Namie Amuro Quotes
I came back to do a live concert. Nobody had done that before and I know my managers were worried.
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I used to believe I was going to live forever. And then you suddenly become aware that you're not.
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They're like a weird couple. If you were to personify the artichoke and the oyster, they would have a great date. They would totally get along.
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Nothing truly convincing - which would possess thoroughness, vigor, and skill - has been written against the ancients as yet; especially not against their poetry.
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I didn't expect to have music as my main thing. I always thought I was going to be a lawyer. When I graduated, I was doing really well with my music in Malaysia. I had stable income, and I had really good momentum in the music industry, so I had to make a decision whether to stop that and continue being a lawyer.
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I know what I look like - a weird, sad clown puppet. I'm fine with that.
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I never wore a single fedora filming 'L.A. Noire.' It took about an hour and a half to do the hair - it was a very precise process.
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The first song I did was over a Chief Keef beat – 'Understand Me.' I did that in, like, 2011 or 2012, I think.
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The most influential thinker, in my life, has been the psychologist Richard Nisbett. He basically gave me my view of the world.
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I have learned to know God. I have recast my social belief... All my admirers are married; most of my friends are dead; and I stand with all the world before me, where to choose a path to make in it.
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I'm a self-taught guitarist, but I have a classical music background.
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When your focus is social change and not financial change, why wouldn't you want to share that openly? Innovation only succeeds when it's shared.
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The mere holding of slaves, therefore, is a condition having per se nothing of moral character in it, any more than the being a parent, or employer, or ruler.
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The efficiency, credibility, and liquidity of the financial markets have been foundational to the largest economy in the world.
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I try to just talk about human stories and what I think about religion or teapots or whatever.
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You reach a point in your career when the weeks turn into a month or more of the phone not ringing.
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Love thy neighbor - and if he happens to be tall, debonair and devastating, it will be that much easier.
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I saw 'The Artist.' It's really beautiful and it's all done to the letter with all the silent film techniques. The costumes were amazing and the dog is so good.
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My profession has helped me to grow up.
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Fresh out of college, you tend to join a company because it's a job. But, you tend to stay because it becomes a career; you start to feel at home. In the beginning of your career, you're focused on you: 'I like this place because I'm doing rewarding work; they take good care of me; the people are nice; there's runway for me,' etc.
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Women as a raw demographic unit exercise incredible power across every element of American life.
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Without knowledge action is useless and knowledge without action is futile.
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Sustainability is no longer about doing less harm. It's about doing more good.
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Tom and I have a similar sensibility and experience. You know his dad was from Kentucky where I set the film, and so was mine. That's where he died. His mom's really important in his life and so is mine,
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I came back to do a live concert. Nobody had done that before and I know my managers were worried.
