Herb Alpert Quotes
Selfishly, I make music for me. I like to make music. I like looking for songs. I like working with interesting musicians. I like producing records. It's something I will always do.
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I have often heard that the novel is dead. But I see novels produced, I don't know how many a week, in France. I have the impression it's carrying along quite well.
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I just want to be myself and be real and be funny.
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I myself feel that I'm a well-rounded player and got a lot better defensively and without the puck as time has gone on.
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I think a lot about when times were simpler, when I was still dancing and living with my parents. I really miss living at home sometimes. I get really sad.
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'The Last Airbender' is genetically engineered for me. I love martial arts. I study it. The movie's based on a lot of Buddhist and Hindu philosophy. I was raised Hindu.
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My eyes aren't special, my nose isn't special, my mouth isn't special.
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One of the sad commentaries on the way women are viewed in our society is that we have to fit one category. I have never felt that I had to be in one category.
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It felt when I was growing up that sport was, like, the only thing you should do... if you do music, you're really different and a bit weird.
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I think that was one thing I definitely brought to the table, my aggressiveness and my style of play, and I think that's one of the reasons why the fans here really appreciated the way that I went out and played, just because I think they kind of liked that.
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I would love to interview Dave Grohl. I just think he's an amazing musician, and I grew up listening to Nirvana, so I have so many questions about that.
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People ask where writers get ideas.Take my advice. Some cool, clear night, drive to a country place where city lights don’t block your view. Turn off the car lights. Get out and look up. And see our real neighborhood.
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These golden mattersOf Gyges and his treasuriesAre no concern of mine.Jealousy has no power over me,Nor do I envy a god his work,And I do not burn to rule.Such things have noFascination for my eyes.
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Never. The shot is too big for the cannon.
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Manus haec inimica tyrannisEnse petit placidam sub libertate quietem.
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Be known as a great resource. Are you an Excel genius? An expert on local restaurants? Fabulous at proofreading? Go beyond your job description by being an open resource for others in the company who could benefit from your talents. I believe that paying it forward will serve you well one way or another in the future.
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Raising children is a creative endeavor, an art rather than a science.
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New York had this wild beat that anybody could dance to. It was very nurturing to young people.
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I swear there are things you can do to work on problem areas without having to think about plastic surgery.
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Ethics may be defined as the obligations of morality.
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A ballplayer doesn't make excuses.
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When I was starting out, I thought about how the Internet is global and that we should have a global name, a name that's interesting. At that time, the best name was Yahoo! Suddenly I thought, 'Alibaba is a good name.'
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I love costumes. My dream growing up was always to have my own costume and prop shop.
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Selfishly, I make music for me. I like to make music. I like looking for songs. I like working with interesting musicians. I like producing records. It's something I will always do.
