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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When you grow up, you gain experience and realise what youre capable of.
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I grew up watching sci-fi and Justice League and all those kinds of things.
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Black women, whose experience is unique, are seldom recognized as a particular social-cultural entity and are seldom thought to be important enough for serious scholarly consideration.
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Although I like the work I've done in the past, I like what I'm writing now even more.
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Unlike Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods, Jackie Robinson never tried to convert himself into an acceptable black man.
