Dwayne Johnson Quotes
The sexiest thing that a woman can do, wear, and say all fall under one word to me: subtlety. To be subtle in the things that she does and the things she says and the things she wears - I appreciate the details.
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I worked with the Neville Brothers for 40-some years on the highway, and up and down since I can remember - funk from New Orleans.
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Gossip can be entertaining: occasionally, I've heard the most fascinating things about myself I never knew.
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I have no idea if some societies, anthropologically speaking, aren't really suited for democracy. I don't think that's true.
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I like it when somebody tells me a story, and I actually really feel that that's becoming like a lost art in American cinema.
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My lessons didn't come at my father's knee. Like all good lessons, they were learned from example.
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I like visualizing a lot, so the night before a competition and right before, I will visualize myself. I'll close my eyes, turn away from everybody, and just see myself doing exactly what I want to accomplish.
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I'm a darned good listener.
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Political satire is a serious thing. In democratic newspapers throughout the world there are daily cartoons that often are not even funny, as is the case especially in many English-language newspapers. Instead, they contain a political message, and the artist takes full responsibility.
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I would say that awards are for children. Because children need a tangible representation of their achievement. And as adults, you have to settle for the respect and admiration of your peers.
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When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad.
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A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself.
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I grew up when people seemed actually to be hurting themselves for their art. Of course, some of it was phony.
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In English, I'm a little bit limited. I speak English as a second language, and that's a little limitation that I have to work around and I have to use it to my favor. So, yes, that's why I end up wanting to do more things in Latin America.
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If you go back to all my albums, they're all confessional.
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Whenever I'm in Kansas City, I think back to all the jazz-blues greats who played the blues here - like Count Basie, Charlie Parker and Jay McShann. I watched those guys jam in different places and heard a lot of things - but I couldn't do what they did. They were too good.
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Opportunity dances with those already on the dance floor.
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There are now 30-year-old Mexican writers who do great novels in which Mexico isn't even mentioned.
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I was raised to believe that America was a force for good in the world and that it should take its leadership role seriously.
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I have no business being a journalist. I'm the least, I'm the least - I'm the most trusting, I absolutely make a habit of believing anything that anybody tells me about themselves. I've never had any reason in the world to think that anyone has wanted to harm me, or lie to me. I believe whatever is being sold, most of the time.
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Fame lost its appeal for me when I went into a public restroom and an autograph seeker handed me a pen and paper under the stall door.
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I have disagreements with leadership, I have disagreements with the speaker, but I have those one-on-one.
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I desperately wanted to play the part of Darth Vader's mother - I think she ended up being played by a Scandinavian actress - because my son was completely crazy about 'Star Wars.'
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I like NPR's podcasts because I can listen to those on the bus.
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The sexiest thing that a woman can do, wear, and say all fall under one word to me: subtlety. To be subtle in the things that she does and the things she says and the things she wears - I appreciate the details.
