Herbie Hancock (Herbert Jeffrey Hancock) Quotes
As a human being, I'm concerned about the world that I live in.So, I'm concerned about peace.I'm concerned about man's inhumanity to man. I'm concerned about the environment.
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It is well known that Beauty does not look with a good grace on the timid advances of Humour.
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I was a kid who had asthma and bifocals and wore sweater vests.
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And when you look at the Turtle's movie there is something there, definitely something there.
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My room is like an antique shop, full of junk, and weird stuff. There's a big sword in there. And a taxidermy bird, and a couple of birdcages. And a lot of newspaper cuttings. I used to have a weird thing about cutting out morbid headlines from newspapers, and collecting them. I was fascinated with drowning, which is kind of strange.
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You know, a lot of things changed. What never changed is the illusion to keep playing tennis, the illusion to keep doing well the things, and the illusion to be in a good position of the ranking and play these kind of matches.
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Government is the ultimate monopoly. And monopolies, as any economist will tell you, often breed complacency and a lack of innovation.
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The value of 'Made in Italy' must necessarily be up-to-date. This is the philosophy that Italia Independent has embraced. We decided from the outset to do away with stereotypes and attune ourselves to the extreme pace, to the incessant metamorphoses of the globalized world.
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Hope is like one of those orchids that grows around toxic waste: lovely in itself - and an assertion, if you like, of indefatigable good - but a sure sign that something nasty lies underneath.
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If I can, I love staying in pajamas all day and watching movies and eating good food.
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You know that prudery is only the other side of prurience. The words are even on the same page in the dictionary.
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Damn right I like the life I live, 'cause I went from negative to positive.
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I was always much more shy. All I knew was that I loved to act. But I don't know about the other part of it. I'm not sure I had the chutzpah to go and prove yourself.
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An actor can come in with a specific energy and get it on film over several days or weeks, but as the producer, I'm responsible for the overall trajectory of the project.
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Other acting opportunities had come along, but nothing that was tantalizing enough to me to step away from what I found most interesting.
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Don't reject a shoe because you can't run in it. It's OK not to run.
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Winning a Grand Slam changes everything. There is so much off-court stuff to deal with. And there are expectations of keeping it going that make it tough.
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I've always had a repulsion going in a place where animals are in captivity.
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It was my band. I organized the band and Dizzy was in the band. Dizzy was the first musical director with the band. Charlie Parker was in the band. But, no, no, that was my band.
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Music should elevate you. You can be raised, or left stranded. You can't be raised all the time, in my experience. This might be a rare moment. You might just go up to that level but that's always good.
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I know one of my best qualities is to read the game for my players, is to read the opponent, is to identify every detail about the opponent.
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I have studied at the school of the world.
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You know I vowed when I became President not to talk about the loneliest toughest job in the world and I didn't.
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As a human being, I'm concerned about the world that I live in.So, I'm concerned about peace.I'm concerned about man's inhumanity to man. I'm concerned about the environment.
