Herbie Hancock (Herbert Jeffrey Hancock) Quotes
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The one thing that is sort of sneered at and not really believed is bisexuality. Any bisexual man is just seen as a closeted gay man. That shows how narrow-minded people are. The other thing that's totally neglected and which nobody approves of is celibacy. People again assume that you're just repressing something.
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All achievements, all earned riches, have their beginning in an idea.
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Pictures are for entertainment, messages should be delivered by Western Union.
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I live for the text. It's my job.
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The thing of which the act of perception is the perception is experienced as something not mental.
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My parents would always tell you that I was the crazy princess growing up. I was a drama queen.
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My Emmy is in my china closet. People don't really look at it, though.
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My mother was born in Wilmington, Delaware. She's a U.S. citizen, so I'm a U.S. citizen.
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Ghost! I miss him! Is that weird? I miss him even though I invented him. I feel a lot of tenderness toward him. I don't write a lot of stuff that is sad or that is tender and affectionate, so that has a very special place in my heart.
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There are two things in Indian history - one is the incredible optimism and potential of the place, and the other is the betrayal of that potential - for example, corruption. Those two strands intertwine through the whole of Indian history, and maybe not just Indian history.
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It is man's own fault, it is from want of use, if his mind grows torpid in old age.
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I love to travel, but I hate to arrive.
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The road's a tough life, but I said 'yes,' because as a kid growing up in Ohio, I never had a chance to see a Tony-winning actress in a role she won the Tony for.
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There are a lot of good things about string theory, and it's great that some people want to work on it.
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A man can preach no better than he prays.
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We have lost certainty and predictability in the regulatory and tax climate in America, and this is why we're recovering so slowly.
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I'm the sort of actor who likes to talk about what we're going to do.
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What does it mean to be an American? While each of us may have our own specific answer to that question, we likely can agree on the basic principles of America: freedom, equal opportunity, and rights accompanied by responsibilities.
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The great thing about acting is that you get to be a lot of different things in one lifetime. You get to explore different personalities and characters.
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The fact is that the Vietnamese held Americans after 1973.
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Violet is the most soothing, tranquilizing and cooling color vibration. It encourages the healing of unbalanced mental conditions in people who are overly nervous or high-strung. Foods of the violet vibration are: purple broccoli, beetroot and purple grapes.
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You can practice to attain knowledge, but you can't practice to attain wisdom.
