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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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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If you (the press) lie about us, I will hit you, Kurt will shoot you, and we both will sue.
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Whatever is not nailed down is mine. What I can pry loose is not nailed down.
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Female clothing seems to be extremely difficult and almost like a puzzle for a man to take off. But I think if you get there, you win. A kilt is the complete opposite. The kilt is so easy to take off.
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The trouble with calling a book a novel, well, it's not like I'm writing the same book all the time, but there is a continuity of my interests, so when I start writing a book, if I call it 'a novel,' it separates it from other books.
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I know exactly how strong he is... He is like a peacock, spreading his feathers and squawking loudly to distract you from the back that his body is but weak." -Jason to Mahiya
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One cannot be a sorcerer all the time. How could one live?
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One thing my teacher taught me about getting psychic information with my intuition was to say, "Just show me the truth of this situation, God." That helps us to be able to read it more clearly.
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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.
