Ian Harris Quotes
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Generally I can sleep any time, anywhere, any place, unless I'm anxious about work. I can get performance anxiety, so when I'm on tour it can be hard to sleep.
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Mind is everything. Muscle - pieces of rubber. All that I am, I am because of my mind.
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Part of what makes America strong is our resilience, tenacity, innovation and our willingness to be optimistic about our future. I know that President Obama is absolutely the best president to lead our country in the right direction.
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People don't know how to listen, and it's not their fault. In school, we learn how to read, we learn how to write - but nobody teaches you how to listen.
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The patchwork political landscape of the Arab world - the client monarchies, degenerated nationalist dictatorships, and the imperial petrol stations known as the Gulf states - was the outcome of an intensive experience of Anglo-French colonialism.
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There are charms made only for distant admiration.
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I worked in a restaurant and in a nightclub cloakroom.
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To the uneducated, an A is just three sticks.
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When I grow up I am going to be a ballerina. I will be in Giselle. It will be so much fun being a ballerina.
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I believe in the stability of my country. I believe in unity.
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Young people like to think they're invincible. They don't like to face any situation where they've gotten weaker instead of stronger.
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My parents were in high school when I was born. My mom was 16, my dad was 17. They were kids, at the very beginning of coming into their own and finding themselves.
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Comparing science and religion isn't like comparing apples and oranges - it's more like apples and sewing machines.
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My main inspirations come from early '90s Trance, the French electro movement round '06, then a bunch of artists like Flying Lotus, J Dilla, Moby, The Prodigy. So I'd say it's some kind of experimental electronica with a strong hip hop influence. It's chilled, but people can still get super crazy and dance to it.
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It's funny that I got to do 'On the Road' because the thing that had the biggest impact on me growing up was reading books. I was very inspired by the book and this spirit of Dean Moriarty and how envious we all are of somebody who can be that carefree.
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I love revenge.
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I'm a writer; I'm a producer. I've certainly spread myself over a lot of different careers.
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My parents have been really supportive right from the very beginning.
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Basketball is sharing.
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To generalize is to be an idiot. To particularize is the alone distinction of merit. General knowledge are those knowledge that idiots possess.
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The iambic line, with its characteristic forward movement from short to long, or light to heavy, or unstressed to stressed, is the quintessential measure of English verse.
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It's really surreal when I play shows, I'll have three or four people who are in the front row who are singing every word to my songs. The first time I experienced that I was like,"Are they mocking me? Is this a joke?" But it's not a joke. They actually identify with my music and that is something that I'm getting used to.
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It is individuals who have human rights, not religions or beliefs
