Steven Adams (Steven Funaki Adams) Quotes
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I don't think I had the aspiration to be a star growing up. I loved Madonna and Bette Midler, and I had my karaoke machine and would sing their songs.
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My primary influences were the best jazz players from the 50's and 60's and later some of the pop people from the same time period along with the better of the well known blues musicians.
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The directories businesses still make nothing but money. They're overleveraged, they're bankrupt entities, but they still are the largest. This is all going to move online over time. Why Citysearch and Service Magic are so important to us, is because nobody has really colonized it yet completely.
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We all get self-centered.
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Career is important, but nothing really supersedes my roles as a mother.
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People assuming that because I'm a great athlete, I can dance. But no. My rhythm is off a little bit.
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When one jumps over the edge, one is bound to land somewhere.
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We all have to live together, so we might as well live together happily.
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Hong Kong has plenty of superlative hotels, amazing food, and cool shopping.
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The press like to talk to actors. They mustn't be surprised when actors talk back to them.
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I feel like songwriting is an experiment in empathy.
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In a deal, you give and take. You compromise. Then you grab the cash and catch the next train out of town.
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To fight against the infidels is Jihad; but to fight against your evil self is greater Jihad.
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The Republicans were not always insane. They might've had politics I didn't agree with, but they weren't always actually certifiable.
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We don't tell the officials to change the standard for the playoffs, but as we all know, time and space tends to evaporate very quickly in a playoff game; there tends to be a lot more physicality and a lot more adjustments in the course of a series.
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One does not fall in love; one grows into love, and love grows in him.
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Fashion Week is horrible. I mean, it isn't horrible, really - it's amazing. But having to work that much every day is.
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When it does not click offensively, it is very easy to get down defensively.
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There are a lot of Israeli musicians in New York because you want to grow and go onstage, and eventually you have to get out of Israel to do that because there aren't enough places to play.
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The law has no compassion. And justice is administered without compassion.
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Real Texans don't want any woman to die of cancer because she can't get decent health care or medical advice. Real Texans don't want any woman to lose control of her life because she can't get birth control.
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It's incredible what happens when you explain to kids what good food is - they get so excited! They go home and tell their parents... and they're excited to cook the recipes themselves in class.
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Health care is a service that we all need, but just like food and shelter, it is best provided through voluntary and mutually beneficial market exchanges.
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New Zealand has better food - sorry, America.
