Howard Stern Quotes
I still feel like I gotta prove something. There are a lot of people hoping I fail. But I like that. I need to be hated.
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I grew up in a very large, poor family.
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I can't wait to get on stage, because there you don't worry about whether you'll ever get married because your life is insane, or whether you'll ever have another boyfriend again, you don't worry about the typical boundaries of how your life has to be.
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I studied chord theory and started playing the piano.
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I enjoyed climbing with other people, good friends, but I did quite a lot of solo climbing, too.
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I like to paint, I'm absolutely no good at it, but I'm so comfortable with that because it's good for me to have something to fail at.
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Pre-Internet, maybe it took six months for a fashion message to get across to a customer base. Fashion messages are now being sent out overnight, simultaneously, to every market in the world.
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Some days, I feel like I should win Best Mom of the Day award, and some days, I find myself doing strange things that don't have any real purpose, in faraway corners in my house, and I realize I am literally and deliberately hiding from my children.
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I love to rock 'n roll. But my finest suit, of all the things I do, is as a songwriter.
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One thing I am sure of is that I won't judge a dance reality show.
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The first principle of a civilized state is that the power is legitimate only when it is under contract.
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Having been unpopular in high school is not just cause for book publications.
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I actually really love British and European cinema, but you have to go where the work is, and for me, it's in America.
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No culture can live if it attempts to be exclusive.
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I looked at my hands to see if I was the same person. There was such a glory over everything. The sun came up like gold through the trees, and I felt like I was in heaven.
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I am severely dyslexic, so I'm not the person who can do a lot of typing, writing and mathematics. I don't excel in anything except in things that had to do with creativity and things with my hands. I like to build things and take things apart.
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Now, on nights that I can't sleep, I play video games alone until the morning.
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I started by just sitting by the chessboard exploring things. I didn't even have books at first, and I just played by myself. I learnt a lot from that, and I feel that it is a big reason why I now have a good intuitive understanding of chess.
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Giving subsidies is a two-edged sword. Once you give it, it's very hard to take away subsidies. There's a political cost to taking away subsidies.
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Tell people you're a Canadian or a Kiwi when you travel and they'll adore you.
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I've been to some Hollywood parties where things have happened, and people have probably needed to get a good lawyer.
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Politicians - in both political parties - spend too much money. And they forget to focus on what matters most: fixing the economic mess they created and putting people back to work.
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The smartest people I know have that extra edge. The risk is always there that you'll look terribly undignified and slobbering, and inside I cringe about that, but I should be more aggressive.
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Imagine what a focused human being could do in a day to make a difference in this world.
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I still feel like I gotta prove something. There are a lot of people hoping I fail. But I like that. I need to be hated.
