Herbie Hancock (Herbert Jeffrey Hancock) Quotes
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I believe in the free enterprise system.
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There's something about wearing clothes that your great-grandmother might have thought were nice that makes you look older.
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My soul is now her day, my day her night, So I lie down, and so I rise.
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I never quite toed the line. I was a bit disruptive. All my early school reports from the age of 5 were 'Daniel must learn not to distract others.' And now, that's what I do for a living.
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There ought to be a thoughtful welfare-reform debate that doesn't turn into something that could be called scapegoating.
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I am proud of where I came from, and I am proud of what I've been able to achieve through hard work and perseverance. And I guarantee you that anyone who tries to say otherwise hasn't walked a day in my shoes.
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I think we live in a culture where it is really difficult to get privacy because everything is so accessible. It's very difficult to maintain your comfortable life with a sort of mystique.
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I don't harp on what I could change about the past, because I can't go back and change it. But definitely a lot of things I would change.
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A lot of my skills came from university. We did everything from stage work to operating the sound boards to marketing shows and more.
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One day, I want to make a PG film.
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I'm a big fan of Albert Brooks, Nichols and May. I'd like to follow in their footsteps and do comedy films.
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If I'm pushed, I'd also have to admit I don't like people with allergies. They just annoy me. There seems to be something far too self-centred about it. 'No thanks, I'm allergic.' Why not just say 'No thanks'? I wasn't asking for your medical history, I was just passing around the nuts. Trying to be friendly, that's all.
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It takes a lot of people to make a winning team. Everybody's contribution is important.
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I grew up here and my friends are here. There's nothing wrong with here.
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It is important for us to make a distinction between the spiritual fruit of joy and the cultural concept of happiness. A Christian can have joy in his heart while there is still spiritual depression in his head. The joy that we have sustains us through these dark nights and is not quenched by spiritual depression. The joy of the Christian is one that survives all downturns in life.
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All due respect and trying to be as modest as I can be, I am a dancer. But I don't think I would be on 'Dancing with the Stars,' mainly because I would be too shy.
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There is a healthy American newspaper tradition of not taking yourself seriously It is the story you must take that way... And if you do take yourself seriously, according to this sound convention, you are supposed to do your best not to let anyone else know about it. (Like bed-wetting.)
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Possibly the most interesting first impression of my life came from the world of dreams.
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I like to spend as much time with my friends and family as possible.
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Truth is beautiful, without doubt; but so are lies.
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We're all capable of mistakes, but I do not care to enlighten you on the mistakes we may or may not have made.
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When I'm painting, I'm not aware of what I'm doing. It's only after a get acquainted period that I see what I've been about. I've no fears about making changes for the painting has a life of its own.
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But, the truth is that everyone is somebody already.
