Duncan Sheik Quotes
I got a publishing deal with BMG, they were supportive, and some money to record demos.
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A bone to the dog is not charity. Charity is the bone shared with the dog, when you are just as hungry as the dog.
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We must strive to become good ancestors.
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It's very interesting, the dynamics of popularity. When you do something all the time, you don't worry about whether it's trendy or not.
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The problem men seem to have, and women, too, is that they have this very structured idea that we should find a partner and settle down and be, you know, faithful. And yet clearly this is really, really hard for anybody to do!
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In the ordinary church, it is suppressed by respectability, by a desire to appear better than we really are.
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I think punditry serves no purpose.
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Law graduates have always ended up in business, government, journalism and other fields. Law schools could do more to build these subjects into their coursework.
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I do watch a lot of YouTube.
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Nocebos often cause a physical effect, but it's not a physically produced effect. What's the cause? In many cases, it's an unanswered question.
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We're also fairly stubborn, I think, fairly independent. We have our share of difficulties with our federal government, although I've tried to as I am here encourage a better way of discussing those problems.
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When I went to college, I discovered the Sega console, and 'Sonic the Hedgehog' became very dear to me.
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Most importantly, nothing has happened to change my conviction that freedom and the love of liberty remain the essential defining attributes of our national character as a people.
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My happy place is holding my daughter and my husband in the same hug. It really is. I'm getting emotional just thinking about it. I consider it such a privilege, and I know that I'm lucky. I never want to take it for granted.
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Inspiration may be a form of super-consciousness, or perhaps of subconsciousness I wouldn't know. But I am sure it is the antithesis of self-consciousness.
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I am sometimes sad when I hear the personal stories of Tibetan refugees who have been tortured or beaten. Some irritation, some anger comes. But it never lasts long. I always try to think at a deeper level, to find ways to console.
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On a ship, everything is enclosed: the people are right on top of each other and can't get up and walk away.
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For me, rockabilly is very, very exciting music. It's electric and kind of wild, you know? It's 'make your hairs stand up on the back of your neck' kind of music.
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I am convinced that military action will not prevent further acts of international terrorism against the United States.
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It's your life. Live it with people who are alive. It tends to be contagious.
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I think the fan access is complicated, because it brings wonderful things into my life, and it brings really negative things into my life. I just try to keep the negative stuff at arm's length. Laugh at it and walk away.
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I come from a background where money has never been an issue.
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We're often portrayed as rich, spoiled athletes who play a game for too much money.
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Teaching is a truly noble profession. It's sad the amount of responsibility that teachers have today. They're not only teaching kids: they're raising kids, policing kids - and they don't make a lot of money.
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I got a publishing deal with BMG, they were supportive, and some money to record demos.
