Herbie Hancock (Herbert Jeffrey Hancock) Quotes
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I got no hate in me.
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'Sixth Street' is probably a new chapter for me. All of the songs were written in my apartment where I'm most comfortable, and at that point, I understood who I was and knew what I was feeling about life.
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Yes, my parents are strict about me having a childhood. I go ice skating and sledding, and swimming in the summer.
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A filial son to his father can be a traitorous subject to his ruler.
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It's kind of comfortable portraying characters who are kind of unsavoury and not so nice. That can be refreshing sometimes.
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I would prefer to have a more appealing job. If I could still change careers, I would prefer it. This unfortunate art is made for long beards and ugly faces rather than for a relatively well-endowed woman.
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By helping readers understand these mechanics, I hope they will appreciate why freedom is for everyone, why it is essential for our security and why the free world plays a critically important role in advancing democracy around the globe.
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I sort of understood that when I first started: that you shouldn't repeat a success. Very often you're going to, and maybe the first time you do, it works. And you love it. But then you're trapped.
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Native trees are so important to our ecosystem.
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Sitting at the table doesn't make you a diner. You must be eating some of what's on that plate. Being here in America doesn't make you an American. Being born here in America doesn't make you an American.
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For economist the real world is often a special case.
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We have real enemies in the world. These enemies must be found. They must be pursued and they must be defeated.
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I genuinely don't know how many albums I'm going to sell when the new album comes out, because I honestly don't know how many fans I've actually got at the moment.
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To find a prince, you gotta kiss some toads.
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Love is the master key that opens the gates of happiness, of hatred, of jealousy, and, most easily of all, the gate of fear.
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The day you take complete responsibility for yourself, the day you stop making any excuses, that's the day you start to the top.
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You need to gain the confidence that you're doing enough on film. You must resist the temptation to do too much.
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I think difficult characters are very rewarding to do. They often have facets to them and this and that.
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Powerful new drug-free treatments have been developed for depression and for every conceivable type of anxiety, such as chronic worrying, shyness, public speaking anxiety, test anxiety, phobias, and panic attacks. The goal of the treatment is not just partial improvement but full recovery.
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The first stars tremble as if shimmering in green water. Hours must pass before their glimmer hardens into the frozen glitter of diamonds. I shall have a long wait before I witness the soundless frolic of the shooting stars. In the profound darkness of certain nights I have seen the sky streaked with so many trailing sparks that it seemed to me a great gale must be blowing through the outer heavens.
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I have no evidence that libertarianism leads to a better life. I just think it is morally right.
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The United States in the 1980s may be the first society in history in which children are distinctly worse off than adults.
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I've been curious ever since I was a little kid.
