James Howard Kunstler Quotes
Living by the clock was an old habit that died hard. Not much that we did required punctuality, but people still wanted to know what time it was.
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I don't ever have the pressure of making a hit, because I've never had a hit song, per se. The closest thing to a hit song was 'Shiraz,' and it's not your prototypical hit song, with a catchy hook and all this other stuff.
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I'm not going to roll back anything. Nothing is going to change with respect to reproductive rights.
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I'm kind of obsessed with cool girls.
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I see Turkey's future as being in Europe, as one of many prosperous, tolerant, democratic countries.
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Most of the press is in league with government, or with the status quo.
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When I'm making music, I can hear all the parts, all the instruments. I can hear what it should be.
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The main thing is to make history, not to write it.
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I like to be underdressed rather than overdressed. For an event or a premiere, it's fun to dress up more - then I like to experiment.
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Parents, teachers, and other school staff need the tools to help these young people early in their lives. And the earlier, the better. It is proven that early action prevents problems later in life.
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My songs are very personal, which means they are fantastically therapeutic to write, but performing them night after night is emotionally draining.
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I am a just man.
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I'll admit it: I'm a control freak. I am. If I'm going to do something, I'm going to do it 110% or there's no point in doing it at all, especially if the work takes me away from time with my husband and children.
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I am a certified yoga teacher and I love to cycle and swim.
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I can't deal with someone flashy. That's so not me.
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There's some quality you get when you're not totally comfortable. When you're not doing what you're used to, you could completely fall on your face. You could completely blow it.
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I, Maggie, personally cannot tell you that you're going to save the planet. But what I do know is that we can draw a line to an issue that can conserve what we already have and what's left in a way that we can actually breathe the air, drink the water, actually grow things in soil - that matters in a real, practical way.
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How you manage change can make all the difference.
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Action fiction is driven more by what than by who. Put that ticking nuclear suitcase under Manhattan, and it's relatively easy to create suspense. Literary fiction is driven more by who than by what.
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Why I got into music was James Taylor, so to see him be a real down-to-earth guy that's unbelievably talented... then to hear him sing those lyrics of 'What I'm Thankful For,' which is a song Ms. Yearwood and I got to write together, that was definitely a highlight of my recording life.
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I was never like, 'Oh, I really want to play Cinderella.' That's not necessarily always been the dream. But it's super fun to play a princess.
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There is no absolute point of view from which real and ideal can be finally separated and labelled.
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Toleration is the best religion.
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I always loved performing and being on stage.
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Living by the clock was an old habit that died hard. Not much that we did required punctuality, but people still wanted to know what time it was.
