Saul Alinsky (Saul David Alinsky) Quotes
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The thing about inspiration is that it takes your mind off everything else.
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I love writing journalism because it's all over in two hours and comes straight off the top of the head. Writing novels is soooooo much harder. It's the hardest thing I've ever done.
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One thing I hear a lot is, 'Dude, my mom loves your record,' or 'I got it for my dad for Christmas.' I'm essentially doing dad rock. Which is great, because I love Steely Dan, you know? Nothing wrong with dad rock!
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It's not a terribly original thing to say, but I love Raymond Carver. For one thing, he's fun to read out loud.
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I don't miss being on the road right now because the thing is, I was on the road for eight years, so I love pizza, but pizza every day for eight years is a different thing.
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Once I have children, the kids come first. One thing at a time for me.
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I'd love to do a comedy; that's the one thing I haven't done yet that I really, really want to do.
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A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal.
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Stand-up, I find it really difficult. It's not really my thing.
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The thing I love about sketch is sometimes it leads you as opposed to you leading it.
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The great thing about Cairo is the vast majority of women wear some kind of head scarf, but they are also very fashion-conscious. They love bright colors.
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If I can put on my album in a car or on my headphones and listen to the whole thing and love it, that's what I'm going to be happy putting out there.
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The only thing I change mainly is my sneakers. I love sneakers. But everything's sort of black or jeans. Jeans, always.
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I've tried singing like somebody else, and it never worked for me. The only thing that has ever worked for me was me being me, so either you love it or not.
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He to whom the present is the only thing that is present, knows nothing of the age in which he lives.
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My method is to take the utmost trouble to find the right thing to say, and then to say it with the utmost levity.
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The thing you have to be prepared for is that other people don't always dream your dream.
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I think it's important to do things that you're interested in. I think it's important to have other outlets away from the music industry.
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Sometimes you do get caught up in the midst of becoming... a product, a brand, and not having a say in any of that.
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Someone will eventually succeed in this hunt for a longevity pill, and when they do, one of the greatest advances in the history of medicine will have been achieved.
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I appreciate your judgment its proved that I can't trust a word you say.
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When I lived in Egypt, we always wore kaftans. I had cashmere kaftans from Halston. You put on a kaftan in your backyard, and it's like you're in Ibiza.
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The threat is usually more terrifying than the thing itself.
