Harry Emerson Fosdick Quotes
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Woodstock had a tremendous impact on American artistic life.
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My father is a poet, my stepmother is a poet, and so I always had encouragement as a child to write.
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I always try to make films in such a way that it's hard to imagine how they came to be, or where they came from.
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My job in this life is to give people spiritual ecstasy through music. In my concerts people cry, laugh, dance. If they climaxed spiritually, I did my job. I did it decently and honestly.
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English people are famous for never speaking out but only saying what they really feel about you behind your back. Americans believe the shortest distance between two points is a straight line. I like exploring those, er, differences in national snippiness.
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I didn't get into rap to be no lyrical genius. I got into rap to feed my family and help the people in need around me, that's it. A lot of people say, 'Man, Waka Flocka ain't go no lyrics,' so I was like, 'Yeah, you right!'
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Nobody on this earth has the right to tell anyone that their love for another human being is morally wrong.
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I think everybody knows my sound because I'm me, you know? But, on your fourth album, I think you've definitely gotta show growth because I definitely don't plan on being one of those cats that fade off. It's always about growing with me; I grew up over the years.
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Human behavior in the midst of hardship caught my attention very early on, and my first stories were all pictures, no words.
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I can be very self-destructive, but quietly.
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Every European goes on the streets and sees medieval churches. Not if you live in Indianapolis.
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No one in my family is in entertainment. They thought acting was a fun hobby, and when I got a degree, I'd settle down.
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I have 18 cars, but I never had a Rolls-Royce.
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Back in the day, I had this fluoro pink hoodie that I thought was the coolest thing ever. Left it at a party and never saw it again. Probably the best thing that could have happened.
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I like physical comedy. And I like the old comedies.
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There are a lot of people who helped make Queen Latifah who she is today. I don't forget, but a lot of people do and get big heads.
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You are still lucky - you have a certain type of people who keep buying your music - but then you can get typecast and have to keep making that same music, and you can change only slightly. It's risky to bounce around and change your type of music.
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I try to get to the gym whenever I can, eat healthy, mostly protein and vegetables, avoid processed sugar and minimize carbs, but I don't feel like I need to go crazy if I want pasta now and then.
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There is no better time than right now to start your own "family tradition" of helping needy children.
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I have absolutely no interest in playing the young male lead around which a story happens.
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When you're young and you're in love and it doesn't work out - it hurts.
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The young are permanently in a state resembling intoxication.
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It is magnificent to grow old, if one keeps young.
