Douglas Hodge Quotes
When you sit down and there's nothing, and then you write a song and there's something, that's the most extraordinary feeling.
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Re-examining our reasoning is not something that has come naturally to American statesmen.
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I don't think anybody thinks they're bad, just in life, in general.
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I see a deep connection between peace and change: peace always starts from within, for communities and people alike. The same is true of change: real change starts from within.
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I tend to think that cricket is the greatest thing that God ever created on earth - certainly greater than sex, although sex isn't too bad either.
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If one has curiosity, then one stands the chance of attain a high level of scientific inquiry.
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The reason that the all-American boy prefers beauty to brains is that he can see better than he can think.
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I've only dressed in drag three or four times.
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In the late '90s, I spent a lot of time on reservations, and there was a level of poverty and injustice that I had not witnessed before. I was shocked by it. This is federally controlled land, and there was an insidious mix of apathy and exploitation.
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Sometimes when you're a songwriter, you kind of have this egotistic thing: you just want to write something that you love, and you don't care about if people like it or not, but personally, I want to write something that people can jive to.
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Democracy requires common ground on which all can stand, but that ground is sinking beneath our feet, and democracy may be going down the sinkhole with it.
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You'd better believe that Putin sees that in Syria, Obama draws a red line and ignores the red line.
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How do you sustain yourself when all the old structures people looked to for support - religion, family, ethnic solidarity - are crumbling, or feel so false that you refuse to avail yourself of them? What comes next?
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We're the first not-white family to ever live in the governor's mansion. My son-in-law is Puerto Rican. I have a beautiful little granddaughter who is half Korean and half Latina. I'm the only white guy in the house.
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My dad is often horrified by what I've spent my money on.
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It's not my job to get really personal in how I express myself. I've met fans, and they've been lovely. But letting my personal life out there, I don't think is a good idea for me. I think the more you do that, the more you can be accused of encouraging that kind of attention.
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Every man I meet wants to protect me. I can't figure out what from.
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In lean times, you get plenty of sleep, and you're not flying around everywhere.
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While the United States has largely been missing in action from the diplomatic game, the European Union and Iran have been making progress at developing a formula that would lead to the suspension of Iran's nuclear enrichment program and the start of serious negotiations.
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There's very little to be said for learning a piece note by note, reading the rhythmic markings, practising the fingerings and following your instructor's suggestions, if you haven't any idea how the music will eventually sound and feel. If you learn a piece mechanically, you may have to 'unlearn' it before you can play it with expression and feeling.
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Medical attention is medical attention, whether it's for your elbow or for your teeth or for your brain. And it's important.
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I've never felt completely satisfied with what I've done. I tend to see things too critically. I'm trying to get over that.
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I hardly ever go to the movies.
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It is interesting to see how far we've come as a society since then. But also how everybody keeps touching [Ronald] Reagan and trying to evoke him.
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When you sit down and there's nothing, and then you write a song and there's something, that's the most extraordinary feeling.
