Bryce Dessner Quotes
I came from a classical background, and I was teaching and earning a living out of music at a certain level, so it's funny to make it as a rock star when we're 40 or whatever.
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The world is too violent right now.
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I think twerking is overrated.
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Muzzle a dog and he will bark out of the other end.
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Cartooning was a good fit for me. And yet now, years later, I almost never think about it.
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I don't want to say anything because I know I am unable to protect you from the harm that I see.
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I had no desire to be a chef, but I had a desire to be someone who was heard.
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For many people, managing pain involves using prescription medicine in combination with complementary techniques like physical therapy, acupuncture, yoga and massage. I appreciate this because I truly believe medical care should address the person as a whole - their mind, body, and spirit.
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When I recorded my solo album, 'Keep It Hid,' in 2008, I'd gotten more interested in songwriting, inspired by reading Charles Bukowski and connecting with unfancy, interesting language.
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The health industry, the fitness industry, was really starting to pick up. This was around the mid 80's.
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Being a pop star is something I don't think I'm very good at. I'm worried it's making me too paranoid, because all of a sudden, life has become this constant assessment. When you put something out there and people get to hear it, then those people react to it, socially, culturally.
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I'm nearsighted in my right eye, have glaucoma in my left, and the nerves in my hands are on Medicare. Basically, I'm on the wrong end of a short sale.
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I fell in love with Rwanda the moment I saw those verdant, rolling hills rise up beneath the wings of the plane as we descended toward Kigali airport.
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Like so many poor Ilokanos, my grandparents left their village, for it could no longer sustain them. The Ilocos is a narrow coastal plain where, so often, the mountain drops to the sea. Land hunger had always afflicted the Ilokanos and made them migratory.
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A great calamity is as old as the trilobites an hour after it has happened.
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I like almost everything, even country twang, disco, blue grass and accordions.
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Scatter your flowers as you go; you will never go this way again.
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Know your target audience. Always keep them at the forefront of your mind. Understand their lifestyle and what they are looking for. Gather their feedback and use it to tailor your approach. The voice of the consumer is an essential input into the development of any fashion business or blog.
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I only hope to do well enough before I die to have a house as big as my rich Uncle Ed and Aunt Carole.
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I'm a conservative, and I'm a compassionate conservative. And I think it's important that Florida continues to move in that direction.
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No grace can save any man unless he helps himself.
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Well, I've never been in a touring rock band, it was all just high school and college, playing toga parties in frat houses.
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I have three siblings. My sister makes music. My older brother is a classical conductor, and my younger brother is a mixing engineer.
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There is sweet music here that softer falls Than petals from blown roses on the grass.
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I came from a classical background, and I was teaching and earning a living out of music at a certain level, so it's funny to make it as a rock star when we're 40 or whatever.
