Calvin Harris (Adam Richard Wiles) Quotes
I suppose Spotify is a good thing. The ads are quite annoying, but a lot of people seem to like it and use it. I don't myself, but it seems like a good idea, and the labels are getting a huge amount of money off it, but the artists aren't, so that must be good for them... but not us.
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I don't have any office; I can write everywhere. So, I put a piece of paper on the table, and then I travel. Literally, writing for me is like travelling. It's getting out of myself and living another life - maybe a better life.
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I had a high school sweetheart that was my first. We were together all through high school. I had just broken up with him because I didn't think I was good enough. He wanted to be an anesthesiologist. I wanted to be an entertainer. His life was more planned out, and mine wasn't.
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People say, 'Oh, politics is so polarized today,' and I'm thinking... '1861, that was polarized.'
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The true Islam has shown me that a blanket indictment of all white people is as wrong as when whites make blanket indictments against blacks.
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The reader is going to imprint on the characters he sees first. He is going to expect to see these people often, to have them figure largely into the story, possibly to care about them. Usually, this will be the protagonist.
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Every woman looks good in a flamenco dress.
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My whole thing is to entertain, make people laugh and to forget about the real world for awhile.
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Some people are just right for you.
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I was the one who was always calling people.
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A good man would prefer to be defeated than to defeat injustice by evil means.
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I am always surprised people are surprised that people haven't read things.
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I had to go to a mirror and look at it. I couldn't picture myself in my own head. I had no image beyond a stick figure. I wasn't a mean person as a kid, or dumb, and something has to be said to justify excluding you.
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My company Independent Ideas worked with Gucci on a special edition Fiat 500.
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In a place where there are no humans, one must strive to be human.
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I just want to be known as funny.
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I suppose Spotify is a good thing. The ads are quite annoying, but a lot of people seem to like it and use it. I don't myself, but it seems like a good idea, and the labels are getting a huge amount of money off it, but the artists aren't, so that must be good for them... but not us.
