Brian Eno Quotes
I think everyone's inherently snobbish. Things that are very popular are not taken seriously, because the snobbish side of one says, 'Well, if everyone likes it it can't be that good.' Whereas if only I and a couple of other people like it, then it must be really something special.
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My comrades would call me a 'black capitalist.'
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You've just got to sing, do some kind of singing every day. Early mornings and cold weather can mess with that. I drink special teas with cayenne pepper, but I think you're psyching yourself out, really.
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Jenna's traveled with me; they've both traveled with their dad. This is the only time they've been old enough in all of their dad's campaigns to really be involved in.
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All peoples have contributed to the overall progress and enhancement of human life.
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Sex is the ersatz or substitute religion of the 20th Century.
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Privacy is not explicitly spelled out in the Constitution as freedom of speech is in the First Amendment.
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I think men, growing up, you have to go through some form of hardship. You've got to harden the metal.
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Kenya doesn't have much of an infrastructure for hosting a film.
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I used to think I had ambition... but now I'm not so sure. It may have been only discontent. They're easily confused.
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To make the child in your own image is a capital crime, for your image is not worth repeating. The child knows this and you know it. Consequently you hate each other.
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My older kids are fantastic people. It can't be the result of my influence on them.
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Children should neither be seen or heard from - ever again.
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Ever since it was announced that Ryan Murphy intended to produce 'The People v. O.J. Simpson,' I have been inundated with the question as to 'How do I feel about it?' All I can say is, for me, it was personally the most heartbreaking tragedy that altered my life forever.
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In passing, also, I would like to say that the first time Adam had a chance he laid the blame on a woman.
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I don't want to mess with my face. So I'm becoming fluent in French so I can go to France and make French films when I'm 60.
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With few exceptions, one ought always do what one is afraid of.
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I am a certified yoga teacher and I love to cycle and swim.
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I would never go to a gym. How could I do it? So I tried to do it in my house and it doesn't work.
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A system must be managed. It will not manage itself. Left to themselves in the Western world, components become selfish, competitive, independent profit centres, and thus destroy the system. . . . The secret is cooperation between components toward the aim of the organization. We can not afford the destructive effect of competition.
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A space station is a rangy monstrosity, a giant erector set built by a madman.
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I can only give away the love that I have received.
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I grew up. I began to think the United States had some problems that really required the help of artistic people to solve. And I gave myself permission to be a writer instead of a civil servant.
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When Jane and I spoke out, people thought, What ungrateful children those two kids are to be that nasty about their father.
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I think everyone's inherently snobbish. Things that are very popular are not taken seriously, because the snobbish side of one says, 'Well, if everyone likes it it can't be that good.' Whereas if only I and a couple of other people like it, then it must be really something special.
