Duncan Sheik Quotes
My second record was all about big ideas - I was trying to make big statements about the culture, about life. I think in a certain way, I was a 27 year old kid with a guitar.
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There have been a lot of exercises and I've had to force myself to go out for walks even when I didn't feel like it, but apart from that, I am a lot better.
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I've got a theory that if you give 100% all of the time, somehow things will work out in the end.
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Weddings are really good for making you feel terrible about yourself if you're not where you want to be in life.
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There's a delicious irony in seeing private luxury jets flying in to Washington, D.C., and people coming off of them with tin cups in their hands saying that they're going to be trimming down and streamlining their businesses. There's a message there.
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I really am pretty boring. There's no reason to take pictures of me.
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Depth on different levels is so important to me. You look at a band like The Beatles, all their material has so much depth to it. And I want people to be able to run away with my melodies and get lost in them and take the lyrics and be able to relate to them.
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There can be no defence like elaborate courtesy.
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I sometimes look around that studio in the middle of commercials and think, 'Really?'
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Most Americans probably have no idea how hostile anti-abortion sidewalk counseling outside clinics can be. There's a reason pro-choicers volunteer to escort patients as they make their way past angry crowds to the clinic door.
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From the spinners, Anil and I have been together for a long time and I respect him a lot.
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Nowhere in the Bible did anyone bring back anyone's past sins and throw them in their face.
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I try to photobomb as much as possible.
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The average Nigerian person has come to reconcile himself with the fact that his or her social progress remain essentially in his or her hands in collaboration with other fellow Nigerians and not merely relying on what government alone could provide for him or her.
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If you want to make change, 'Show me how' can be a stronger, more effective approach than 'Just say no.' That's what I think.
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The goal of NIH research is to acquire new knowledge to help prevent, detect, diagnose, and treat disease and disability, from the rarest genetic disorder to the common cold.
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The way to resumption is to resume.
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I don't like reality shows and have never watched them, but I'm addicted to 'Real Housewives' because it's authentic old-time soap opera reborn!
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I'm not good at accepting help.
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I try not to look back on my life and be regretful.
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I shall from time to time write a small Clue - so that you may be the more thoroughly confounded.
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I'm a young dude from Chicago who grew up with Kanye as my image of hip-hop. Finding your voice in a room where you have to challenge Kanye is scary - but it's also life-affirming.
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Old age is just a record of one's whole life.
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In Merlin, Arthur has a very loyal friend who keeps him on his toes. Arthur enjoys those challenges, and there is a lot of great banter between them. Meanwhile, in Arthur, Merlin has a friend he can really rely on. Merlin knows that when it comes the crunch, Arthur will always do the right thing.
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My second record was all about big ideas - I was trying to make big statements about the culture, about life. I think in a certain way, I was a 27 year old kid with a guitar.
