Dave Navarro Quotes
The beautiful thing about CBGB is that I don't have a single memory from that place, ... But I think it was amazing.
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I've fallen victim to worrying about what everybody thinks. It's never going to be that everyone is happy. You just gotta know what you like and go with it.
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Too many executives I've met over the years have the mentality of a bodybuilder; they've come to accept the idea that growth is synonymous with success.
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I will not contest my parliamentary seat in a sad election that will not produce a Parliament capable of endorsing a realistic reform agenda for Greece.
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The first test any poem must pass is no longer, 'Is it true to nature?' but a criterion looking in a different direction: namely, 'Is it sincere? Is it genuine?'
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I would be a poorer person if the only things I knew were what I had found out for myself.
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One of the most interesting aspects of the film project was collaborating with so many people - directors, filmmakers, and writers - over a five-year period. I learned that there are two components to this.
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That element of surprise is what I look for when I am writing. It is my way of judging what I am doing - which is never an easy thing to do.
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The deeper the experience of an absence of meaning - in other words, of absurdity - the more energetically meaning is sought.
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Symbolism is alright in 'fiction,' but I tell true life stories simply about what happened to people I knew.
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The cars haven't advanced that much since we were kids. When you boil it down, it's still a gas combustion engine.
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Love is never lost. If not reciprocated, it will flow back and soften and purify the heart.
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I'm the kinda person, you gotta fight for everything you get. You gotta believe in yourself.
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A good hockey player plays where the puck is. A great hockey player plays where the puck is going to be.
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I did a lot of ridiculous television. Between 1980 and '85 I had no confidence, so I did everything I was told to do.
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I don't know how I got out of some of the scrapes I was in. But I know that there's some sort of plan.
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A lot of people work out to be skinny. That's so boring, and it seems like a depressing goal for a modern woman.
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All you need is a bad angle and suddenly you're 30 pounds overweight.
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I work so I don't need to make rent through my songs, and I think if more people engaged with music without needing it to provide for their welfare, you're not beholden to anyone.
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You know, if it weren't for these fans, I wouldn't have gotten as far as I did.
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Every nation has to follow a certain policy: Commercial, trade, various other types of policies.
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We refuse to believe that which we don't understand.
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When I look at American history and I look at what history means to me, I look at it as if it were a string of stories. And if it's told well enough and in a way that's charming and warm and with wit and humor, then it takes a bit of the edge off of it. You can still tell the truth, but if you tell it very sweetly and very warmly, it makes it go down a bit easier.
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The purpose of the book is to see what happened to America; both to the people in it, and to its relationships with the rest of the world.
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The beautiful thing about CBGB is that I don't have a single memory from that place, ... But I think it was amazing.
