Neil Strauss Quotes
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But when it came to jamming and writing songs like we used to, we realized Brandon was a huge spirit in the band. Who knew? It was just something we had to learn.
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I've had the good fortune of studying the 17th-century art of Amsterdam in preparation for a film.
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I love my work, and I feel fortunate to be doing a job I love, but it isn't the centre of my life.
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Calling Rand Paul 'the most interesting man in politics' is an invitation to an argument - but one we suspect he'd love to have.
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The horror genre is my personal favorite. But then again, I was the kid who read coroner books for fun.
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I still have my school friends who are actually friends. It's nice that they don't think much about my singing career. They think it is cool, and they are happy for me, but they don't really bother me about it. To them, I'm still just the schoolgirl from next door.
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You cannot reduce the power of story with the tag of money because it's not a share market. So you must know the seriousness of the power of storytelling.
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I'm completely open about the fact that I don't love every genre of metal. I like what I like. It's got to have some vocal quality and some semblance of melody.
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We need to remember that politics is all about people, not programs. We shouldn't want to take the humanness out of the political arena.
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I think there needs some attention to be paid to what sport is going to represent to young people: should it be viewed in the competitive, team-oriented sense that it is now, or does it become a vehicle for betting, which may, in effect, change the atmosphere in the stadiums and the arenas?
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It is possible in this world to be pretty and funny and successful all at the same time.
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The hooks didn't roll out any more sevens than my hands did before them.
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I have all the tools and gadgets. I tell my son, who's a producer, 'You never work for the machine; the machine works for you.'
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I've had four children and I've done a good job and I'm happy in life.
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Winning a ring is everybody's goal, whether you're a player or a coach.
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Tea-shops were to become my favourite haunts in England.
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Demolishing pretensions, especially worthy ones, is a hallmark of the baby boom.
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Beauty is an ecstasy; it is as simple as hunger. There is really nothing to be said about it. It is like the perfume of a rose: you can smell it and that is all.
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Raising children is like making biscuits: it is as easy to raise a big batch as one, while you have your hands in the dough.
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Nothing is more unappealing than running against a colleague.
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I think if you were to talk to women who have run, both successfully and unsuccessfully, nearly all of them would say, "You learn so much." You learn about yourself, what you're capable of doing.... And it doesn't have to all happen when you're young - I mean, one of the most powerful women in American politics is Nancy Pelosi. She had five children. She didn't go into politics until her youngest child was in high school.... That's one of the great things about being a woman in today's world: You have a much longer potential work life than our mothers or our grandmothers did.
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Black America has always felt itself divided into two classes: the mucky-mucks and the folk.
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Fame won't make you feel any better about yourself.
