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 only scream if screaming is deserved.
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When one has not father, or mother, or brother, and all one's friends have barely bread enough for themselves, life cannot be very easy, nor its crusts very many at any time.
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My father was a very big musical influence on me. He was a trumpet player. And that's what I started with. Then, when I was 7, my parents introduced me to the piano.
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Success, to me, is just doing things that I'm really proud of.
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It's really surreal when I play shows, I'll have three or four people who are in the front row who are singing every word to my songs. The first time I experienced that I was like,"Are they mocking me? Is this a joke?" But it's not a joke. They actually identify with my music and that is something that I'm getting used to.
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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.
