Herbie Hancock (Herbert Jeffrey Hancock) Quotes
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I don't ever know where I'm going. Because one of the wonderful things about writing, which is different than working in programming, you don't need to know. You could just write and discover where you're going. And it's a great deal of fun.
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Dishonesty is all about the small acts we can take and then think, 'No, this not real cheating.' So if you think that the main mechanism is rationalization, then what you come up with, and that's what we find, is that we're basically trying to balance feeling good about ourselves.
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There is evidence that some of al Qaeda's nuclear efforts over the years met with swindles and false leads.
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I'm not confident in my own ability to resist the titanic force of my own ego.
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I sometimes wonder how we're short of cod. There's gonna be a load deep down that are hiding. But it's a good reason to put the price up, and it means a load of people will have haddock. They should tell people they're running out of all sorts. Make 'em panic a bit.
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The war against terrorism is a war against those who engage in torture.
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I don't drink coffee.
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As a film actor, you don't often get that opportunity to meet with your audience and take your applause on stage.
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I have a feeling when I'm 80 years old I'm going to get a phone call: There's going to be another Rocky.
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A man with a million dollars can be as happy nowadays as though he were rich.
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Yes, I am very prolific.
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The U.N. did not create Israel. The Jewish state came into being because the tiny Jewish community in what was mandatory Palestine rebelled against foreign imperialist rule. We did not conquer a foreign land.
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I certainly support civil unions.
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I am so lucky that throughout my career I've been able to play such different characters.
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I love honest men, and a I love a man who is loyal to women.
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I've got nothing to complain about. I have to enjoy and be grateful. Lots of people would like to be in my shoes.
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This was totally influenced by me and the direction that I am writing about and the stuff that I am writing about. There is just no way that you can be as intense as what I have been through in my life over a drum beat machine, sample, or loop; it's just not going to happen.
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You can muck around with different guitars for certain bits, but you have to have your own sound. That's your benchmark, that's your sound. I also play a Black Beauty. It sounds amazing.
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And the desire to own property, to take for ourselves things which in no way belong to us, does not stop short at the sun. The air is already bought and sold as a commodity, by health resorts. And what of water? Or waterpower? Why should the earth be parceled out into private hands? Is it any different from the sun? No; the earth belongs to the people who live on it. God intended it for them, but it has been taken over by private individuals. Privare means to steal. Thus private property is stolen property - property stolen from God and from humankind!
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We have no general conceptual thrust for the band, other than trying to make music that keeps our interest. When things are novel, they are probably things we have discovered by accident or investigation rather than by design
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With a public library card in your hand, you have access to the Internet and a world of opportunities.
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Riegger's Dichotomy sounded as though a pack of rats were being slowly tortured to death while, from time to time, a dying cow moaned.
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When I was young I used to listen to everything.
