Jules Shear Quotes
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That is what fame is, isn't it? To get the world to fall in love with you.
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I'm a bit of a magpie: whatever I see or hear or read feeds into the songs.
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The gruesomeness of 'Death Line' was an absolute necessity for me to bring up the political content of the film. I wanted to show how devastating class distinction could be.
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The day I became a hero, my dream was realised. Everything else is a bonus.
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When I'm writing, I mean what I'm saying - there's a lot of me in each song.
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I've never wanted to be famous. That has never been a part of any dream. I do remember being little and thinking I might want to be a singer. But not a famous singer - just, like, a singer.
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My music relies solely on the feeling. Just the feeling.
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A nascent economy needs a transparent and accountable government and an efficient civil service to help meet social needs. Its people need jobs and a belief in their country's future. A surfeit of aid has been shown to be unable to help achieve these goals.
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The image we have would be impossible for Mickey Mouse to maintain. We're just... normal people.
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When you write a script, you always think about what your heart is asking.
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During the day, I don't wear much makeup; I only put on makeup for the show.
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I never had a long-term plan.
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The powerful notion of entropy, which comes from a very special branch of physics … is certainly useful in the study of communication and quite helpful when applied in the theory of language.
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Our ability to manufacture fraud now exceeds our ability to detect it.
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Thus the good christian should beware of mathematicians and all those who make false prophecies, however much they may in fact speak the truth; lest, being in league with the devil, they may deceive errant souls into making common cause.
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...I sense that stepping into the light is also a powerful metaphor for consciousness, for the birth of the knowing mind, for the simple and yet momentous coming of the sense of self into the world of the mental.
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Ambition should be made of sterner stuff.
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We're not about radio hits; we're not about selling one song or one record. Four records in, we have a body of work. And I know we're a better band, making better music, than we've ever been.
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And my singing, I don't think I could sing Wagner or opera, but I could probably carry a tune. I was in a musical once, but it was never performed.
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Whenever any great song or album gets lost in the ether, someone is deprived of the joy of hearing it, and the great effort of those who created and recorded the work is damaged.
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I made this record without a record label.
