John Gregory Dunne Quotes
Unlike Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods, Jackie Robinson never tried to convert himself into an acceptable black man.
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But what you realise after you've been in the business for a while is that people develop opinions about you that don't have anything to do with your music, they like or dislike you for a million reasons, they like or dislike you for your last record.
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The center that I cannot find is known to my unconscious mind.
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The United States may be a religious nation. But it is also a nation with a strong commitment to separation of church and state.
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I'm not in the K-1 tournament. We thought about it but they really don't want me as they feel I might get hurt so that's fine with me but I do see a lot of guys out there that I feel I can take.
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I think I would encourage leaders to start working with communities in order to inoculate angry, young teenagers.
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We no longer dare to believe in beauty and we make of it a mere appearance in order the more easily to dispose of it.
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It's nice not to be too boring.
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You may get real tired watching me, but I'm not going to quit.
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In theory, taxes should be like shopping. What I buy is government services. What I pay are my taxes.
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I'm one of those foolish people who believe the glory days of the record industry aren't behind us. They're actually ahead of us.
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The more we learn about life, the less plausible is any evolutionary theory that relies on blind, undirected, piece-by-piece change.
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The darkness of clubs makes me feel much more secure, and you can hide behind smoke and lights.
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Anyone can make an article longer; the skill is keeping it tight and lean.
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A stronger yuan could lead to greater Chinese asset accumulation in the U.S. and elsewhere.
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You have your identity when you find out, not what you can keep your mind on, but what you can't keep your mind off.
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No one inspired me to write, but writer Harlan Ellison terrified me into getting published.
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I've never been a rap guy, I don't really know that much about rap music, to be honest. I like it, but I think what really happened was just my music seems to work so well with rap music.
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I've never been able to say I've been influenced by a list of artists I like because I like thousands and thousands and I've been influenced in some way by all of them.
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I'll give you my worst nightmare. I'm dreaming that I'm onstage, the curtain goes up, and I have no idea what my lines are or what's going on. I think I should know, I kind of know, I remember rehearsing... and the audience is there waiting.
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Since I love what I do, I do it vigorously and I do it better. Because I inject it with enthusiasm and passion, it doesn’t feel like work. My passion spills over to everyone around me and motivates them to do their very best.
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Well into the 20th century, black people spoke of their flight from Mississippi in much the same manner as their runagate ancestors had.
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I remember the first time I went to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and saw a Kerry James Marshall painting with black bodies in it on a museum wall... It strengthened me on a cellular level.
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I'm a little bit shy and from the Midwest, so to be so open and honest with millions of people is pretty difficult. To have people constantly having an eye on you and very interested in what you're doing at all times - it can be a little stressful at times.
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Unlike Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods, Jackie Robinson never tried to convert himself into an acceptable black man.
