Stephen Hough (Stephen Andrew Gill Hough) Quotes
Why do people compose music? Why do people listen to music? When we go into a concert, we go into a place where we want to experience a sort of ecstasy, to come out of ourselves.
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Cuba needs a dose of perestroika.
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One of the tragedies of modern times is that people have come to believe that something said by someone in the past, perhaps for illustrative or provocation purposes, actually represents that person's beliefs at the time.
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I wasn't raised super-poor, but my parents got divorced, and my mother didn't have much money. Even now if I have a cake, I'll eat it slowly, and I save most of the money I have.
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I'm a good guy. I love playing bad guys, but good guys that have a good thing going on, I like that, too. I don't like passive good guys.
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People can be inspired the way I've been inspired by music.
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The Middle East is obviously an issue that has plagued the region for centuries.
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Any reaction is better than none.
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I mean, what is racism? Racism is a projection of our own fears onto another person. What is sexism? It's our own vulnerability about our potency and masculinity projected as our need to subjugate another person, you know? Fascism, the same thing: People are trying to untidy our state, so I legislate as a way of controlling my environment.
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I believe that laughter is a language of God and that we can all live happily ever laughter.
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It's nice not to have to live a double life.
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Spine transplants are what we really need to take Reagan on.
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In lean times, you get plenty of sleep, and you're not flying around everywhere.
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I have been in auditions where - because - you're always scared before, but if you let that scared feeling get the better of you or become too much, it could ruin your audition.
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After graduating from National School of Drama, I started doing theatre in Delhi. But there was not much money in Hindi theatre.
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The auto industry is standing today. The middle class is standing today. Ohio is standing today. America is standing strong today.
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When New Kids became really successful, I got a lot of offers to do parts in movies and TV shows, but I was really busy, so I pretty much turned everything down. But I always knew it was something that I would eventually put some energy into.
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My biggest influences were 1980s punk and metal. Metallica were my biggest influence because they were good at everything - riffs, energy - but with such an ear for melody, it was hard not to get pulled into it and become a fanatic.
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I used to go to San Diego all the time to hang out. My cousin played for the San Diego Padres, and my brother lives down there. I love going to the zoo and walking around Old Town.
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Music is a world within itself, with a language we all understand.
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I really didn't try to make an effort to make urban music, but I am a product of my inspirations.
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I think working with the primal elements of fire and earth appealed greatly to my father because of the almost magical results.
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I write 'Broad City,' so I connect it to me.
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Opinions are strong, as ladies' opinions generally are....
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Why do people compose music? Why do people listen to music? When we go into a concert, we go into a place where we want to experience a sort of ecstasy, to come out of ourselves.
