James Mercer Quotes
The fact that I'm often pushing my voice as hard as I can is from playing in nightclubs in Albuquerque where you don't have a good sound system.
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If it weren't for the Internet, WWE probably wouldn't even know my name. If I had to rely on 'Pro Wrestling Illustrated' to get my name out there, it would have been a much more difficult road.
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I'm not in the K-1 tournament. We thought about it but they really don't want me as they feel I might get hurt so that's fine with me but I do see a lot of guys out there that I feel I can take.
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The reality is we talk a lot about it, but we really don't give everyone an opportunity to buy into it, and this combines both the best of Republican and Democratic ideals.
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For the first time I go to La Scala, for each thing, for each rehearsal, my knees were shaking. But the audience was very fine with me.
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What I like about Oxford is how small it is; it's really more of a big town than a city.
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Isolation is a self-defeating dream.
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I don't know about whether I thought I would make it this big.
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ISIS is at war with America, but America is not at war with ISIS - not the president, nor the Congress, and certainly not the American people.
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Passive fatalism can never be the role of a revolutionary party, like the Social Democracy.
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I don't look at myself as suffering.
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I drink Diet Coke from the minute I get up to the minute I go to bed.
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I don't laugh out loud at comics a lot.
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We served on the editorial board of a literary monthly called Face in 1968 and 1969. He was a young writer, and I was also interested in broad cultural issues. We agreed on all major issues and became friends.
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I want to be a mayor who helped, really helped.
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All that I say is, examine, inquire. Look into the nature of things. Search out the grounds of your opinions, the for and against. Know why you believe, understand what you believe, and possess a reason for the faith that is in you.
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I love the game of hockey. I love being part of it. I think I know a lot about the game.
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How it happened that Mastro Cherry, carpenter, found a piece of wood that wept and laughed like a child.
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I saw Damien Rice in Dublin when I was 13, and that inspired me to want to pursue being a songwriter... I practised relentlessly and started recording my own EPs. At 16, I moved to London and played any gigs I could, selling CDs from my rucksack to fund recording the next, and it snowballed from there.
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I get a bit depressed if I walk into a restaurant and see shark-fin soup on the menu.
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If you play a real character who's famous and still alive, it makes things easier if you have the luck to have a good relationship with them.
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When I was on stage, I was like, 'This is alright. This is good.'
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But, as always, Mr. Rooney would come over and shake your hand and congratulate you on a good game, no matter what the situation was.
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I don't like a lot of the stuff that goes on in the art world, but it's hard to be old and like what goes on around you.
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The fact that I'm often pushing my voice as hard as I can is from playing in nightclubs in Albuquerque where you don't have a good sound system.
