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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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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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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For me, poetry is always a search for order.
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Sabotage did not involve loss of life, and it offered the best hope for future race relations. Bitterness would be kept to a minimum and, if the policy bore fruit, democratic government could become a reality.
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I think there’s this cult of objectivity in the U.S. about media. There are two sides to every story, but it’s not always objective that one side has as much right to narrate a story. I think it’s distorting to always impose that 50-50 impulse on everything you cover because otherwise you’ll be branded as “liberal” or “having an agenda.” Life is not 50-50…
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There is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern.
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I then moved to the University of Western Ontario where I was made a full professor in 1985.
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Preparing food is one of life's great joys, but a lot of times, parents ask their kids if they want to cook with them and then tell them to go peel a bag of potatoes. That's not cooking - that's working!
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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.
