Josh Homme Quotes
If you're trying to do something different, you can't ask someone to help, because they'll want to make it not different.
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Whenever I go to a new city, whether visiting or vacationing, I would always make that a point to get to the record store early on, just to get my bearings and see what was going on around town.
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I think what is important for things to be funny is if you the listener, or the reader, get a chance to supply the humor of it yourself.
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There are really two kinds of optimism. There's the complacent, Pollyanna optimism that says, 'Don't worry - everything will be just fine,' and that allows one to just lay back and do nothing about the problems around you. Then there's what we call dynamic optimism. That's an optimism based on action.
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The American tradition of Washington and Hamilton and Madison and Lincoln and TR and Pat Buchanan is of economic nationalism - making America an independent, self-sufficient, sovereign forever country that's able to stand on its own feet.
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So much of writing isn't the fun parts like we get to discuss. It is sitting there putting the words down.
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Writers have an opinion about the world and offer arguments about the world. They should offer contemplation.
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Stories about the ongoing dramas in our lives as we age are not being told because women find it difficult to be honest about what's going on - about, for example, our heightened sexuality as we age or about living in a society that only values youth.
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I always saw myself as a large stockholder trying to make a difference. I wasn't raiding anybody.
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I also think it's very important to consider how the food will feel to the person eating it.
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I know it's a guy thing to chest bump, but me and my dancers chest bump before hitting the stage. Not too hard though...ouch!
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Another example of that was that even during the economic problems of the 1945 government, we managed to carry out other aspects of our policy and other ideals. Through the establishment of national parks, for instance.
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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 reality about being economically dependent on someone else usually doesn't work out for women in the end. It's about being an adult and being responsible for your life. Most women have to work, so let's just get on with it.
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Fishing is very meditative; you need to be able to give up control and cast out the line and then hope for the best, so in that way, it's quite like acting.
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A woman simply is, but a man must become.
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I appreciate the constant evolution in refining food, but not in making food gimmicky.
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At its heart, engineering is about using science to find creative, practical solutions. It is a noble profession.
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The characters I've portrayed may outwardly be quite different from one another, but I've found that they're also intrinsically linked.
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I have the profoundest respect for people who behave in a generous way because of religion. But I come from a country where the misuse of religion has had catastrophic consequences. One must judge people not by what faith they proclaim but by what they do.
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Most artists I run into aren't that thrilled with what they do anyway. They are glad to have different versions out there to see which one the audience likes the best.
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We come from a very mixed family. We're a bunch of different races, my family. So it's very normal for us. I don't know why we're accepted. Are all of us accepted or just me?
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The largest newspaper in the United States is only reaching 1 percent of population. We are kind of assuming that 'Wall Street Journal,' 'USA Today,' and other newspapers are very important. Yes, they're extremely important, but only to 1 percent of the population on a daily basis.
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I certainly had my God-can-you-just-take-me-now-I've-just-had-it-I'm-checking-out-let-me-off-the-train-I'm-done kind of thing. But, you know, I would never actually do it. I just can't imagine what it would take to do that.
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If you're trying to do something different, you can't ask someone to help, because they'll want to make it not different.
