Oscar Wilde Quotes
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America tends to worship the modest talent because it doesn't put us in an uncomfortable position vis-a-vis the artist.
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Sometimes you read pilots and, understandably, they're doing such a frantic tap dance for approval. I get why - it's such an incredibly competitive market.
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In general, I think the world is a good place if you work hard, believe in yourself, have good intentions, and if you are kind to people, I believe that good things happen to you.
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In Australia, they really want to turn me into a religion. A religion! Can you imagine? The Church of Edna? Oh. I don't want to be over-revered.
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Entrepreneurs in the United States and Europe finally figured out how to separate aluminum from minerals cheaply and also how to produce it on an industrial scale.
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All writers are the same - they forget a thousand good reviews and remember one bad one.
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Most of my songs have names of people I've met or are dear to me. There are people who have privacy issues and about people knowing about their private life. But for me, I like to include few special names and few details about them to make the song very special to me.
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I don't feel under pressure to work because I love what I do and I wanted to do the projects that came my way.
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I have a preference for film just because of the familiarity. It's what I know, and I sort of have nostalgia for it.
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Anything - a destination, a person - that has some mystery around it becomes exciting and attractive.
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I constantly remind people that crime isn't solved by technology; it's solved by people.
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I'm not going to say what was being used in the clubhouse; whatever happens in the clubhouse stays in the clubhouse. But it was not like it was in your face.
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Most people don't know what they spend in every single area, but they know they have a problem in particular areas.
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I'm not 'Will's brother' anymore. Will is my brother. I'm paving the way for all middle children out there.
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With Facebook, you're not really allowed to be unhappy. Think about it: There's only a like button. Yes, you can be angry, but it's only lighthearted rage. On Reddit, perhaps because you can be anonymous, people are willing to be openly sad or angry. They are more honest.
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I think that the future of currency is digital, and Bitcoin has a good shot at being the currency of the future.
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So many people in their 20s and 30s, on Twitter, say 'Please write something for us,' so I have to listen to them, they're my audience.
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Once you've built the big machinery of political power, remember you won't always be the one to run it.
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I can be staggeringly evangelical. That's just my personality.
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You're playing for yourself. And if you're not playing for yourself, you're an entertainer, doing it for the crowd.
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I think we've been doing it for a while now that I can sort of imagine her voice in my head when I'm writing these lyrics and creating these melodies. It's a really cool thing to imagine what it's going to sound like and then make it become reality. I always find that Leigh meets that reality and exceeds it, or adds to it.
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If one hears bad music, it is one's duty to drown it by one's conversation.
