Jeff Greene Quotes
America's lifestyle expectations are far too high and need to be adjusted so we have less things and a smaller, better existence.
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It doesn't matter how much you want. What really matters is how much you want it. The extent and complexity of the problem does not matter was much as does the willingness to solve it.
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Honestly, I wish I could be a part of all the remakes of my father's films. But on second thought, I wouldn't want to be a part of any. The thought of being compared to him is unnerving. I'd rather do my films than live in the fear of living up to his standards.
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In the world of words, the imagination is one of the forces of nature.
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Kids are taking music for free all the time. They have Spotify, Pandora... The record companies aren't making the kind of music that they used to make. Artists make their money on tours, not from album sales.
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People sort of went crazy when 'BTWAM' came out. I'm happy a bunch of people read it. I'm happy it touched so many people. I'm less happy that it became an object for certain folks or was discussed that way. I'm less happy that journalists started scrolling through my kid's Instagram account.
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The idea of going on tour for the rest of my life with old works is not that exciting. As an artist I definitely think the work in future is going to be better than the work in the past, otherwise why do it?
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Family entertainment is really very necessary in our culture. Look how profitable they are. It's almost not discretionary. You need to take your family to the movies.
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Anytime I'm involved with anything that's well-received, it's a surprise to me.
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I grew up on Marvel and, like, '2000 AD.'
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The Talented Tenth of the Negro race must be made leaders of thought and missionaries of culture among their people.
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We do have serious energy needs for the country, we are aware that natural gas is especially in demand because of its air quality benefits: 90 percent of new power plants have been natural gas-powered.
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I never forget my old days and I never fly too high I have my feet fixed firmly on the ground!
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My grandmother impressed upon me the importance of family, and my grandfather encouraged my hunger for learning.
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An Editor becomes kind of your mother. You expect love and encouragement from an Editor.
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Give a talk to children and tell them dinosaurs didn't drag their tails, and you get arguments.
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All of my main characters have been under 30.
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Sometimes you surf well and still don't win. It happens to everyone. You learn that one big score doesn't mean much if you don't have a backup. I guess every rookie learns that as time goes by. I took some big lessons from my losses.
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You don't have to be a rock star - if you don't like the situation you're in, you don't have to settle for it.
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Well, usually when you talk about a mandate, you're talking about an overwhelming win. I don't think by any measurement the 2004 election was an overwhelming win.
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Music is life. Music defines peoples' experience on this planet. Name one time in your life that wasn't punctuated by the music you listened to at the time. When people are down, they listen to music that commiserates that emotion. When people are amped up, they listen to more upbeat, loud songs.
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I've always been a 'small goals' kind of guy.
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That's how life is: there are peaks and valleys in life, and that's how I like to write songs.
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Truth of the matter is, jazz is American music. And that doesn't mean bebop. Jazz is really about improvising. All the music that's been created in America has been pretty much improvised... Whether it's hillbilly or rock n' roll for blues, it's basically jazz music... It's basically about another way of hearing what comes out of America.
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America's lifestyle expectations are far too high and need to be adjusted so we have less things and a smaller, better existence.
