Tad Kubler Quotes
One thing I've always been really proud of about our band is that we've done what we wanted to do, what we enjoy doing, and we've been really lucky that people have responded to it the way that they have. As long as we continue to really enjoy what we do and make decisions with integrity, I'm hoping people continue to respond to that.
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I'm over the word 'like' in conversation, and 'you know' seems to be the placeholder of choice, but when I'm writing dialogue, I tend to use those phrases because that's how people talk.
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I look at it this way: the WNBA is 13 years young. I think eventually women will get to that point, maybe in my daughter's generation, where their salaries will be similar to men's. But we're still starting off, like, where the NBA was back in the 1950s.
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I work all the time. I never leave home. I mean, I just stay honed in on what's ahead.
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No, but it's not because I'm getting older that I'm trying to accelerate. But something very curious is happening: The older I get, the more ideas I'm getting.
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I always do my interviews face to face.
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Human nature is evil, and goodness is caused by intentional activity.
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The bad guys don't always get punished and the good guys are not necessarily pure.
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I was always quite good with accents - I always had quite a good ear - so from the age of about 13, I used to do a lot of voiceover and dubbing for foreign films.
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People who are truly horrible are often the most interesting people in the room. You look at them and just say, 'Why?'
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Item numbers are not my cup of tea.
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Your belief system saturates the space around you.
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I am proud of my kids and happy to brag about their achievements. Their success has been an immense source of happiness for me.
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I usually get up between 7 A.M. and 8 A.M., have coffee, and go right to work. It's really important not to get sidetracked in the morning so I'm still in that dreamy state for my writing.
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Confining marine animals to tanks and separating them from their families and their natural surroundings, just so people can watch them swim in endless circles, teaches us far more about humans than it does about animals - and the lesson is not a flattering one.
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I've always had an interest in sports across the board.
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The problem in Afghanistan is really not so much land as water. It's a dry country with ample amounts of water running through it, but not to good enough effect.
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A sudden intimacy occurs when someone does your hair.
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I don't mean to diminish the job, it's a good job and a real pressure job. But I don't think a relief pitcher should ever be the most valuable player of a league. We only play in maybe half of the games. Being a relief pitcher means part-time employment. We're bench players, and bench players shouldn't be M.V.P.
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A gun gives you the body, not the bird.
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What people say behind your back is your standing in the community.
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People should pursue what they're passionate about. That will make them happier than pretty much anything else.
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My English is closer to the literary English, and I'm not very familiar with jokes in English or with, you know, with small talk in English.
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Where you're from shapes you, but you can actually do whatever you want.
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One thing I've always been really proud of about our band is that we've done what we wanted to do, what we enjoy doing, and we've been really lucky that people have responded to it the way that they have. As long as we continue to really enjoy what we do and make decisions with integrity, I'm hoping people continue to respond to that.
