Herbie Hancock (Herbert Jeffrey Hancock) Quotes
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If the interview was done in the studio, Frank McGee would automatically do it. But if I went out and got it, then the interview was mine. So I was considered a pushy cookie, because I would get the interview.
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Many leaders of big organizations, I think, don't believe that change is possible. But if you look at history, things do change, and if your business is static, you're likely to have issues.
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I wanted to get some nose job, because I don't like how my nose tip looks. My hand is also not as pretty, especially my thumb nails. Many people told me that I have ugly hands.
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I don't want to lose my legs, you know. I don't want to be wheeled around in a wheelchair. I don't want to be attached to a catheter. I saw all that stuff happen to my father, and as much as it upset me because I loved my father so much, it also really traumatized me.
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Every piece has its own identity which we develop by the rule 'We know no limits.' We follow the inspiration of the moment and don't worry if what we're playing is alternative, progressive or fusion rock.
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Schmoozers are brownnosers, sycophants more suited to middle management than to the Wild West of the entrepreneurial world.
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Because I was a diminutive, arty kid, I felt like a misfit in high school - but who doesn't?
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I have always believed in evolving a consensus before taking any major decision.
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I always try to remain aware that what affects others affects me, too.
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As an entrepreneur, what drives you has to be the good news; otherwise, you just don't get out of bed.
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The writer is all alone.
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If ever you wish to meet intellectual frauds in quantity, go to Paris.
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Everything I've ever written, I had a very distinct vision of what I wanted it to look like. But, other directors never do it that way.
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That's what happens in a good horror movie: there are always metaphors of greater subjects like humanity and empathy and compassion. It's not about the action and scary moments: You really care about these characters because they're mirrors of our own reflections.
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I think I was a pretty normal student; I just followed most of my friends.
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It's important to have a big-enough house in order to have space.
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I think a lot of theater actors that were great, like Walken or Glenn Close, later became film actors.
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A man should never neglect his family for business.
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Improvisation is the art of becoming sound. It is the only art in which a human being can and must become the music he or she is making. Improvisation is the only musical art which predicated entirely on human trust and love.
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At the end of the day, we need to realize that segregation is not the human condition at its best. Which isn't to say we need to all be the same. It simply means we need to embrace each other's differences to help tell our stories together.
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No more than a surgeon can operate while tweeting can you reach your potential with one ear in, one ear out. You actually have to reacquaint yourself with concentration. We all do.
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Kids can't look up to girls who are trying to be growner than they are.
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The true artform is being a human being.
