John Petit-Senn Quotes
Let us believe neither half of the good people tell us of ourselves, nor half the evil they say of others.
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Films are meant solely to provide entertainment. There are no lessons to be learnt and and inferences to be drawn. Has anyone become dutiful and law abiding after seeing a film that espouses these very virtues? Films can do no more than influence fashion, decor, and hairstyle trends.
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But ya know what, I am a part of something that happened. I'm a part of the music that happened. My voice is one more instrument, is what it is. So that's the way I feel about people who play on sessions.
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I get some heat for what English people call 'overproduction.' I don't think my older stuff was overproduced, but I do think that sound has dated.
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If you're not kind, then you won't be attractive to me personally because that spirit shines through and makes people attractive.
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Five sets is a kind of lottery. Anything can happen.
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Back when I was growing up, it was like, 'You're too young to know what you want. We're telling you what you want. It doesn't matter if you like it. And you are stupid. Just so you know.'
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When you have that long, flowing hair, you feel different - when you cut it, the framing of your face changes immediately.
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Healthy discontent is the prelude to progress.
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I hate being called a pop star. I hate that.
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I didn't really enjoy school in general.
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I invite people to read the hundreds of positive articles instead of getting affected by the occasional outburst from a troll.
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Judges who take the law into their own hands, who make up constitutional 'rights' in order to strike down laws they oppose, undermine the people's right to have their values shape public policy and define the culture.
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I was thinking on the rollers today that, before a race, if I could just pick my brain up and put it on the side of the track for four minutes, it would be perfect.
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Globalization is exposing new fault lines - between urban and rural communities, for example.
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Great teams argue. Not in a mean-spirited or personal way, but they disagree when important decisions are made.
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No matter how powerful, countries cannot rule the whole world. The world is ruled by brains, by justice, by morals and by fairness.
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Everyone makes their own comments. That's how rumors get started.
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I myself have felt the wrath of the media, but that's part of what a good democracy is.
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I want to go down in the history books as one of the greatest female boxers of all time, and I think I'm on the right path.
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I want to reduce America's deficit by cutting spending that we don't need but also by asking the wealthy to do a little bit more so that we can invest in things like research and technology that are the key to a 21st century economy.
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Nothing is unnatural - just untried.
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Do not resist the evil-doer and take no part in doing so, either in the violent deeds of the administration, in the law courts, the collection of taxes, or above all in soldiering, and no one in the world will be able to enslave you.
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There was James Burton, one of the greatest guitar players around, who played for Elvis years and years. Than there was another guitar player named Glenn Campbell just beginning with us. Billy Preston... he was one of the piano players. Leon Russell was in the band. He was another one of the piano players. We had a lot of people like that just beginning, not even getting any notoriety... they were just in the band and doing recording sessions.
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Let us believe neither half of the good people tell us of ourselves, nor half the evil they say of others.
