John Cale Quotes
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I could not write about 'ordinary people' because I am not in the least interested in them.
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The patient decides when it's best to go.
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I try and sit on the fence because as soon as you voice any kind of opinion, people begin to think you're an idiot.
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To the extent that the judicial profession becomes the daily routine of deciding cases on the most secure precedents and the narrowest grounds available, the judicial mind atrophies and its perspective shrinks.
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Seriously, I do a lot of yoga, so I'm in control of my body.
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I tell students that even if they don't like math right now, they can use math as a brain-sharpening tool - a tool that not only builds the foundation for a great career, but that also builds self-confidence, no matter what they choose to do with their lives.
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Cyndi Lauper is really good at talking to you about normal things. It's strange to be in the presence of a big celebrity like that. You want to make these connections and say things related to being a fan. It's not as interesting for them. She's amazing at making small talk without it seeming small.
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The more laws and order are made prominent, the more thieves and robbers there will be.
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To capture sound is to isolate a moment, canonize it, enter it into the historical register.
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Mumbai may not be my city. But it is my kind of city.
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I was raised a Catholic and when you're raised a Catholic they don't teach you to think for yourself. You're taught not to think too deeply about things.
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I do think that all of us think in poems.
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When President Ronald Reagan negotiated some significant arms reduction deals with the then-Soviet Union, he was considered a real hero, someone who was advocating for peace.
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I started on computers with 'Billy Bathgate,' a little orange screen with black letters. I thought it was really cool, but it actually slowed me up for a while because it's so easy to revise, I tended to stay on the same page. I've learned to discipline myself.
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Chance cannot touch me! Time cannot hush me! Fear, Hope, and Longing, at strife, Sink as I rise, on, on, upward forever, Gathering strength, gaining breath, - naught can sever Me from the Spirit of Life!
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Conformity may not always reign in the prosperous bourgeois suburb, but it ultimately always governs.
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Flowers she would pick like guitar strings, for a real good whiff of how how life behind par seems.
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I went on inactive duty in August 1945, and since I had stayed in such good shape and had played ball on military teams, I was ready to start for the Indians just two days later, against the Tigers.
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Even though I had pushed through the Tango album, it was just not a very good environment to be in on a daily basis. In many ways, this is the best time of my life.
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What challenges me is this - I want to walk out of a film with the experience of having done a film, not with a feeling that I have sleepwalked through it.
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Fractal geometry is not just a chapter of mathematics, but one that helps Everyman to see the same world differently.
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I believe my love of beauty and my ability to see what works is a gift I was given by God.
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People who can't be alone have a problem. Loneliness is a luxury for people like me.
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We'd hold a chord for three hours if we could.
