Dave Brubeck Quotes
I wanted to be like my father, who was a cattle man and a rodeo roper. And that was - he was my hero, and I wanted to be more like him.
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So although women can do anything that men can't do, they can also do something that men can't do, and that is mother their children.
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Leaders who master emotions can rob us of our capacities to reason. If their values are out of step with our own, the results can be devastating.
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I started calling myself the Pied Piper, when I started using the flute sound in my music.
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If I look back I feel frightened, not happy, because my life is a bit of a mystery to me.
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I like a little bit of designer, with a bit of vintage and high street mixed in. I love it when you find those one-off key pieces, which end up becoming investment pieces.
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I never try to follow a trend or fashion.
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In Hollywood they're getting younger, but believe me, it's not the food. It's the plastic surgery.
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Open-minded tech tinkerers may still prefer traditional PCs for work because they allow much more customization than, say, an iPad.
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I live in a rural residential area. It's a great place for a walk. I'm at my happiest when I'm listening to my iPod while walking around where my feet take me.
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Producing is hell, writing is frustrating, acting is really satisfying, directing is heaven.
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There is simply no room for racial, hurtful language spoken to your colleagues or anyone else.
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The minute I saw the front page of the 'Daily Telegraph' - me with my arm around the latest 'X-Factor' contestant - I realised I'd gone into a new realm.
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For the gay establishment, the death of right and wrong began when gaining civil rights ceased to be enough.
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I'm interested in human nature. That's why I chose to become an actor.
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Nobody has ever convinced me that ancient aliens have visited Earth. Not even close.
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The woman with dark hair, wide hips, and a few extra pounds has always been the essence of beauty in Morocco.
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I try very hard to be bad, but people never take me seriously.
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I love to make even villains people you can relate to. When you find out who did it, I think you almost like the person, which is not easy to do.
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I remember my father didn't say very much – he was a very laconic man. When he'd go to a party, he would become very animated. My mother would say – 'Look at him. He never says a word at home and look at him now.' This is how we all are.
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I spoke to Geoff Johns a lot. We went back and forth, and found a way to bring up the best qualities in his personality and psychology and also fill a niche in Gotham that we've never seen. It became about is there a way to really plant this hero in Gotham and say this is someone you haven't seen before - both in terms of who they are as a person and who they are as a hero.
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I didn't get to college until my 20s, because I was a young father on welfare and had to take all kind of jobs to support my young son. There's what frames my view on the topics I discuss on my shows, and the average person relates to that. No matter how many degrees I have now, I lived that life, and that comes through to the people watching.
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I can count on one hand the number of times I've done SoulCycle. I was not soul'd.
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The satisfaction you get when you finally beat your dad is amazing, that rush of adrenaline.
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I wanted to be like my father, who was a cattle man and a rodeo roper. And that was - he was my hero, and I wanted to be more like him.
