Maurice Sendak Quotes
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Many of the songs on Undertow were written at the time Opiate came out.
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I find it quite boring when people do things that are very considered and thought through. I like things best when they're just done because they're fun or beautiful, or simply because they are what that one person wanted to do at that one time.
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Sometimes you've got to know when it's time to leave the party.
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For nearly two years, I was flying above the planet with my camera. I knew straight away that this was something important to do, just at this moment, a portrait of the planet for the millennium year. I worked in 80 countries, fighting for money all the time.
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The congressmen and senators used to go have a drink in D.C. They would disagree all day long, but they would find that time to sit down and learn about each other personally. I think that's totally wiped out; I don't think it really exists anymore.
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I actually spend very little time listening to any new music.
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I love downtown L.A .and I relish any opportunity to spend time there.
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Yes, the companionship is amazing. You know, you can get that physical attraction that happens is great, but then there's an awful lot of time and the rest of the day that you have to fill.
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What I learned from boxing and what everyone can take in real life is to follow directions, follow order. Don't give nobody a hard time.
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As an actor, I'm familiar with having bursts of energy, where you're giving things a try, and then you have down time.
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Asian players train so hard. Most of the time, on Monday mornings, the only people you see on the range are Asians. I mean, only see Asians.
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I really hated school. I had the feeling I was losing a lot of time.
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People have different takes on clothes and what to wear and colors and all that stuff, so why make a big deal about uniformity? It took me a long time to grasp that particular concept, simply because I was coming from the James Brown thing. Again, I wouldn't trade that experience for anything.
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My wife likes me to point out that she puts our daughter down to sleep more often than I do, which gives me time to write stupid books about it.
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Giving someone a one-time stimulus check, or a one-time tax cut that expires doesn't allow the predictability that business needs.
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It's impossible that we're alone in the universe. Every time we think we're more special than others, we're proven wrong.
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Slater's a big star and he's been in the business a long time. He's always in a good mood and easygoing but he takes his character very seriously.
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There's not a day goes by that I don't appreciate the freedom that I have to make music and tour and spend time with my family.
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But for me, being an editor I've been an editor of all kinds of books being an editor of poetry has been the way in which I could give a crucial part of my time to what I love most.
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With 'Rachaa' I get back to action. It has very edgy action.
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We're half the people; we should be half the Congress.
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The enormous lake stretched flat and smooth and white all the way to the edge of the gray sky. Wagon tracks went away across it, so far that you could not see where they went; they ended in nothing at all.
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There is not enough religion in the world even to destroy religion.
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I feel like I don't have a lot of time left.
