Sean Lennon Quotes
Songwriting is kind of like a craft. It's not something that just comes in a dream. You've got to work at it.
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I love church buildings, particularly cathedrals, and I like living in spaces that remind me of music or evoke that creative energy.
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I was a dancer first, which made me realize how much I loved performing.
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Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.
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The joy is in the getting there. The beginning years of starting your business, the camaraderie when you're in the pit together, are the best years of your life. So rather than being so focused on when you get big and powerful, if you can just get the juice out of that... don't miss it.
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People don't know how to listen, and it's not their fault. In school, we learn how to read, we learn how to write - but nobody teaches you how to listen.
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We are building a company, Gemini, and the ETF, which is another company. I don't know if we're experts, but the goal is not to be an expert but to change the world. Does Richard Branson understand all the physics behind his space craft? I'm not sure.
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My dad was very fun and very adventurous, and from a formative age I learned to value men who would do things on a whim.
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For me every ruler is alien that defies public opinion.
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I know that inner wisdom is more precious than wealth. The more you spend it, the more you gain.
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To each his own, but I just think that we women have a certain body type. As Indian women, we have a beautiful body type. And I believe in the celebration of curves. Whether it's Salma Hayek, Penelope Cruz, Zeenat Aman or Shilpa Shetty, they are very curvaceous and beautiful. I don't know why anyone would want to fight that.
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God is a comedian, playing to an audience too afraid to laugh.
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I do think of Bombay as my hometown. Those are the streets I walked when I was learning to walk. And it's the place that my imagination has returned to more than anywhere else.
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I used to love Kapil Dev and, like any schoolboy, wanted to become a cricketer till I started dreaming of making movies.
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I'm a warrior when it comes to pursuing roles.
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I believe in glamour. I am in favor of a little vanity. I don't rely on just my genes.
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I have carried bills concerning Sudan. I've carried bills concerning Congo. I've carried bills concerning North Korea and Iran and Iraq.
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We're still in a recession. We're not gonna be out of it for a while, but we will get out.
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With bundled machines you can throw away the hardware and keep the software, and it's still a good buy.
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The American dream is under assault.
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You don't need the 'voice of God' commentary. Instead, by juxtaposing contradictory or confirmatory witnesses and archive material, your point of view becomes obvious.
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Sometimes, you feel like, 'Am I going to be upset about this as a black person or as a woman first? Or am I gonna be both?' Because some things inherently affect black women; some things affect you as a woman and not a black person; and some things just affect you as a black person.
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It's so nerve-wracking to be on a set. They're the most stressful place in the world, because you're making something permanent, and there are so many people relying on you in a lot of ways.
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I'm an artist by trade and an author by necessity.
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Songwriting is kind of like a craft. It's not something that just comes in a dream. You've got to work at it.
