John Seabrook Quotes
Daniel Ek, the C.E.O. of Spotify, is a rock star of the tech world, but he is not long on charisma.
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I am the last guy that wants to quit making music.
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Whenever I dream about flying, it's the best feeling in the world.
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Every director bites the hand that lays the golden egg.
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I'm not so sure I believe in dopplegangers. I just prefer to be Dane DeHaan.
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I keep in touch with what's real.
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The first drama thing I really got stuck into was 'A Midsummer Night's Dream.' I played Puck. That's when I said, 'I want to be an actor.'
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Old people are scary. And I have to face it. I am old and I am scary.
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I am prepared to oppose a Jim Crow army till I rot in jail.
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When George W. Bush entered office, the national debt was $5 trillion. When he left, it was $10 trillion. I think the administration spent too much money.
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I've done a lot of roles where I'm the hero saving the planet.
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Enjoy every sandwich.
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We served on the editorial board of a literary monthly called Face in 1968 and 1969. He was a young writer, and I was also interested in broad cultural issues. We agreed on all major issues and became friends.
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Children seem naturally drawn to poetry - it's some combination of the rhyme, rhythm, and the words themselves.
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A man of knowledge lives by acting, not by thinking about acting.
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I never eat in a restaurant that's over a hundred feet off the ground and won't stand still.
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It's hard to say this about a guy like Eddie Van Halen, one of the greatest guitar players who ever lived, but he's really limited to a style and they're locked into it.
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I think architects tend to believe that they can almost do anything, which is a wonderful characteristic, but in some cases you just fall flat.
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Mental health can improve overall well-being and prevent other illnesses. And since mental health problems have a serious economic impact on vulnerable communities, making them a priority can save lives and markedly improve people's quality of life.
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Why do you complain of your fate when you could so easily change it?
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Several hard-core Star Wars fans who had tickets for the first showing actually said that when the movie finally began, they started crying. Mainly because they realized that it's 22 years later, and they still haven't lost their virginity.
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Whatever voice spoke to him was no demon but some old shed self that came yet from time to time in the name of sanity, a hand to gentle him back from the rim of his disastrous wrath. (p.149)
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The first hundred thousand - that was hard to get, but afterwards, it was easy to make more.
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We all knew the apparatus of justice had dissolved.
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Daniel Ek, the C.E.O. of Spotify, is a rock star of the tech world, but he is not long on charisma.
