John Lee Hooker Quotes
If they played more blues, people would just get it - they try to hold it back but just about can't hold it back now because the blues is really going.
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I'm a regular person. I know a lot of people love being famous. I don't like it. I'm just chillin'. YouknowwhatI'msayin'?
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Advertising is a racket, like the movies and the brokerage business. You cannot be honest without admitting that its constructive contribution to humanity is exactly minus zero.
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There's nothing scarier than unlimited choices.
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I always tell people I went to the Harvard School of Comedy in front of America.
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Medicine, anything academic, is a very Persian Iranian route to take in life, in one's career.
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I'm the most Colombian of the Colombians, even though I've lived 47 years outside of Colombia. I've lived 13 years in New York, and I never did a painting about New York. I've lived in France more than 30 years, and I've never painted Paris.
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My mom has helped me nurture my interest and hone my talent.
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I've never met a woman who thinks they've got a good enough figure - however perfect they look - which is sad, because no one else can see these perceived flaws; they're entirely internal.
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When you feel stuck in a hard time, jump-start a pro-change attitude by letting go of possessions that no longer work for you - like old clothes and old shoes.
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You can't get a cup of tea big enough or a book long enough to suit me.
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It is not productive to see things in simple black and white, and talk in either anti-nuclear or pro-nuclear terms.
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Toronto was a great place to work, a fun place to work. People were so hockey-oriented, hockey-minded, without being too critical. In Montreal, they got downright nasty sometimes.
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I would quite like to play a big concert as Freddie Mercury. I can't sing that great and I haven't yet found a use for the over large size of my teeth. I quite fancy a mustache like that and he was such a great showman.
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I was excited to play Lil' Kim and I wanted to do the role justice. I worked really hard on that role, whether it was performing the rhymes, studying the dialect, her swagger and her stage performances. I wanted people to see my range and stretch my wings as an actress.
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I love to travel. This is the time for me. When will I do it if not now?
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When I first started, especially because I got the Critics' Choice before I'd released an album, there was a lot of scrutiny on what my character was, what my background was, what colour my hair was. I fought quite hard for the music to overtake the personality aspect.
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For a lot of people, it's a massive deal to be on the front row at Fashion Week and look perfect. I don't go to be seen; I go to look at the collections and support my friends, like Henry, Giles and Jonathan Saunders. As much as I love clothes and shopping, it doesn't drive me.
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It's part of the job to compensate for outfit.
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Don't let yourself be small because you want to fit in.
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In service industries, we can be so people-pleaser-y that you don't know how to set your own boundaries.
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You can be the happiest you can be in a relationship but can have an urge to be with someone else. I know a lot of people that it has happened to.
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You've got to get good habits of working hard so that when that play comes up during the regular season that you're able to complete it and do it the right way.
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If they played more blues, people would just get it - they try to hold it back but just about can't hold it back now because the blues is really going.
