Dan Hawkins Quotes
You can muck around with different guitars for certain bits, but you have to have your own sound. That's your benchmark, that's your sound. I also play a Black Beauty. It sounds amazing.
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I would love to have been around in the Keystone Studios days.
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Biggie was a lyrical genius: he was a musical painter with words. As he rapped, you would see the picture come to life as you heard his story. You hear a lot of rappers rap; you hear a lot of singers sing, but you don't see the movie in your head the way you do when you hear Biggie rap.
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My mother certainly never altered the topics of her conversation based on children being present.
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Poetry is a phantom script telling how rainbows are made and why they go away.
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I went to this one in Ohio, and then I became a counselor there, and it was just the most fun thing. I was so depressed when I came home from camp.
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I had rather be called a journalist than an artist.
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Self-discovery is above all the realization that we are alone: it is the opening of an impalpable, transparent wall - that of our consciousness - between the world and ourselves.
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Mind is everything. Muscle - pieces of rubber. All that I am, I am because of my mind.
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I have written 20 books, and each one is like having a baby. Writing is not easy; some people want to write books but just can't put a story together. I can put together a story that interests both me and my readers.
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Everything's so accelerated now.
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I think any time you bring those guys in, one with a lot of playoff experience, with rings - those guys won - guys in the locker room gravitate towards those guys. Those guys have been there, so there's a lot that they can teach the guys.
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I have seen life from the top down and the bottom up. I know how it looks both ways. And I know there is wisdom and that there is hope.
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I never wanted to be a millionaire. I just wanted to live like one.
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The promotion of family continuity and stability is a legitimate state interest.
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Remember that no relationship is a total waste of time. You can always learn something about yourself.
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Without understanding yourself, what is the use of trying to understand the world?
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It's always good to be known. You want to build your brand up, want to build your name.
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While prices of goods continue to rise, American worker's wages remain stagnant.
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I love to play different roles. That's just the kind of actor I am.
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The talk shows in the States want celebrities, not authors. In France, it is different; writers are called upon to comment on everything. They have a very public role there.
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Faulkner speaks to us on the questions of race, the challenges of modernity, and modern man's dilemma in all of its aspects. That he is able to specify among those and bring those themes alive is one of his great gifts. There are so many different kinds of pleasures one gets from encountering those materials.
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Government and culture are two diametrically opposed forces - the one blinds and oppresses, the other uplifts and unites.
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Rich white Protestant men have held on to some measure of power in America almost solely by getting women, blacks, and other disadvantaged groups to wear crippling foot fashions. This keeps them too busy with corns and bunions to compete in the job market.
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You can muck around with different guitars for certain bits, but you have to have your own sound. That's your benchmark, that's your sound. I also play a Black Beauty. It sounds amazing.
