Derek Bailey Quotes
Even if it is difficult playing with other people - sometimes it's great, sometimes it isn't, but that is kind of the point of it. It loses its point playing solo.
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Between two groups of people who want to make inconsistent kinds of worlds, I see no remedy but force.
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What's great about stand-up is that you can say whatever you want and go around the country, and sometimes the world, and work on it and see how people react. You don't need Standards & Practices or notes from lawyers or producers to tell you what's funny.
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In China, because Chinese is a tonal language, it can be kind of hard to follow people's emotional tracks. There was one moment where a woman I was interviewing just sort of burst into tears, and I can usually sort of tell when things are coming on, and in that moment, it was very unexpected.
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I love England from head to toe. I love the weather, the people. I was there in the summer and it was nice. The people are so groovy.
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I design all my sets. With my tour and my album artwork, I co-design that with people who are better at drawing than me. But I've got a good imagination. I went to art school so I understand how to communicate my ideas.
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I was 25 years old when I arrived in D.C. It was just myself and two people who worked and helped me in the kitchen. I was only cooking for three people most of the time.
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There's just a natural instinct to want to be great, I think.
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Boxing is a sport. We allow each other to hit each other, but I'm not treating my opponent like my enemy. We're doing a job to entertain people.
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I would not run for president. I really like what I'm doing now. People say I'm giving them energy and hope.
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In the education of the American people, I am Recess.
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A federal Voters' Bill of Rights could press the states to put non-partisan managers in charge of elections.
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Today, fear of bloodshed is forcing us into recognizing new taboos: those of Muslims.
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Shoes are very emotional. For women, they carry the message that you want to give to the world. One day you want to be sexy, or super powerful at your job - you wear a great pump. If you want to be on-the-go and running after your kids - you wear a great flat.
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When the gun lobby fights gun-control legislation, its logic is clear: it does not like laws that prevent people from owning or using guns.
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People will ask, 'Are you famous?' And I always answer, 'My mother thinks so.'
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When people recognize your work and want to reward you for what you've done, that's a good feeling.
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Many people identify their sense of self with the problems they have, or think they have.
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A soul occupied with great ideas performs small duties.
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A word of advice, don't point your #$%^&^& finger at crazy people
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If I would rescue one of my movies, it would be 'A Little Princess.'
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I support Alice Waters in her desire that there be a vegetable garden at the White House. I don't think they should rip up the Rose Garden, because that's something that I love. They should probably dig up another patch and grow some vegetables there.
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In 'Twice Born' I play my character in her 20s, 30s and 50s. For the fifty year old scenes, I had some prosthetics; it was interesting to see how I'm going to look when I'm fifty-five or so. I actually saw similarities between my grandmothers and my mother.
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Enterprises of different ownerships should all enjoy fair opportunities and conditions to compete in the market.
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Even if it is difficult playing with other people - sometimes it's great, sometimes it isn't, but that is kind of the point of it. It loses its point playing solo.
