Herbie Hancock (Herbert Jeffrey Hancock) Quotes
The value of music is to be able to play one note at the right time in the right way.
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The theory of Communism may be summed up in one sentence: Abolish all private property.
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I grew up with that completely fictive idea of motherhood, where the mother never strayed from the kitchen. All the women in my books are very afraid that if they do anything with their minds they won't be complete women. I don't think my daughters' generation has that feeling.
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I found it peculiar that those who wanted to take military action could - with 100 per cent certainty - know that the weapons existed and turn out to have zero knowledge of where they were.
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I do films that I like. I have done comedy, romance, everything, and I always like to do it differently from the previous ones.
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One of the strengths of Adani is that, because we are controlling mines, ships, ports and logistics, we are the cheapest solution provider for end users.
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I have never written for an audience. On the other hand I do not write merely to please myself.
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Basically, I'm a free spirit. I'm kind of an Everywoman.
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You know those award shows. The cliche is that it's an honor just to be nominated, but that happens to be true. Whoever wins it in the end, I don't know, sometimes it feels arbitrary. Sometimes it feels like it's deserving.
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Big stories need human stakes.
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All human knowledge takes the form of interpretation.
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There is nothing so beautiful as the free forest. To catch a fish when you are hungry, cut the boughs of a tree, make a fire to roast it, and eat it in the open air, is the greatest of all luxuries. I would not stay a week pent up in cities if it were not for my passion for art.
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The poem goes form the poet’s gibberish to The gibberish of the vulgate and back again.
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It's exciting to be with really, really good people. Some people make you feel like you've got to up your game. Working with good people is always good.
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I have always believed that the risk takers are eventually rewarded.
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I think I've developed into an actress because I've worked darn hard at it and I've learned a great deal from a lot of gifted people. And if I have nothing else to show for my life, apart from a scrapbook full of cuttings, I have the knowledge that my early days in Hollywood weren't in vain.
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If somebody makes me laugh, I’m his slave for life.
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The theater is too deep for me. I prefer bicycling.
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Some people have certain beliefs, and I have my own belief, and we can agree to disagree on certain things.
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I always work from outline and almost always write out of sequence. It just works for me.
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Why do we make records? Because we want to say something. Why are you in art? Because you want to say something. The second you don't have anything to say, you stop making art - you might start making product. And I'm interested in being an artist.
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God is punishing me for my past wickedness by keeping me alive and in as much pain as he can.
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Love means nothing if you can't accept someone for their core values.
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The value of music is to be able to play one note at the right time in the right way.
