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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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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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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I am ashamed to run against a lady. It's demeaning, very degrading. I have always refused to argue with a lady.
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Bragging about yourself violates norms of modesty and politeness - and if you were really competent, your work would speak for itself.
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I'd love to work with Michael Buble, with Tony Bennett, with Damian Marley, with Andrea Bocelli.
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People wanted me to be like the Madonna, the white nun, you know, and that's not me. But I'm no villain.
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For those who are poor in happiness, each time is a first time; happiness never becomes a habit.
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In Washington, if you're a congressman or a senator or the President, you make much more money than the average American, but you'd think that if you were the leader of the free world you'd be making major bank, and you don't.
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Ein Aphorismus ist der letzte Ring einer langen Gedankenkette.
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Imagine a world where everyone is really a change maker.
