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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Some of my best friends are gay guys, and they said, "You're so straight, we're not interested."
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'Jelly,' more than any black musical before it, celebrated the majesty, the purity, the joy of so many artists who are unable to fully embody these same qualities in their own lives.
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I don't belive Oprah's sexual abuse stories, I mean who would take a black girl when there are plenty of white?
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We have groups that do that, but I can't rap with the mentality of an 18 year old when I'm in my 30's.
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A museum has to renew its collection to be alive, but that does not mean we give on important old works.
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Unlike Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods, Jackie Robinson never tried to convert himself into an acceptable black man.
