Herbie Hancock (Herbert Jeffrey Hancock) Quotes
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I feel like I've grown up a bit. I'm a bit more confident, and I've been reading more, and I've had a little more time to myself. I went on this writing trip to gather my thoughts about where and who I am in this world, and why we're all here.
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I think most writers will say that at the start of each book they think, 'I'm not sure I can do this.' But eventually, you reach a magical point where the story suddenly becomes real to you, and you become totally invested in it.
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I've never been that guy who says, 'Ooh, I have to play King Lear'. First off, that'd be a disaster anyway. I tend to read something and see who's involved, and then know I want to be part of it. But I don't think I'm through with comedy. I still love to make people laugh.
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People think, 'Jack, you do too much.'
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I've never met anybody who says they don't like the World Cup. If you're a soccer fan or not, everybody loves watching it, and I think it could be the same for other sports.
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Chicago is one city. We shall work as one people for our common good and our common goals.
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When you're a war correspondent, the reader is for you because the reader is saying, 'Gee, I wouldn't want to be doing that.' They're on your side.
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There's no regrets for me.
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I started to realize I wasn't like every other boy.
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Spiritual infirmities such as tepidity are caused, not only by chills but also by fevers, that is, by excessive zeal.
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I love the produce section at the grocery store.
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In the Senate, there is a wide spectrum of views on foreign policy.
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I have worshipped woman as the living embodiment of the spirit of service and sacrifice.
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We worked lightly even in the heaviest parts.
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My life changed completely. It's crazy now. It's kind of gone from striving and wondering and being confused and being lost to just feeling like the most blessed person in the world - just happy to wake up every day, happy to get on a plane every time. Just couldn't be happier with life, really.
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I find that most people know what a story is until they sit down to write one.
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But I'm not crazy about the designers like Prada and Gucci. I hate going into designer stores.
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Put your shoulder to the wheel.
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When I discovered eyelash extensions, it was like the sea has parted; the sun came out. It was everything.
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The trouble with making music as a job is that I have no outside interests. All I can do to wind down is go to sleep.
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We’ve been proud of the fact that we were known for our music first and it has been what makes us work harder
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Music for a long time has been telling what the world is like. What music has to say now, in a manner that has both logic and emotion in it, is that the world has a structure persons could like; be stronger by.... If the world is the oneness of opposites - and music says it is - the world is given an everlastingly sensible basis; for what could be more sensible that to be calm and forceful at once, reposeful and intense at once?
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Delays in granting of justice very often reduce the speed with which investment could be undertaken, discouraging investors.
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Jazz is about being in the moment.
