Valerie June Quotes
My challenges have not been around music. My hardest thing in music was just sitting down and teaching myself how to play and believing in myself.
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Those who condemn gay marriage, yet are silent or indifferent to the breakdown of marriage and divorce, are, in my view, missing the real issue.
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Let me go to hell, that's all I ask, and go on cursing them there, and them look down and hear me, that might take some of the shine off their bliss.
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One of the most important tools we have at the Small Business Administration (SBA) to reach high growth entrepreneurs is the Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) program.
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I'm the worst person to be stuck with in a traffic jam.
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I think the government must recognise that the wounds of conflict are even more grievous on the mind than the body, and indeed may even serve to fuel further conflict. Where conflict cannot be avoided, provision of adequate psychosocial services to prevent the adverse mental health consequences should take priority.
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Fortunately, the music from the first record really connected with people, and I was really proud of that.
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Dave thought he was bigger than Van Halen the band. So there was this catfight going on for 10 years.
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Economics has paid a terrible price for its dalliances with the Keynesian and neoclassical theories.
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Back when Saddam Hussein was in power, the Americans didn't care about his crimes. When he was gassing the Kurds and gassing Iran, they didn't care about it. When oil was at stake, somehow, suddenly, things mattered.
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If you hear me out, I believe you'll discover that what motivates me more than any other issue is the defense of everyone's rights.
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Wait long enough, and people will surprise and impress you.
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I'm not very good with stills. I get all twitchy.
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Any reaction is better than none.
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I don't have a big career plan. I just like to see how things come out, and I just try to keep going in different directions.
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I like the idea of working my way up. I don't feel impatient to immediately jump into something that could literally bring down a studio if I don't do it well.
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Love is a credulous thing.
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Overwhelmed by the miraculous potentialities of the machine, our human greed has interfered with the biological cycle of human companionship which keeps the life of a community healthy.
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Cuba never had advisors in Vietnam. The military there knew very well how to conduct their war.
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Everything that we experience every day leaves a long-lasting impression.
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I have no interest in making music solely for a white audience. If that's what our audience is, I don't really feel responsible for that.
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I think each film I do has less and less dialogue. It really helps a lot for foreign sales, because when I go to Europe, there's very little problem with communication. All the gags are visual. The music they can understand, and it helps communicate a lot better.
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Brexit was not a coup. Far from it. In the eyes of most analysts, it was a clear sign that people are frustrated and fed up with the status quo; this is particularly the case with independent voters.
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My challenges have not been around music. My hardest thing in music was just sitting down and teaching myself how to play and believing in myself.
