Eric Alterman Quotes
I am deeply devoted to the 27,000 songs I can take anywhere on my iPod Classic as well as the exquisitely engineered MacBook Air on which I typed this column.
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I enjoy all kinds of performances and take each role differently. I keep the audiences in mind.
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When I got on stage, I would have a rush of adrenaline; everybody gets it. Normally after the first night it becomes more controllable, and as long as I could ride the wave, I was still in charge.
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I think that a lot of us, whether we are religious or not - there are no words to express some things except religious words. For instance, 'soul.'
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My issue with campaign finance is 100 percent disclosure. Wear a suit with patches from your big contributors. Depending on the size of the contribution, that's how big the patch should be.
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When I was small, I was the same as everyone else. I used to play in a small council estate nearby. But it's really my family who taught me. I started watching my dad play from the age of two. I wanted to be like him.
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One good thing is I was instilled with really good values. My mom treats everyone the same.
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I haven't sold to the movies. In other words, I haven't gotten any enormous checks yet.
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I don't believe anyone who says they don't care what people say about them. Of course they bloody well do.
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When mom and dad were at the height of their careers, and things were super-crazy, and they couldn't leave their houses, there wasn't social media. It was all about autographs. Now, everyone's the press. I feel fame is perforated: it can be glorious, but it can completely destroy a human, too.
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I really am a woman at peace.
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I get why people want to come see me play guitar, but I still don't understand why people want to interview me.
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Shun all vice, especially card playing.
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Perhaps the greatest utopia would be if we could all realize that no utopia is possible; no place to run, no place to hide, just take care of business here and now.
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Before I paint someone, I always ask, 'How much examination can your body take?' 'How much do you want me to see?'
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Ambition is the germ from which all growth of nobleness proceeds.
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At age 14, coming to the U.S., all I knew was American Ballet Theatre, Baryshnikov, Nureyev, and some of the European companies. I barely knew anything about Balanchine.
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People do ask me if I think I can make it in the States.
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If I need something, even a pair of socks, my assistant has to get them for me.
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The mystery of that damn virus has been generated by the $2 billion a year they spend on it.
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I've had a different kind of career on the periphery of show business. I've never been on any kind of corporate timetable whereby every six months I have to pop out a record like a pulping mill. I've called my own shots. When I get tired, I take time off.
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If you don't trust someone to look after your investments, then they shouldn't be doing the job for you.
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It was a strange life, I suppose, but it was the only one I’ve ever known. What is a normal childhood anyway?
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I just think 'Law & Order' is the gold standard. History is going to show that it's probably one of the best series of shows that has been on television.
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I am deeply devoted to the 27,000 songs I can take anywhere on my iPod Classic as well as the exquisitely engineered MacBook Air on which I typed this column.
