Herbie Hancock (Herbert Jeffrey Hancock) Quotes
A great teacher is one who realizes that he himself is also a student and whose goal is not dictate the answers, but to stimulate his students' creativity enough so that they go out and find the answers themselves.
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Anything where I get to write a lot of jokes and have a lot of creative control - that's all I want.
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I feel like I've been the star of my own show for a while now. I was always putting on shows as a kid, and obviously, my household was really creative.
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Different directors offer you different things, and it's not necessarily the most obvious things.
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I'm the easiest person to make fun of.
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But I'm very thankful that no one is slamming my head against the wall anymore.
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There is nothing better than walking out and hitting a home run.
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I've had a good life, full of more success and happiness than I ever expected.
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Whereas 'Avatar' and other movies get shocks out of their three-dimensionality, 'Gatsby' is going to be about inviting the audience into this larger-than-life drama, letting them almost be inside the room rather than looking at it through the window. I think it will really work.
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I'm afraid of flying.
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People say that human rights is a Western construct foisted on others. But that's not true. Equality, dignity, respect and justice are as much an integral part of the Islamic tradition.
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Snohetta promotes a more democratic workplace atmosphere than most other architectural offices. This may merely reflect prevalent employment practices in Scandinavia, but Snohetta places a stronger emphasis on group participation in the design process than typical high-style firms.
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Oswald Cabal: Dragging out life to the last possible second is not living to the best effect. The nearer the bone, the sweeter the meat. The best of life, Passworthy, lies nearest to the edge of death.
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You have to be involved in terms of what's happening in your local neighborhood and what issues are there.
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When the sun is shining, think of the time it won't be, because even when you're sitting in your house with the doors shut, misfortune can fall from above. Page 279
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When trying to explain anything, I usually find that the Bible, that great collection of magnificent and varied poetry, has said it before in the best possible way.
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In the silence
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Some things are more precious because they don't last long.
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When all of us are acknowledged as the human equals that we really are, there will be no space left for bullying. It will no longer be wrong to choose one thing over another.
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From even the greatest of horrors, irony is seldom absent.
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Just because you fail once doesn’t mean you’re gonna fail at everything.
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Being in the movie School of Rock was really cool. Sometimes we had to do takes over, but Jack always kept us going. He was fun.
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Creativity requires faith. Faith requires that we relinquish control.
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A great teacher is one who realizes that he himself is also a student and whose goal is not dictate the answers, but to stimulate his students' creativity enough so that they go out and find the answers themselves.
