James Broughton Quotes
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I think you have to keep a childlike quality to play music or make a record.
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Men move through a much different process before commitment than women do.
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I think comics are really part of The Zeitgeist. They reflect back to us the issues that we're concerned about in the time they are written.
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I grew up in a high school where it was very conservative, and I felt like people disapproved of me, and I felt like an outsider.
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The greatest thing about being in a band, and the strength of having companionship and collaboration, is also the thing that makes a band break up because then you begin to feel confined. Like, who am I as an individual, as a writer, as a performer?
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We never broke up. As long as I'm living and as long as Chuck D is living, Public Enemy is always going to be alive.
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Hollywood used to control the distribution; now Silicon Valley does.
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'Muslim' is not a political party. 'Muslim' is not a single culture. Muslims go to war with each other. There are more Muslims in India, Russia and China than in most Muslim-majority nations. 'Muslim' is not a homogenous entity.
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Touring is what you make it. I like to organise as much as possible myself.
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A lot of people thought I wasn't doing anything because I was spending a lot of time socialising and going out, but I've always managed to get work actually done.
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It's kind of a tradition that you get a rookie, put him in the middle, wrap your arms and legs around him, then douse him with everything you can get a hold of - shaving cream, ketchup, mustard, everything. It's kind of like a pie in the face after a guy is successful.
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There's so many good comedians in D.C. I started hanging out with those guys. Dave Chappelle was there. Actually, Dave was too young to be in the clubs, so when his mom couldn't make it, he would ask me to pretend I was his aunt, so he could do open mike.
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I am fortunate to have only worn one shirt in my career. It is something that is fundamental to me. It is something I have always wanted: to be one of these few who wear only one shirt - a fan and a player of the same team.
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India remains one of the few nations which still focuses entirely on an archaic de-addiction model, administered by the ministry of social justice and empowerment, to address drinking problems, adhering to a centuries-old idea of these problems being a moral disorder rather than a health condition.
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I'm very passionate.
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You can find just about everything on my iPod from Eminem to Zac Brown to Justin Timberlake to One Direction. Everything is on there.
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Some people think that welfare reform should have hurt Bill Clinton with black voters.
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If a woman gets tough in negotiations, she's difficult, whereas a man would be considered a brilliant businessman.
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When I teach writing, I have a mantra: 'Be a first-rate version of yourself, and not a second-rate version of another writer.'
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The Constitution says that the right to life of the unborn is protected and given equal rights as the life of the mother.
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I'm happy with all of my past outfits, as they have felt right at the time, and your style always evolves.
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I'm not saying I'm a paragon of virtue, but it's hard for me not to be honorable.
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Oh, rather give me commentators plain,Who with no deep researches vex the brain;Who from the dark and doubtful love to run,And hold their glimmering tapers to the sun.
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I'm happy to report that my inner child is still ageless.
