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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The pop-star thing bores me because it's somebody programming someone else. Stand over here, sing that, no, sing it like this, talk like that, when they ask you this, don't say that, say this, hold that, drive this, stay here, live there - you're not even a human being. You're a puppet.
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The choice that frees or imprisons us is the choice of love or fear. Love liberates. Fear imprisons.
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If at first you do succeed don't take any more chances.
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I'm not sure. I did not set it up. I have never done a polygraph test in my life. I didn't know what to expect. I was just there to answer the questions that they put in front of me.
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Just because I work incredible good out of unspeakable tragedies doesn't mean I orchestrate the tragedies. Don't ever assume that my using something means I caused it or that I need it to accomplish my purposes. That will only lead you to false notions about me. Grace doesn't depend on suffering to exist, but where there is suffering you will find grace in many facets and colors.
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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.
