George Duke Quotes
When I think about my new CD, the word 'joy' comes to mind. I sincerely hope that each listener will feel the earth, spirit, and aggressive creativity emanating from this album.
Quotes to Explore
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Everyone can do a character the way they want to do it, unless the director tells them not to, which isn't very common. I like to do my characters, if it's not specific in the script, as myself.
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Victorious living does not mean freedom from temptation, nor does it mean freedom from mistakes.
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I am inspired by anything beautiful. Sometime it's a pair of eyes or flowing gorgeous hair, other times it's the sky or a sunset. I've been inspired by supple skin or the texture of a soft shirt.
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I think the American people want to see the interactivity between candidates and audiences, and tough questions posed by people and how you handle them under fire.
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People have become shallower. They view spending, entertaining, seeking leisure and enjoying as the main objectives of their life.
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When I'm writing something, I try not to get analytical about it as I'm doing it, as I'm writing it.
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In Europe and the United States, you've got different systems to select candidates, and no system is perfect.
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Downloading songs is not good.
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I think we're all good and bad, but good's not funny. Bad is funny. Suppress the good and let the bad out, and then you can be funny.
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This debate is coming down essentially to two visions - Mr. Harper's vision for Canada and my vision for Canada, and to a decision to be made by people disappointed by Mr. (Stephane) Dion
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Effective translation of natural languages comes awfully close to requiring a sentient translator program.
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I have been accused of being a joker. But the most successful art to me involves humor.
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I am not an atheist but an earthiest.
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Who would expect it so? From darkness light is brought, Life rises out of Death, And Something comes from Naught.
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We were so busy that we didn't have time to think about how terrible it was or - in fact it felt strangely natural.
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Nolite te bastardes carborundorum.
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Politics is about a lot more than winning and losing. I think politics at its best is about compromise, shades of grey and about issues.
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With hacky sack, somebody brought one to recess in sixth grade and it kind of all went downhill from there! The same with the yoyo's! One kid brought a yoyo one day and people started getting them. I just kept at it and found that I really loved it.
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You don't ever want to seem less than a person.
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We cannot suffer a person by his affidavit to arraign the whole justice of the country and its administration.
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The thing about the Star Wars expanded universe that most impresses me is how the need for endless sequels has taken what was way back in the late Disco a fairly upbeat series where the good guys eventually prevailed and turned into a crapsack setting that's grimmer than the disintegration of Yugoslavia, Congo Wars I & II and the Mongol Conquests combined.
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Hermione Granger is the mix of brain and heart that I've always wanted to be.
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I never got into things to be famous. Sometimes it's fun, sometimes it's annoying.
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When I think about my new CD, the word 'joy' comes to mind. I sincerely hope that each listener will feel the earth, spirit, and aggressive creativity emanating from this album.
