Michael J. Willett Quotes
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I am sick and tired of the process where everybody tells you that Indian companies don't have the technology and capability. We need to put money where our mouth is and make things happen, and that is what we are trying to do.
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It's different for every song. But for 'Say Something,' I think it was Chad who had an idea on guitar, and I had an idea on piano for different songs, and we just married them together. We bounce things off each other constantly and kind of massage all these ideas into a three and a half minute pop song.
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Some people change when they think they're a star or something.
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On the night of the winter solstice, when the dead get their annual reprieve, they go up to the 24-hour donut shop and wedding chapel to get hitched. Marriage is a good and proper pursuit for dead people. For a while, it relieves the dark, shuddering loneliness of the afterlife.
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When we talk about the minimum wage, we have to ask ourselves what it is that we owe both our workers and employers. I think clearly we owe them fairness.
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What we cannot deny is that there's an association between exclusion, segregation, non-violent extremist thinking, and jihadism.
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I am not opposed to intelligence reform on its face, but any changes should reflect the current context.
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People ask if I walk around and pinch myself. Yes, I do.
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I think I can regard myself as a political decision-maker.
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My mom watches really obscure stuff on IFC. She's a real comedy fan. She knows everything that's going on.
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I had grand visions of being in professional sports. But when reality set in, I went, 'Oh, OK. I'll just move to Hollywood and be an actor.' I didn't want to look back on my life and wonder, 'What if I had done this? Or I had done that?'
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A lot of things can't be modeled very well.
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Take your mind off the problems for a moment, and focus on the positive possibilities. Consider how very much you are able to do.
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Dismissals of poetry are nothing new. It's easy to dismiss poetry if one has not read much of it.
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I believe my woman shouldn't work outside the home.
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I do believe that our ability to jam the Trump brand is somewhat limited. I think we can chip away at it, but ultimately, the way to undermine the Trump brand is a better product in the political marketplace, if you'll forgive the capitalist metaphor.
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Even when it comes to zippers and buttons, Italy reigns supreme. The luxury market is ours, as demonstrated by the voracity with which various foreign conglomerates are buying up the jewels of our manufacturing sector.
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For an impression, I just find that I can do a lot of the people I love without much research, because I've already watched hours and hours of them on video and it seeped into my brain while I wasn't thinking about it.
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British people are surprised that I'm British! It's extraordinary, I get tweets every day from British people saying, 'I had no idea you were British.'
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Death does determine life.
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The joys of parents are secret, and so are their grieves and fears.
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It's not the size of the ship; it's the size of the waves.
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My experiences remind me that it's those black clouds that make the blue skies even more beautiful.
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I don't have a journal; I write music.
