Dave Holland Quotes
To me, at its best, that's what art should do, perform both the emotional and intellectual function.
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I love a good Slash guitar riff. It's sexy!
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You don't go out and change your gender for a television show, O.K.? It ain't happening. I don't care who you are.
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The success of 'The Shadow of the Wind' made me very happy, but it did not change my perspective or the way I was.
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I'm a little angry in life.
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I grew up outside Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in a little town, and went to a regular high school. I was a... very average student in that high school. Then I joined the Navy, and while I was in the Navy, I was in a motorcycle accident and woke up deaf in a hospital.
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With all the great products that are apparently out there that are undetectable, for me to take something like that... when people take things that now aren't even being tested for, does it make any sense?
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We live a happy life, and we don't take anything too seriously.
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If you like standup and decide that it's overtaking your life and want to hate it, watch 1,000 standup comedians who are trying to get on a TV show.
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Public appearances are a headache. I hold mine down to a minimum.
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I think Gore does have to worry. He is tied to Bill Clinton. We know that there were telephone calls that he made from his office. We know that there were visits to the Buddhist temple.
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To stop the flow of music would be like the stopping of time itself, incredible and inconceivable.
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In all these years, I've understood one thing: that it's only your work that should do all the talking.
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I have stepped outside my comfort zone enough to know that, yes, the world does fall apart, but not in the way that you fear.
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If you want to humble an empire, it makes sense to maim its cathedrals. They are symbols of its faith, and when they crumple and burn, it tells us we are not so powerful and we can't be safe.
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We live in diverse communities with all sorts of people from all sorts of different backgrounds. The more our entertainment can be a reflection of the world we live in, the better it is for all of us.
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Great musicians, you don't just hear them, you feel them. When I listen to Randy Rhoads, I feel every note. I learned a lot from him.
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I did not become a vegetarian for my health, I did it for the health of the chickens.
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I always did think that when I turned 40, I'd start coming into my own.
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Leadership is the art of giving people a platform for spreading ideas that work.
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England really is the birthplace, the heart and soul of football. If Barcelona had Liverpool's fans, or Arsenal's, or United's, we'd have won 20 Champions Leagues, hahaha!
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Any form of art is political if you make it that way.
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As a director on 'The Office,' there's a tremendous weight that comes with directing features. I was being asked to direct a show that had already won an Emmy for Best Comedy. Steve Carell and the cast had already won the Screen Actor's Guild Awards.
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To me, at its best, that's what art should do, perform both the emotional and intellectual function.
