Duncan Sheik Quotes
So, once I've written a song, you know, I'm pretty happy with what the song is on its own terms.
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We will always make music, but Die Antwoord is... finite.
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It's my private life, and it's not up for grabs.
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I had to work with a psychiatrist.
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I tell them the rules are made by the government. Every firm should comply. It doesn't mean they can't compete.
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I do love being on television and in peoples' homes. I'm not an actor, so there is a connection that's real.
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I don't think anybody thinks they're bad, just in life, in general.
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Young people do not watch television; they are on the Internet.
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Comedy can be harder because if you aren't making the audience laugh, they're going to turn on you quicker. They'll go along with mediocre drama more than they'll go along with mediocre comedy.
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Yoga takes what you have and molds and sculpts it, which is a much more natural way to look and feel.
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We are not opposed to public transportation. We are opposed to wasteful boondoggles.
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Guys like Clyde McPhatter used to sing their tail ends off!
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I have a company called Earl Campbell Foods. I got into the meat business in 1991.
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I drink Diet Coke from the minute I get up to the minute I go to bed.
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Those of us raised in modern cities tend to notice horizontal and vertical lines more quickly than lines at other orientations. In contrast, people raised in nomadic tribes do a better job noticing lines skewed at intermediate angles, since Mother Nature tends to work with a wider array of lines than most architects.
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I am also one of those persons who were transformed, who grew out of the Soviet system and transformed myself into the new Russia.
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When an individual is protesting society's refusal to acknowledge his dignity as a human being, his very act of protest confers dignity on him.
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What I don't like to hear in music is something has not been thought through: that a sound is just there randomly. I want to make sure that every single little noise that's in my song is there because it's supposed to be there.
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I know how to wrap my turban a little better now. In the beginning, it was a little weird.
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The running joke about the Premio Cervantes, the most coveted literary prize in the Spanish-speaking world, which was established by Spain's Ministry of Culture in 1976, is that Cervantes himself wouldn't have received it. This is because he was, in his heart, the most anti-Spanish of Spanish writers.
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It is salutary to train oneself to be no more affected by censure than by praise.
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I definitely subscribe to the idea that 9/11, to use an overused phrase, was a wake-up call. There was a year-long national teach-in on Islam - everyone read books and suddenly talked about Islam, and that was very productive. But there's no doubt that moment has passed.
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While restoring a sense of fiscal discipline to Congress is a top priority, infrastructure spending is an important and necessary task of government. Our nation's long-term debt requires us to prioritize and economize with every tax dollar.
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The world cannot continue to build larger health care systems where you just sit around and wait for people to get sick.
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So, once I've written a song, you know, I'm pretty happy with what the song is on its own terms.
