
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An evening dress that reveals a woman's ankles while walking is the most disgusting thing I have ever seen.
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Experimental science is fascinating, but I don't want to do it. I want other people to do it, and I'll read about it.
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My experience is that's rare - that you have a script that is... what they call 'film-ready.'
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When a guy tells me I'm cute, it's not something desirable. Cute is more like what you want your pet to be.
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Making the record was tons of fun, the most fun I've ever had.
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It's always been my dream to do a dance scene with Anthony Hopkins.
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The great fun for me is these collaborators. I'm nothing by myself. Being with these people, whether it's the 'Homeland' cast or stage collaborators, they make you everything you are. They make you come to work. They make you be alive.
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My first commercial was an Old Navy commercial where I stood in line in front of a club, and Fran Drescher was in it.
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London owes everything to its press: it owes as much to its press as it does to its being the seat of government and the law.
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Give me an entrepreneur with a lot of courage, gusto and who iterates rapidly, and I will back that person day in and day out.
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The mosh pit will reveal all the answers. The mosh pit never lies. -Norah, Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist
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Success is not measured by what you accomplish, but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds.
