Bruce Eric Kaplan Quotes
Graduation speeches force you to reflect. They are about consciousness. Nothing is better than consciousness.
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We would betray Mexicans' hopes for change if we felt satisfied with what we've accomplished so far.
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I consider music to be storytelling, melody and rhythm. A lot of hip-hop has broken music down. There are no instruments and no songwriting. So you're left with just storytelling and rhythm. And the storytelling can be so braggadocious, you're just left with rhythm.
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The American people need to tell their member of Congress that we need a strong defense to protect us and to prevent wars. We can't get away with simply leading from behind and gutting our defenses.
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Epic poetry exhibits life in some great symbolic attitude. It cannot strictly be said to symbolize life itself, but always some manner of life.
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I don't know that I could play a complete and total mess. After awhile, I think I would be like, 'No, none of that!'
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When I was younger I would go to the airport with my friends and drive out 2 A.M., 3 A.M. in the morning and just hang out until sunrise watching planes fly in and fly out. Just sit there and dream about how, one day, that's going to be us in those flights. We're gonna be one of those people with places to go.
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It is not hard to obey when we love the one whom we obey.
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You always have something to learn from people who have been through more than you. Be open and receptive to what they know.
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It's really hard for actors to cross over and get any respect as a singer, and if I could just keep it separate and not use my music in movies, it's cool.
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I live in the moment. I can turn the page and move on.
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I may like L.A., but I want to know when the seasons are.
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It's summertime and the living is easy. Fish are jumping and the cotton is high. Your daddy's rich and your mama's good -looking. Hush, little baby don't you cry.
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Dalí went on shocking the bourgeoisie till the end. The others, Ernst, Magritte, were all accepted into the critical fold as serious painters. Only Dalí held out till the end. He just didn't give a damn.
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Mo: I... y'know, um... I'm really attracted to you! thought bubble: Omigod! Who said that?!Caption: A horrifying silence ensues. Is it an hour, or merely several seconds?Harriet: I've had a crush on you for months.Mo: Thank goddess! I was about to commit hara-kiri with my teaspoon!
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What I'll remember about New York is growing up really fast.
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I want people to know that blood tests alone won't always detect thyroid disease. My blood panels were normal. I think a lot more people have this disease than are diagnosed.
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I was raised in the greatest of homes... just a really great dad, and I miss him so much... he was a good man, a real simple man... Very faithful, always loved my mom, always provided for the kids, and just a lot of fun.
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I'm always in search of those books where you don't want to stop reading, and 'Me Before You' is at the top of that list.
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One of the main reasons for the existence of philosophy is not that it enables you to find truth (it can never do that) but that it does provide you a refuge for definitions.
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Excess of joy is harder to bear than any amount of sorrow.
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When you're a musician, anything you do creatively, you don't ever want to feel like you're on the way down. Not in the amount of money you make or success, but in your creativity. You want to always feel like you're making things that are better than what you did a few years ago.
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In the summer we graduated we flipped out completely, drinking beer, cruising in our cars and beating up each other. It was a crazy summer. That's when I started to be interested in girls.
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[My mother] was taking me to Shakespeare In The Park when I was like 6. There was just a lot of theater-going and a lot of movie-going and a lot of discussion about it afterwards, dissecting it and stuff.
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Graduation speeches force you to reflect. They are about consciousness. Nothing is better than consciousness.
