Douglas Glenn Colvin (Dee Dee Ramone) Quotes
Because I'm quiet, people think I'm really cold, or rude, or snobby. But I'm literally scared to talk to them.
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Like in every peace process, and especially in Colombia, there all kinds of problems that will come through. Not only is the process by itself very complicated but it has lots of underground complications.
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Work on good prose has three steps: a musical stage when it is composed, an architectonic one when it is built, and a textile one when it is woven.
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I am sick and tired of the process where everybody tells you that Indian companies don't have the technology and capability. We need to put money where our mouth is and make things happen, and that is what we are trying to do.
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An incredibly high percentage of successful entrepreneurs are dyslexic. That's one of the little-known facts.
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Good things happen when you meet strangers.
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Even if you live in a big city, everybody lives in a small town. We identify ourselves by our neighborhoods - 'I live in the Village, or in Chelsea.'
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The thing about Y Combinator that's cool is that most companies won't happen if we don't fund them.
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I'm extremely superstitious.
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Men do not value a good deed unless it brings a reward.
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I can create institutions, but I can't rewrite the chips in people's heads.
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Being spontaneous is a blessing.
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In TV, you're always confused because you legitimately don't know what you're doing the next week.
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The idea of a news broadcast once was to find someone with information and broadcast it. The idea now is to find someone with ignorance and spread it around.
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The Reserve Bank cannot just exist; its ability to say 'no' has to be protected.
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You know, you don't expect everyone to be as educated as everyone else or have the same achievements, but you expect at least to be offered at least some of the opportunities, and libraries are the most simple and the most open way to give people access to books.
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My hair is a wild, untamable beast! I like letting it grow; my bangs grow whatever way they want and I kind of follow their rule. So side bangs, poof bangs - it's kind of unpredictable.
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I didn't have traditional stage fright. If there was 500 people in the audience or three people in the audience, it didn't really make a difference. What made a difference was the conductor. Everything that I was scared about as a drummer was him.
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You know, rock stardom... I have a hard time discussing that because I don't really accept it. It's not really that tangible. What's really bizarre is how it's used as a thing - you know, 'He's the rock star of politics,' 'He's the rock star of quarterbacks' - like it's the greatest thing in the world.
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I feel I will always have that spirit bear with me, so I will always feel protected.
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There's this label called Neurotica by these sweet girls that have given me some lovely things to wear, and we might collaborate on making a little piece. They're really lovely, and I think they've been quite inspired by me in turn.
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If an umpire misses a called third strike and the other side ends up scoring because of it, I'm not going to forget it. If there are runners on second and third and two out, and if the umpire has just given the hitter an extra strike and the next pitch goes into the hole and both runs score, I've got to say something to the guy.
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I'm not really worried about what Anthony Johnson does. I have to worry about what I do to prepare myself.
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I think I might become a pescatarian. I love sushi, couldn't give it up.
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Because I'm quiet, people think I'm really cold, or rude, or snobby. But I'm literally scared to talk to them.
