Oskar Kokoschka Quotes
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People have these incredible expectations. So instead of being inspired by, say, Joni Mitchell's music, I look at it and say to myself, 'I'm going to quit - why would I think of writing or performing after listening to that?'
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The pace of television is very different from film.
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I'm a slow starter.
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Music has always been my passion for as long as I can remember.
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I mean, Tool has a style, but we try to make all our songs sound different from each other.
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Mankind are governed more by their feelings than by reason.
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When I go out and I see the genuine appreciation from the people, that's a big thing for me.
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The hip hop industry is most likely owned by gays. I happen to think there's a gay mafia in hip hop. Not rappers - the editorial presidents of magazines, the PDs at radio stations, the people who give you awards at award shows.
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Nobody is impervious to misfortune.
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Applause is the most powerful thing... people talk about the sound of it, but what I hear is glee.
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I learned early in my career to not let myself get in the way of humor but, instead, find what is great in a talented person.
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It is natural to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes to that siren until she allures us to our death.
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Dr. Einstein was not successful in school, but he found something in the air from his own imagination and his own brain power, and look what he did.
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I love connected culture.
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He that complies against his will is of his own opinion still.
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I play well with everybody.
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I'm not a tech-savvy parent. I communicate with my children via the old-media format called yelling.
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There's nothing anyone can do about Tiger Woods but look at his game and swoon.
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No government intent on persecuting its critics will want to leave the outcome of a trial to chance.
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Half of Google's revenue comes from selling text-based ads that are placed near search results and are related to the topic of the search. Another half of its revenues come from licensing its search technology to companies like Yahoo.
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Our Land is alive, Esperanza...This whole valley breathes and lives...He picked up a handful of earth and studied it. Did you know that when you lie down on the land, you can feel it breathe? That you can feel its heart beating.
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The studio experience fluctuates depending on who you work with, it's not like it's all one experience. Every studio is different, every producer's personality is different. You never know what you're going to do.
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The people at the top of the league think they need to rein me in so I don't become another Michael Jordan, somebody they aren't able to mold and shape and make their puppet.
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I cannot say why I wanted to paint. The only answer is in the pictures themselves.
