Melissa Auf der Maur Quotes
The intentions of record companies are not good, from the musician's perspective.
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Ultimately, I don't think even a five-company platform oligopoly is good for consumer tech. By its very nature, it handicaps independent companies with new ideas. But it will end one day. I just don't know when.
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I've got plenty of quirks. I go to an office early in the morning. Early in the morning is really good writing time. I take anywhere between six to eight showers a day. I'm not exaggerating. I'm not a germaphobe: it's all about a fresh start.
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My mom just understands about stuff. We have a really good trust, and she knows I can take care of myself.
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I think everybody has to be better, right from me out. Everybody has to step up their games for us to be successful here. I've been lucky to be on some good teams over the years and that's what it takes, everybody contributing night after night.
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It's a question of not copying the masters, to look for something, good or bad, for oneself. To enter this liberated state of mind, one cannot copy the others.
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My parents had a great marriage. Interestingly, it made it harder for me in relationships because I knew what a good relationship looked like.
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It takes me a long time to write, and I trust myself, so I write very sparsely, so when I do, I know it's good, you know what I mean? Rather than writing a whole bunch and having to sort out what's good and what's not.
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You can't get dressed without good hair.
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Sincere and generous collaboration is the best way to fulfil the legitimate aspirations of each person and achieve great collective goals for the common good and the general interest.
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Little League baseball is a very good thing because it keeps the parents off the streets.
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I learned a lot from Dick Wolf. I'll always remember playing that character because it was such a good character. It was great to be able to be a character like that for television. I think the thing that I'll bring from the whole experience, the whole 10 years, is I had never been interested in the television business before.
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I fell even more deeply in love with Tolkien's legendarium after studying Old English literature at uni, as I got a sense of the historical events and cultures that Tolkien used to create his world. My favourite of his imaginary locations is Lothlorien.
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I try to get roles that challenge me in what I can do and who I think I can portray. For me, it's about creating characters with really fascinating stories, because that's what I like to watch on TV.
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I had a lot of fun working with John Candy. We had a pretty good rapport.
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There is no principle worth the name if it is not wholly good.
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A whopping 89 percent of buyers start their home search online. How your house looks online is the modern equivalent of 'curb appeal.' Rent a wide-angle lens and good lighting, get rid of your clutter and post at least eight great photos to win the beauty contest.
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And harmony means that the relationship between all the elements used in a composition is balanced, is good.
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I have a study now - I used not to. I also love working in cafes; ignoring noise is good for concentration.
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It may take a while, but there will probably come a time when we look back and say, 'Good Lord, do you believe that in the twentieth century and early part of the twenty-first, people were still eating animals?'
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Bjork's album, 'Homogenic,' it's got beats, strings, traditional Icelandic stuff. That's my benchmark for what an album should sound like, right up there with Coltrane's 'A Love Supreme' and Marvin Gaye's 'What's Going On.'
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It is easy to want things from the Lord and yet not want the Lord Himself, as though the gift could ever be preferable to the Giver.
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For all of my fortune, there are many with misfortune that need a hand.
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Sex should be a deepening of communication, not a substitute for it.
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The intentions of record companies are not good, from the musician's perspective.
