Brian Eno Quotes
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You know, if you look all my stuff... If you go back to 'Saturday Night Live,' my stuff always has music, even a bunch of my comedy stuff - like in 'Shrek,' the donkey is always singing. Music is always there.
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You don't have to fear defeat if you believe it may reveal powers that you didn't know you possessed.
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The music comes through me, and I let it come the way it comes, and it shapes itself. I just hold space for it. I don't intend to write it for a purpose, but it comes as it comes and am proud of the way it can support change because I believe strongly in what I sing about.
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The ocean-bordered southern part of California has always been a place of Hollywood make-believe, casual opulence, suntans and jewelry.
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Going to school on a campus where the faculty overwhelmingly disagrees with you, and where the student body overwhelmingly disagrees with you, is challenging. If you go in without a firm foundation, it can undermine what you believe.
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I have been a film buff all my life and believe that the finest cinema is fully the equal of the best novels.
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My speech is really important to me, but the thing is at the moment it can't be more important than my singing. Until I'm an established name all over the world, my speech won't be more important than my music.
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I love to pitch things that I believe in and products that I love to use.
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The buzz you get when you're playing a song and everyone is screaming and dancing and what have you and singing along is incredible.
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It's always been a great survival value for people to believe they belong to a superior tribe. That's just in human relationships.
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And I don't believe that melodramatic feelings are laughable - they should be taken absolutely seriously.
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My heart is closer to acting than singing. It's always been that way.
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I don't believe in categorising a gender, as it makes for discord. People always say, 'That's what men are like' or, 'That's what women do'; I don't really feel that at all. I think that's because I have two fathers, three brothers, a husband and two sons. I'm surrounded by maleness, and I couldn't possibly summarise them into a type.
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I remember driving the tractor on our farm, and Tim McGraw would be on the radio. I'd find myself walking out of class, singing his songs. And then Tim ended up playing my father in 'Friday Night Lights.' It was surreal.
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I've got to believe I'm the first person to win the Newbery who has written a Harlequin romance!
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When Californians see something we truly believe in, we say so and act accordingly - without evasiveness or equivocation.
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Am I a trance medium? No. Have I got a gift psychically? Absolutely not. But I believe in the survival of consciousness after death.
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I do believe in the separation of church and state. But I don't think separation of church and state means you have to be free from your faith.
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What you believe about God has the greatest potential for good or harm in your life.
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The secret of leadership is simple: Do what you believe in. Paint a picture of the future. Go there. People will follow.
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No one gets to their heaven without a fight - Armor and Sword (2007)
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In New York you can just walk out and be among people. You're on the subway among people, you go to cafes, you can talk to people.
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Genes don't mean necessarily that you have got a certain strand of gene that makes you particularly acceptable as a public official.
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I believe in singing.
