Herbie Hancock (Herbert Jeffrey Hancock) Quotes
Globalization means we have to re-examine some of our ideas, and look at ideas from other countries, from other cultures, and open ourselves to them. And that's not comfortable for the average person.
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I wouldn't mind going somewhere and taking a president position and signing acts and taking the attention off of me and taking what I've learned in my career and applying that to another person's.
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I've stayed focused on the job at hand representing the people of the 5th district... a voice for everyone rich or poor or male or female.
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Novels are longer than life.
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It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one's dignity, to work unhampered, to be generous, frank and independent.
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Since belief determines behavior, doesn't it make sense that we should be teaching ethical, moral values in every home and in every school in America?
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Who will protect the public when the police violate the law?
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I went to Vietnam during the Vietnam War to visit all the troops. We would fly into a hospital and serve mess to the guys, and we ate whatever they were eating. Then we slept there and flew out the next day to little bases where there were maybe 10 or 20 guys. Then we flew to another hospital.
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There's no way I'm going to stand up for bad ingredients. We love seasonal ingredients. It's a false dichotomy to say that modern cooking is at odds with that, but some people want to have a great ingredient and no technique.
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When women's parts are being written, they are more and more for under 30s who are nubile and beautiful. Actresses over 40 are finding very little happening.
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I have never acted in one and I'm not at all interested to do so either.
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I play drums and guitar, I snowboard, I do martial arts and acrobatics. I go to the movies every Friday.
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I actually didn't always want to be an actor.
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When dictators feel their support slipping among adults, it is not unusual for them to alter school textbooks in the hope of enlisting impressionable youths in their cause.
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Since I grew up, I have never deliberately used any technique at all other than the physical shaping of my tale so that it more or less resembles what has been thought of as a novel for these last two hundred years.
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Any work that's worth doing has its challenges as well as its opportunities. That's true if you're running a business, it's true if you're trying to help on a campaign.
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The world is a force not a presence.
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It frustrates me if I'm not good at something, so I do it until I get good at it.
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I want to listen to people's stories and find strength in them. There is so much human-caused pain and suffering in the world. I want to honor all those difficult experiences and acknowledge their aftermath. At the same time, I want to really see and love the world around me.
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I've always said that you can't be the new Mel Blanc by doing Mel Blanc's voice.
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I think of prayer as a spiritual lifeline back to where I most want to be.
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I Shall Sing No Song That Is Not A Country Song.I Shall Make No Record That Is Not A Country Record.I Refuse To be Known As Anything But A Country Singer.I Am Proud To be Associated With Country Music.Country Music And Country Music Fans Made Me What I Am Today.And I Shall Not Forget It.
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This is my country, that is your country; these are the conceptions of narrow souls - to the liberal minded the whole world is a family.
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I am committed to the principle that violence is never justified as a means of ameliorating a grievance.
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Globalization means we have to re-examine some of our ideas, and look at ideas from other countries, from other cultures, and open ourselves to them. And that's not comfortable for the average person.
