David Carey Quotes
Sentimentality is probably the biggest enemy for the magazine business. You have to embrace the future.
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Faith may be defined briefly as an illogical belief in the occurrence of the improbable.
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Let's help those in prison maintain positive connections with their community. If we truly want re-entry to be successful, and we do, people need to come back to a place that still feels like home.
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Prog didn't really go away. Just took a catnap in the late Seventies. A new generation of fans discovered it, and a whole new array of bands and solo artists took it on into the new millennium.
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I believed in myself. I never imagined myself as just an ordinary player.
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There's a lot of bad things going on but I didn't do nothing.
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There are people who go clad in tunics and have nothing to do with furs, who nevertheless are lacking in humility. Surely humility in furs is better than pride in tunics.
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Becoming a vampire means completely changing your identity.
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Recently I've been collecting Star Wars figures again. When I was a kid I couldn't afford them. Now I can so I've been buying them and keeping them in their box for a later date when they'll be worth a lot of money.
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Homosexuality in Russia is a crime and the punishment is seven years in prison, locked up with the other men. There is a three year waiting list.
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I think Barack Obama has brought a new level of ethical standards to Washington. Has he changed some basic hard-knuckle politics? No. You need hard-knuckle politics to succeed.
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I'm quite good at not writing.
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When I look at my streams on Spotify, and I just see it's hundreds of millions of streams, I think, 'Wow, that's amazing.' But you don't really get it. Once you see people in front of you singing along to your songs, it's real.
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Everybody goes through a phase of fatigue, and I am no different. Re-inventing yourself in your profession is the key to deal with fatigue.
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Drink warm water with lemon first thing in the morning. It's a good way to detox and alkalize your body.
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The key is falling in love with something, anything. If your heart's attached to it, then your mind will be attached to it.
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Somebody can't complain when they enjoy going to work and enjoy the people they work with.
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Your belief system saturates the space around you.
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One of the saddest things about publishing is how quickly it ages what it touches. The frenzy involved in getting books on shelves, and in putting the word out that they're there, moves at a speed that is not the speed of writing, let alone of reading.
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Expose yourself to as much randomness as possible.
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I used comedy to deflect a lot of situations; if you make someone laugh, they don't want to punch you in the face.
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I have made a career of bumbling around places, stumbling on landmarks and generally being quite haphazard and shambolic about the way I go about things.
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No matter how cold you are or how hungry you are, you might be warm tomorrow.
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Sentimentality is probably the biggest enemy for the magazine business. You have to embrace the future.
