Jean-Michel Jarre Quotes
I consider music like a mirage in the desert. You're obsessed with the ideal piece of music, and the more you think you're getting closer, it's not there.
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If you're thin-skinned, you don't belong doing what I do for a living.
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I seriously object to seeing on the screen what belongs in the bedroom.
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Being on your own would be sad, sick and weird. I don't trust myself. I need that balance.
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Bigotry toward any faith community cannot have any place in civilized society anywhere in the world.
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Instead of building walls, we should be building bridges.
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Programs like food stamps, unemployment insurance, Medicaid, and job retraining help Americans get back on their feet when they are down and out and laid off through no fault of their own.
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If you are in a relationship, it has to be a good one. If it isn't, it's best to just leave it.
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I started traveling by myself as early as 5 to see my dad. I'd go to Toronto or Los Angeles, depending on what show he was doing, but most often New York, and we would hang out, and he'd take me to museums and Broadway plays. The ones that had the biggest impact on me were the George C. Wolfe productions.
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I call tennis the McDonald's of sport - you go in, they make a quick buck out of you, and you're out.
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I think you grow wherever God plants you. I hope I'm growing as a person of faith, as a Christian. That should be our number one objective this journey of life. That all starts with a personal intimate relationship with Christ and then being in prayer every single day about all of those things - being tenacious about it.
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The world is quickly bored by the recital of misfortune, and willing avoids the sight of distress.
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I have a superhero complex. If I see anything bad happen, I run towards it, rather idiotically because, after all, what could I do?
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Spiritual infirmities such as tepidity are caused, not only by chills but also by fevers, that is, by excessive zeal.
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Let me live in a house by the side of the road and be a friend to man.
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I didn't ever plan to be a producer, and I didn't really know what I was getting myself into.
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One of the many pleasures of old age is giving things up.
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The marketplace tells us that good, visceral storytelling has a place. But there are lots of questions about the format that stories take.
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I hope that the movie industry will learn from the experiences of the music industry and will be much more constructive in their approach to P2P.
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'No Bones' has some reverb that I kick around.
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I think that my first poetic impulse is for music; second a definite conception with the ring of the universe...
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Silence is what makes music sexy. I just move blocks of silence around. The notes are an afterthought.
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I generally find that comparison is the fast track to unhappiness. No one ever compares themselves to someone else and comes out even. Nine times out of ten, we compare ourselves to people who are somehow better than us and end up feeling more inadequate.
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I consider music like a mirage in the desert. You're obsessed with the ideal piece of music, and the more you think you're getting closer, it's not there.
