David Crosby Quotes
Describing Woodstock as the 'big bang,' I think that's a great way to describe it, because the important thing about it wasn't how many people were there or that it was a lot of truly wonderful music that got played.
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I believe that you can always learn from observation.
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I enjoy pushing my characters to the limit. No matter how far out there I go, I look for things that make the characters human.
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A lot of people, even if they know what VR is, see it as this tool to go in your basement and play Halo.
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There have been recorded cases of people learning how to fly a plane after playing a flight simulator, but there's never been a case of someone learning to fight by playing 'Tekken.'
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I would describe my sound as classic Motown.
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Some people write heavily, some write lightly. I prefer the light approach because I believe there is a great deal of false reverence about. There is too much solemnity and intensity in dealing with sacred matters; too much speaking in holy tones.
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How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on treating her as if she were a perfectly normal human being.
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I prayed like a man walking in a forest at night, feeling his way with his hands, at each step fearing to fall into pure bottomlessness forever. Prayer is like lying awake at night, afraid, with your head under the cover, hearing only the beating of your own heart.
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I think the key to a great romcom is to not fight against the genre. The trend more recently has been to apologise or be snarky, so it's an anti-romcom. Just lean in and embrace the fact it's a love story, and it's funny, and it's light. It can still be uber-smart and deal with zeitgeist issues.
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You are not angry with people when you laugh at them. Humor teaches tolerance.
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If you live in rock and roll, as I do, you see the reality of sex, of male lust and women being aroused by male lust. It attracts women. It doesn't repel them.
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I want to have an impact on my son.
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Half of the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important. They don't mean to do harm. But the harm does not interest them.
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The biggest part of my job now is to quickly develop successors, and around the world I am working to develop new business leaders in the company.
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I usually have more than one thing I'm working on at once - I've been working on three different novels. When I get stuck on one, I hop back and forth.
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I think Teach for America has suffered from the fact that I did not teach, in a major way. I also think if I had taught, I wouldn't have started Teach for America.
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We must keep both our femininity and our strength.
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You can't betray yourself too often, or you become somebody else.
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My grandmother told me: 'Never be in debt to anyone or anything.' Which is probably why I've never been financially extravagant - I still go to Costco. I'm always conscious of living within my means.
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Prejudice is a great time saver. You can form opinions without having to get the facts.
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I redefined how I ate and exercised and have continued to keep that up because it feels great.
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Getting old is better than being young. You can do what you want to do.
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I have a lot of friends with bad taste in music - some might say that I have bad taste in music.
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Describing Woodstock as the 'big bang,' I think that's a great way to describe it, because the important thing about it wasn't how many people were there or that it was a lot of truly wonderful music that got played.
