J. Bowyer Bell Quotes
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Every country when they have Olympics, a lot of people come out opposed.
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I never pursued being 'famous.'
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To the real artist in humanity, what are called bad manners are often the most picturesque and significant of all.
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I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.
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The beauty of kids is they don't care who you are, which is why people like the Obamas like them so much - they treat them like normal people.
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Clothes have to be simple and comfortable.
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One who works for his own profit is likely to work hard. One who works for the use of others, without profit to himself, is likely not to work any harder than he must.
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Every university in America teaches 'Clockwork Orange.' I get fed up with it.
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ISIS is at war with America, but America is not at war with ISIS - not the president, nor the Congress, and certainly not the American people.
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My mom is incredibly stylish, and she gets it from my grandmother. I feel like I can't live up to how chic they are as women. They are great role models for aging gracefully, and that's a thing that is very key that I try to always emulate.
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Politics is largely a matter of heart.
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I miss driving to Goodison Park. I miss just the positive energy of the fans walking into the stadium and how much they care about that club and the team. And I miss the players a lot.
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Music is pretty intimate stuff and I can only work with very few people: Gonzalez being one, Mocky being another and, on a completely different level, Broken Social Scene. With Broken Social Scene it's not one-on-one, it's a one-on-12. It's very healthy, very comfortable, like a big pot luck supper among old friends.
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Everyone asks me if I'm the princess or if my brothers beat me up. The younger ones I can deck pretty easily. With the older ones, it's harder.
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I like cinema. I am very fond of it. But from time to time I feel like having some time on my own.
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I was always active as a kid. I was a professional figure skater for many years and I was a dancer, so it's just been part of my life, and I think that creates a certain body type.
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My 'Big Bang Theory' costar Johnny Galecki went off the grid. He bought a huge ranch and goes there every weekend. He keeps telling me to do the same thing, but I don't know if I'm that committed. The Valley is as far off the grid as I'm going to go.
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The only instrument I can play is piano. Whenever I make songs at home, I play the piano and make them on the piano.
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When you make music, and even if it's commercially successful, it doesn't mean that it's going to hold up. It takes time to sort of take stock of what you've done and whether it's got legs and whether it's going to really have a place.
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You have to write and develop and wait for the world to catch up to your art.
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I'm not someone who can dance to a song I don't like.
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Please spare us the self-pity about how tough it is to look for a job while living with your parents.
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I'd been collecting different ethnic instruments here and there, and then I started making little bell type stuff, looking for weird little sound toys.
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If you want an open society, you have to put up with the chaos.
