Matt Besser Quotes
I feel like there are a lot of bands or musicians that probably think improv is corny, because I think that's a sentiment out there.
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When people think of performing they usually think of show-offs, but I think of it more that you disappear into somebody else.
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I always loved music, and I always wanted to make a film about it, but I could never do it because of the censorship that was around.
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Martin Luther King was a leader for all Americans on our own professed values.
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In terms of Hurricane Sandy, I really do see some hopeful grassroots responses, particularly in the Rockaways, where people were very organized right from the beginning, where Occupy Sandy was very strong, where new networks emerged.
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It is imperative that we make consumers more aware of the long-term effects of their financial decisions, particularly in managing their credit card debt, so that they can avoid financial pitfalls that may lead to bankruptcy.
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When you have got an elephant by the hind legs and he is trying to run away, it's best to let him run.
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I don't feel under pressure to work because I love what I do and I wanted to do the projects that came my way.
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Unless man is committed to the belief that all mankind are his brothers, then he labors in vain and hypocritically in the vineyards of equality.
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The Soviet Union was a very useful ally in the defeat of Nazi Germany.
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I'm just not into happy-clappy pop. Unless it's happy-clappy pop in a good way.
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Democratic accountability means that governments must be popularly accepted, with citizens empowered to replace corrupt or incompetent rulers.
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I realized late in life that my twin passions are music and people.
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My Welsh grandmother Mair didn't meet my grandfather until she was 28, quite old to be unmarried in the early '40s.
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The business side of real estate investing is fraught with risk. Unlike purchasing mutual funds or savings bonds, with real estate, you can lose money; this is one of the reasons that seasoned real estate investors caution neophytes never to get too emotional about a property and always be willing to walk away.
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Even if a sense of honor and duty were not the primary motivating factors in the Warren Commission's work, simple self-interest would naturally have induced its members not to try to cover up the existence of a conspiracy if, in fact, they found one.
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Fight scenes are hard, no matter what you do. You're trying to make it look like you're hurting someone without hurting them. It doesn't matter how big and strong the guy is that you're fighting or how small and feeble someone is that you're fighting. You don't want to hurt them. You're working with them.
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What's the point of staying sober?
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An organization's ability to learn, and translate that learning into action rapidly, is the ultimate competitive advantage.
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I'm talking about the sort of pull that's so strong you're helpless.
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I remember dealing with bullies in high school and being put down because I was different.
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The implication that depressed people are fundamentally irresponsible is a deeply damaging and counterproductive one. Winston Churchill was a depressive. He didn't just fly planes; he was in charge of the Royal Air Force.
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I feel like there are a lot of bands or musicians that probably think improv is corny, because I think that's a sentiment out there.
