Matthew Perry Quotes
There are two sides to being pigeonholed. There's, 'Oh, no, I'm going to be Chandler for the rest of my life,' but there's also the fact that getting to play Chandler opened up doors to me. It's now my job to find things that shake it up a little bit.
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I am not an American; I am the American.
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When you actually fall in love, no one sees that other person the way that you do.
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Tyrannies not only want to control your mind and thoughts but your flesh as well.
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Because with Black Label and all the fans it's just one big family.
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I think the new generation is much more demanding about respect for the environment than we have ever imagined.
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My primary influences were the best jazz players from the 50's and 60's and later some of the pop people from the same time period along with the better of the well known blues musicians.
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The cat is classic whilst the dog is Gothic - nowhere in the animal world can we discover such really Hellenic perfection of form, with anatomy adapted to function, as in the felidae.
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I've always loved both writing and songwriting. The journey is fascinating to me.
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I started making music with my band in the '80s, so I am more product of post punk than classical music, and I have always carried on this way.
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When I cook a meal, I like to serve things one by one and keep them separate. I get that from my father - he's such a purist. Some people even put their desserts on the main plate. It's just wrong.
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Because of my own family's service (in the U.S. Army, Navy, and Massachusetts and New York National Guard), I am a strong supporter of the military and do believe that there are just wars.
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People seldom refuse help, if one offers it in the right way.
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I grew up pretty much with nothing.
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I think every girl's dream is to find a bad boy at the right time, when he wants to not be bad anymore.
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It's very difficult for my body to recover after workouts now that I'm older, so we have to keep them short, which means they're extremely difficult and intense. It sucks.
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Temptations, unlike opportunities, will always give you many second chances.
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I'm pretty hard on myself in general.
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I could go off into the wilderness and write fantasy novels for the rest of my life and probably be happy; but I always want to challenge myself.
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Iron sharpens iron, and that's one man getting another guy ready to play.
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I like to play a wide range of characters. The more they're unlike me, the better I like it.
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I think a lot of presidents learn to be president by being president.
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I had a reporter ask me how much I weigh. I said to him, 'You go first: How much do you weigh?' People always ask me what I eat. Other artists don't get asked these questions.
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Expect to have hope rekindled. The dry seasons in life do not last. The spring rains will come again.
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There are two sides to being pigeonholed. There's, 'Oh, no, I'm going to be Chandler for the rest of my life,' but there's also the fact that getting to play Chandler opened up doors to me. It's now my job to find things that shake it up a little bit.
