Eddie Van Halen Quotes

I don't really know what inspires me to write the music I do, but usually, the music will set the tone for the lyrics.

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• I don't try to sugarcoat things, but I also think my books make positive statements about the people and values in small-town America.

  

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• I went from living in the Dominican Republic - every day, my mom and I would cook, or we'd go hang out with the kids - to flying a private jet to Chicago with Zac Efron and Dennis Quaid. People had champagne, and they were going to these amazing restaurants. It was a culture shock. It's important, I think, to have that. To see both sides.

  

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• My interest in magic was kindled by Steve Martin, the comedian I'd gone to high school with.

  

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• I will not contest my parliamentary seat in a sad election that will not produce a Parliament capable of endorsing a realistic reform agenda for Greece.

  

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• I'm from New York, so I'm not a big driver.

  

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• Sometimes I play cricket, and I play badminton.

  

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• The people don't run the system; the people are victims of the system. The people choose the leaders thinking that they will help them. But when they turn around, there is no help.

  

  Ziggy Marley
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• I don't want to say anything because I know I am unable to protect you from the harm that I see.

  

  Camille Claudel
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• One of the issues I kept saying to my students is you have to learn to interrupt. When you raise your hand at a meeting, by the time they get to you, the point is not germane. So the bottom line is active listening. If you are going to interrupt, you look for opportunities. You have to know what you're talking about.

  

  Madeleine Albright
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• In film, you're so much in the hands and at the mercy of the editor, so sometimes it's good to watch it just to see how it turns out - it can be so different than how you imagined it. But sometimes it's better to just let it go for your own sense of self worth.

  

  Finn Wittrock
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• Really, I prefer not to read my early books. Not that I don't like them, but I don't recognize myself anymore, like an old actor watching himself as a young leading man.

  

  Patrick Modiano
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• When I was young, about 18 or 19, I read all the Dostoyevsky novels, which made me want to go to St. Petersburg. So I went, and I was so inspired.

  

  Tadashi Shoji
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• For many people, managing pain involves using prescription medicine in combination with complementary techniques like physical therapy, acupuncture, yoga and massage. I appreciate this because I truly believe medical care should address the person as a whole - their mind, body, and spirit.

  

  Naomi Judd
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• Vain hopes are like certain dreams of those who wake.

  

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• One must always maintain one's connection to the past and yet ceaselessly pull away from it.

  

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• I used to hate any batsman who would not get out in my deliveries.

  

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• I think the American people are very smart in understanding our country is very trustworthy with nuclear weapons. We've had them from the beginning. But they have also been critical for keeping the world more at peace than it would have been if it hadn't been for the American nuclear umbrella.

  

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• I'm a big 'American Idol' watcher, and sometimes I like to watch 'America's Got Talent.' Those are big, corny admissions, but sometimes it's so fun to see those kids really sing their hearts out.

  

  Katey Sagal
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• For me, it's infinitely more interesting to read or watch a character making decisions they think are right, but the audience knows differently, and seeing that disconnect. The only way characters can grow and learn is by making the wrong decisions and then learning from them.

  

  Mark Waid
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• My life's goal is to find a happy medium for sampling to be not only legal but for the right parties to benefit from it. There have to be sampling laws. The survival of hiphop is based on that.

  

  Questlove
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• More than anything, I realize I've been blessed to make great music.

  

  Ciara
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• At the end of the day, I want to spend time with my daughter, and this schedule enables me to do that while still having fun hosting '106 & Park.' I'm not really eager to get back into music just yet; I'm really eager to get into another movie before I put out an album.

  

  Shad Gregory Moss
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• I don't really know what inspires me to write the music I do, but usually, the music will set the tone for the lyrics.

  

  Eddie Van Halen Van Halen
  • Music
  • Know
  • Me