Jason Newsted Quotes
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We think of writing a book as a process, but the very word - process - suggests that there is one: a template to follow, a map to guide us. If that were true, someone would have surely figured out some marketable method we could all buy.
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You know Hollywood is a weird and wonderful place, I didn't know I Dream of Jeanie had been cancelled after 5 years until I went back to go on the lot to pick up some clothes and things I had in my dressing room.
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No matter what message you are about to deliver somewhere, whether it is holding out a hand of friendship, or making clear that you disapprove of something, is the fact that the person sitting across the table is a human being, so the goal is to always establish common ground.
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In 1980, shortly before my 11th birthday, I wrote my first essay in English.
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My weaknesses are my jumps. The reason is that although I land them in practice, when I actually compete or perform, I should let my body go and stabilize my mind better. Also, I need to work on not letting negative thoughts and emotions get to me on the ice.
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We are in a democracy, and I think for all issues, whatever matters that the opposition may have apprehension on, there is a forum, and it is called Parliament.
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The one thing that I've always kind of had, ever since I was a kid, was that I lack a certain degree of self-consciousness, which is alternately good and bad.
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The E.U. can deliver on its citizens' needs and make its partnerships work only if we all act together - E.U. institutions and national governments, at all levels, united.
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This Islam business kidnapped me.
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I love playing sports. I'm overly eager and aggressive and not very skilled, so it leads to many small injuries.
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When a guy tells me I'm cute, it's not something desirable. Cute is more like what you want your pet to be.
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I make the music my ears want to hear, I wear the clothes my body wants to wear and the ones boys call me back for, and I generally make the songs that my feet dance to.
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The teaching thing, the one where I have to impart my knowledge, is probably what comes the least naturally to me because I'm an absorber of things.
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Japan is the largest creditor country in the world, so we have made contributions to the stability of international markets and we want this IMF meeting to confirm that we will continue to contribute.
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Jazz is progressive, and it's alive.
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In fitness, there are no short cuts. It involves immense discipline and hard work.
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Envy is the art of counting the other fellow's blessings instead of your own.
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Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.
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But teleological considerations can lead no further than to a belief and a hope. They do not give certainty.
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Women's liberation and the male midlife crisis were the same search-for personal fulfillment, common values, mutual respect, love. But while women's liberation was thought of as promoting identity, the male midlife crisis was thought of as an identity crisis.
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There's something in me that loves to inspire people: when I'm playing music, I imagine all this sparkly stardust going through everyone. I want to make people come alive.
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Every organization has issues and concerns which are known about by many people who choose to remain silent.
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And as far as I'm concerned, it's like I say, drugs are not the problem. Other stuff is the problem.
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You can't just put any four people together and it goes 'yaaaaah', y'know?
