Stefon Harris Quotes
Miles Davis is a major influence of mine in terms of the way that I am as a bandleader.
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One of my earliest memories is of my father carrying me in one arm with a picket sign in the other.
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The best way to remember your wife's birthday is to forget it once.
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It's amazing, it doesn't feel like it has been 10 years since retirement.
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I think change needs to be egoless. It's not about my leaving my fingerprints or a legacy. It's more important to be part of a process by rolling up your sleeves, being on the ground, initiating projects, starting campaigns - you know, building stuff.
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There's always hunger to create because I believe that's what I do. I believe that's what I'm supposed to be doing.
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I think there's a karmic purpose that souls make before they decide to come into people's bodies and become someone's parent, or become someone's child. Maybe my dad disappearing was his way of giving me material with which to work, or a predisposition to feel heightened emotions.
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I'm a writer more than I am a talker.
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I have charity work that I do. I started my own charity, the Friends of the Prostate, and I'm also working on awareness of the deviated septum. I do this because not many people are interested in it. There's also Save the Funnel-web - they're dying out.
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I don't think anybody's really been successful with theorizing about value or creating a price theory.
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One of the things that I was always, and still am, is quite resourceful.
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You'll hear 'Hippie,' or, 'Get a haircut.' I like it. I think it's funny because they think we've never heard that before. So, like, good one.
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If I am meant to do a Bollywood film, I will get it. If not, I won't. I really don't differentiate between industries. As long as I get roles that give me a high, I enjoy it.
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I am able to compete not because my labour is cheap, but because I can use technology better than others.
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I grew up in Cuba under a strong, military, oppressive dictatorship. So as a teenager, I found myself involved in a revolution. I remember during that time, a young, charismatic leader rose up, talking about hope and change. His name was Fidel Castro.
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I think fearless is having fears but jumping anyway.
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I came up in a family oriented towards the sick, so I always felt an obligation for doing something.
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Well, it's very dangerous to project, but it's clear that the existing technology has some more years to go.
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They live forever, but many of them are even more lonely and miserable than we are. Why do you think they bother with us? We teach them life’s value.
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How do I tell people who I am? Not being a writer, the only way is to sing songs that reflect my opinions.
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China's one-child policy was born in 1980, after years of less severe measures to discourage births. The Communist Party promised that the policy would be temporary.
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Whether or not the company maximizes resources, that's the job of the leader. How do I get greater results using less resources? That requires an enormous psychology when the economy is changing, the technology is changing, and the competition is worldwide.
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Miles Davis is a major influence of mine in terms of the way that I am as a bandleader.
