Scott Ian Quotes
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It is something where I think that people need to take a step back and realize how bad these things we are doing really are for our ears. But nobody really thinks about it. We're playing shows every night with music in our ears. That's just the industry.
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For the most part, I don't have a Facebook page; I don't Twitter.
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Language is the most extraordinary invention in the history of humanity, the one which came before everything and which makes it possible to share everything.
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To gastroenterologists, the concept of a germ causing ulcers was like saying that the Earth is flat.
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Going out at night and having a fabulous social life takes a lot out of you, and I don't know if I have that much to give, honestly. I would rather give that time to my kids or spend that time reading a book or watching a film. I am selfish and lazy.
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Modern theory is about objects lower than man; even stars, being common things, are lower than man.
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It is useful to the historian, among others, to be able to see the commonest forms of different phenomena, whether phonetic, morphological or other, and how language lives, carries on and changes over time.
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My creativity all comes from the same place. I wear one very comfortable, large hat.
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Leadership is intangible, and therefore no weapon ever designed can replace it.
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I've been in some bad TV shows and suffered through so much poor writing.
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I've been very lucky.
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I'm a very lucky girl.
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My folks are in Jersey. And I have a lot of friends and other family there. So, I try to visit as much as possible.
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On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.
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Empty values statements create cynical and dispirited employees, alienate customers, and undermine managerial credibility.
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There are lots of women tennis players, for instance, but because not many of them seem to have much personality, they're interchangeable. You don't have a feeling about them.
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Today, Negroes play on every big league club and in every minor league. With millions of other Negroes in other walks of life, we are willing to stand up and be counted for what we believe in. In baseball or out, we are no longer willing to wait until Judgment Day for equality - we want it here on earth as well as in Heaven.
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A handkerchief can never be put in another pocket after it has been in one pocket. I don't walk under ladders. I have items of clothing that are lucky for me. That rotates, but I am luck-oriented.
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In capitalist society however where social reason always asserts itself only post festum great disturbances may and must constantly occur.
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A travel book is about someone who goes somewhere, travels on the ground, sees something and spends quite a lot of time doing it, and has a hard time, and then comes back and writes about it. It's not about inventing.
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I don't think it's a Western thing to really talk about intrinsic motivation and the drive for autonomy, mastery and purpose. You have to not be struggling for survival. For people who don't know where their next meal is coming, notions of finding inner motivation are comical.
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Anytime that I've felt uninspired, I don't force myself to sit down and write. I only do it when I feel the impulse.
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PENSION - An allowance made to any one without an equivalent. In England it is generally understood to mean pay given to a state hireling for treason to his country.
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Music and songs are written at different periods of time, at different times in your life. They reflect the feelings you have and to be honest, I quite like having positive emotions.
