Jeffrey Tate Quotes
Concert-going has become much less the thing to do, while people are still going to opera. This might be a harsh judgment, but it could easily happen that orchestras could slowly atrophy.
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It is easy to remove the mind from harping on the lost illusion of immortality. The disciplined intellect fears nothing and craves no sugar-plum at the day's end, but is content to accept life and serve society as best it may.
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At college, I wanted to be a poet. I liked the extremely concentrated language, the atmosphere of otherworldliness.
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I love the unexplainable. It would be so boring to me if everything could be explained.
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If you date one woman a year, times 10 years, and that's 10 women.
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If I could work with Joan Van Ark every day for the rest of my life I would.
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One Direction is the main thing I'm doing and I'm 100 per cent dedicated to the group.
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Any time there's a scandal, we always try and get involved.
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It has not been easy to wake up every single day at 6:30 in the morning to then head to the gym and start a full day of work. But you have to have that kind of dedication if you want to achieve the goals you have set for yourself.
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God judged it better to bring good out of evil than to suffer no evil to exist.
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I have a very broad demographic, from the 8-year-old who knows every word to 'Ice Ice Baby' and the college kid who grew up on 'Ninja Rap' to the soccer mom and grandparent.
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When I was younger, I thought about retiring.
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I was always more interested in story songs, things with a point of view... and things that informed me.
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The nature of creativity is to make space for things to happen... We can drive it out with our busyness and plans.
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I like excess. And giant M&M's.
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Working with Disney is really and truly like working with a family. Everyone is so supportive and so wonderful. I've worked with Disney since I was twelve, and they've given me so many opportunities that I'll forever be grateful for.
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To prosper and advance, the American business sector is going to need a financial system oriented toward business, not 'home ownership.'
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When you make a movie, you really have to be clever and smart, find something new for the worldwide audience because you aren't making a movie for just France or Germany; it's for everyone in the world.
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My brother is really, really slow.
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As my other obligations are beginning to take an inordinate amount of time, I have asked to step down as WMG's board chairman, effective January 31, 2012. However, I will remain a director of the company and in that way, continue my association with Warner Music and its extraordinary people.
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I like my feet. I have a tattoo on my foot with my last name. They're dancer feet. They're pretty. My toes are proportioned nicely. And they're strong - I can pinch people with my toes.
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I think Shep Smith is probably the premier anchor/journalist of my generation. He's terrific, and he does the news straight and let the chips fall where they may.
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I think of myself more as a workhorse actor. It will be hot and cold and up and down, but no one will kick me out of the business.
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I've got to where I've always wanted to be. I just feel more myself, and I've learned not to care what other people think. It's happened slowly, very slowly. But I did it.
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Concert-going has become much less the thing to do, while people are still going to opera. This might be a harsh judgment, but it could easily happen that orchestras could slowly atrophy.
