Jerry Harrison Quotes
Normally when I work with bands I'm trying to refine and improve what's already there.
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It's hard to make a good movie in four weeks. It's hard. I've done it, but it's not easy.
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I thought of the soul as resembling a castle, formed of a single diamond or a very transparent crystal, and containing many rooms, just as in Heaven there are many mansions.
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Vinyl is democratic, as surely as the iPod is fascist. Vinyl is representational: It has a face. Two faces, in fact, to represent the dualism of human nature. Vinyl occupies physical space honestly, proud as a fat woman dancing.
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I really want to have actors contribute their own ideas, with phrasings and ideas on all levels.
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I've failed those I care most about and let down the people who elected me to represent them.
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At a young age, I had to give up a lot of things, like being able to hang out with my friends.
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I am more afraid of those who are terrified of the devil than I am of the devil himself.
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My role models are people who can do things; I say to myself, 'I wish I could do that.'
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The discovery of deuterium and the marked differences in the physical and chemical properties of hydrogen and deuterium, together with an efficient method for the separation of these isotopes, have opened an interesting field of research in several of the major branches of science.
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In the final analysis this congressional race is always going to be a close race, whether there's a presidential race or governor's race or not. But is this a better year? Yes, this would probably be a better year.
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We are not angels, we are merely sophisticated apes. Yet we feel like angels trapped inside the bodies of beasts, craving transcendence and all the time trying to spread our wings and fly off, and it's really a very odd predicament to be in, if you think about it.
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When I was a kid, I was super shy.
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I was very involved with school by the time I was 15 and wasn't working much as a model.
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My style is schizophrenic! One minute I'll be wearing bright girly dresses, and the next I'll be swinging towards more structured masculine things.
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I believe that there may be intelligent life on other planets.
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I think protecting your family and giving to them is so important. It's the most important achievement.
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Don't feel sorry for me. I've had a great life, great friends.
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It's different for every project. Some parts are quicker than others to get and know; sometimes right up until the last moment you're just praying that something will click. But you can only do a certain amount of work and then at some point you've got to think: 'OK, I'm just going to have to leap now.'
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Acting was all I ever really wanted to do.
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I didn't want to be an author; I wanted to be a scientist. Not that I didn't love literature, but I couldn't distinguish it from reading, and reading was already my default activity, almost like breathing.
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Passion--it's the driving force that you just can't ignore. It's what will make your new adventure seem more like fun, than work. It's the difference between wanting to start a business and craving it.
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Lead singers not only do the majority of the work, but their personalities are singled out and taken as the general attitude of the unit.
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Normally when I work with bands I'm trying to refine and improve what's already there.
