Herbie Hancock (Herbert Jeffrey Hancock) Quotes
I don't look at music from the standpoint of being a musician; I look at it from the standpoint of being a human being.
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It was my wish since I was a child to become something, to be able to stand on my own two feet, to do something for myself.
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As an actor, there's a bit of you that's decided you want to be looked at and watched, but there's a paradoxical bit that wants to run away.
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The great thing about being a print journalist is that you are permitted to duck. Cameramen get killed while the writers are flat on the floor. A war correspondent for the BBC dedicated his memoir to 50 fallen colleagues, and I guarantee you they were all taking pictures. I am only alive because I am such a chicken.
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For the first time I feel an inner emotional security. There is reality and dependability. My life revolves around Richard and the baby.
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I'm like an eight year old with the dressing-up box. I have the luxury of being able to change on a whim.
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We all need to have a creative outlet - a window, a space - so we don't lose track of ourselves.
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Americans think the only funny Brits are John Cleese, Benny Hill and whoever makes our toothpaste. They're not laughing with us, they are laughing at us.
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Expected outcomes contribute to motivation independently of self-efficacy beliefs when outcomes are not completely controlled by quality of performance. This occurs when extraneous factors also affect outcomes, or outcomes are socially tied to a minimum level of performance so that some variations in quality of performance above and below the standard do not produce differential outcomes.
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Can I, just one time, play the good guy?
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Leave this world a little better than you found it.
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If you don't care about losing, you will focus on technique.
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I do not doubt that our country will finally come through safe and undivided. But do not misunderstand me... I do not rely on the patriotism of our people... the bravery and devotion of the boys in blue... (or) the loyalty and skill of our generals... But the God of our fathers, Who raised up this country to be the refuge and asylum of the oppressed and downtrodden of all nations, will not let it perish now. I may not live to see it... I do not expect to see it, but God will bring us through safe.
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With twice his wits, she had to see things through his eyes -- one of the tragedies of married life.
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When I was 18, I applied to go to BYU like my six brothers ahead of me - I have eight boys and one girl in my family.
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In order to effect great change, we need to look at how we can help those in our own communities as well as globally.
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I really enjoy what I'm doing. I think you have to have a good time and not look too far back or too far ahead.
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As humans try to evolve out of greed, let's put aside some wild places, protected lands, protected farms, things like that, since we may not evolve fast enough to protect nature.
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I don't look at music from the standpoint of being a musician; I look at it from the standpoint of being a human being.
