Bill Drayton Quotes
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Re-examining our reasoning is not something that has come naturally to American statesmen.
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I have a terrible habit of shopping after I go to the gym or hitting eBay.
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Planning bores me. I like to go with the flow. Being whimsical is nice, occasionally. It keeps things fresh; there's no expectation.
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You should never do anything too much. If you only eat healthy food, that is too much. Success is balance - a banker with no time with his kids, he's not successful. If he doesn't have time to walk his kids to school, that is not success - that is a mistake.
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But I don't want to sing everything out of the side of my mouth, I want people to understand what I mean.
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If I had to do it all over, I'd be more secluded about it.
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I wasn't interested in exploiting myself.
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I don't like to define my music. To me, music is pure emotion. It's language that can communicate certain emotions and the rhythms cuts across genders, cultures and nationalities. All you need to do is close your eyes and feel those emotions.
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Without understanding yourself, what is the use of trying to understand the world?
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If you get something like 'Avatar,' it opens up a lot of big blockbuster doors.
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People with water-borne diseases occupy more than 50% of hospital beds across the world. Does the answer lie in building more hospitals? Really, what is needed is to give them clean water.
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Listen, we're still selling stardom. That doesn't go away because MTV decides they can't play videos or they want to program themselves more as a traditional T.V. station. Vevo and YouTube are like MTV online, and on demand.
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I've never listened to an album once I've finished it. All I hear is what I should've done different. I beat myself up over it.
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Children seem naturally drawn to poetry - it's some combination of the rhyme, rhythm, and the words themselves.
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I must stick with Chinese language films.
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Women's Lib? I couldn't stand it.
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I have a relative who is also gay. We can't help it if they were born that way.
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When the kid goes to bed, you get a little bit of time for yourself and maybe your partner, so being delayed in that departure can be particularly frustrating.
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Nothing can be better calculated to advance our interests and character than the establishment of a liberal and disinterested policy, enlightened by patriotism and guided by wisdom.
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All of my girlfriends have been actors, and I've realized that maybe it's not for me - and find something else outside of the industry.
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World peace is not something that can be realized simply by politicians signing treaties, or by business leaders creating economic cooperation. True and lasting peace will be realized only by forging bonds of trust between people at the deepest level, in the depths of their very lives.
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Life for me outweighs the game of basketball.
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Imagine a world where everyone is really a change maker.
