Jonathan Carroll Quotes
In Poland, my audience is all women between 18 and 30. At U.S. conventions, you have the fantasy and science fiction crowd. At Harvard you have an entirely different audience. It's so schizophrenic.
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If other people want to say that I'm the next person in boxing, then that's up to them. That's their opinion.
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We need a wireless mobile device ecosystem that mirrors the PC/Internet ecosystem, one where the consumers' purchase of network capacity is separate from their purchase of the hardware and software they use on that network. It will take government action, or some disruptive technology or business innovation, to get us there.
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I find my earliest memories covering the anachronistic features of a previous incarnation. Clear recollections came to me of a distant life, a yogi amidst the Himalayan snows. These glimpses of the past, by some dimensionless link, also afforded me a glimpse of the future.
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We care about margins.
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Brandon Boyd of Incubus is hot, but he's too pretty.
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Everything's so accelerated now.
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I believe in only one thing: liberty; but I do not believe in liberty enough to want to force it upon anyone.
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I was born in Nashville, Tenn., but I have lived in a number of places. In 1937, I moved to Baltimore, Md., where I attended junior high and high school. I lived there for five years before leaving for college.
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I can only think of music as something inherent in every human being - a birthright. Music coordinates mind, body and spirit.
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The song This Kiss was definitely my breakthrough song. After that, Breathe was my breakthrough album.
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I'd rather stay out of the limelight until I've done something I feel proud of.
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My first tour I was on the road for 18 months. You're just out there promoting.
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I take a grave view of the press. It is the weak slat under the bed of democracy.
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At the time, when you're being dissected and judged it's pretty brutal, but in hindsight it's great and - it sounds cliched - you do come out the other side better and stronger.
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Conflict is the beginning of consciousness.
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Most of what happens in the world is far beyond a dog's comprehension, so they must turn to their faith in us to help them navigate life's treacheries. Don't we, also, have unanswerable questions about the vagaries of modern existence for which the answer is beyond human grasp, so that only our faith can guide us?
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I've always been interested in making movies.
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You wouldn't expect a Christian character to be an Indie rocker guy.
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Political hypocrisy and racism make me hot under the collar.
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An expectation is a future object, recognised as belonging to me.
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Black players had an issue with Joe Torre. They weren't treated like everybody else. Even I got called out in a couple of meetings that I thought was unfair.
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Even though the music I make gathers influences from all over the place, I feel that the core of what I do comes from the jazz tradition. In terms of improvisation, interaction, feel and overall concept, Jazz is my main source of information and inspiration.
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In Poland, my audience is all women between 18 and 30. At U.S. conventions, you have the fantasy and science fiction crowd. At Harvard you have an entirely different audience. It's so schizophrenic.
