Pam Houston Quotes
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A woman going out with a younger man feels like the last taboo.
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My earliest memories of rap music was mixed with my earliest memories of reggae music. They were big sounds around the way, heavy bass lines, strong messages, definitely.
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The critical principle demanded an examination, for instance, of the contribution of different periods, thus to some extent embarking on historical linguistics.
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Don't let your sins turn into bad habits.
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My song 'Play It Again' is a perfect example of my music because the verses go so hard, and they're so urban; and then this pop hook comes out of nowhere and socks you in the face and makes you want to dance.
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I don't know if we are the best team in the world. I am lucky to be playing alongside some of the best players around. It's a dream.
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The modern era of continuity planning began under President Ronald Reagan.
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I was just learning to play guitar when Tracy Chapman came out. She wrote these songs, she played them by herself and I so admired her for that.
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Most of my relationships have been like that - with record companies. I've never had a legitimate business relationship with a company. I've always had a personal relationship with someone in the company.
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I think in high school and college, you don't really know what your routine is going to be; you're still trying to come up with it.
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I happen to be extremely left-brained; my instinct is to draw a chart rather than a picture.
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I like men who are intelligent and sensitive.
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There is nothing that compares to the Holocaust.
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I just like music that sounds like music. Not like machines and computers and things that you design to make things sound slick and perfect.
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I'm not 'one of the guys.' I don't want to pretend to be one on stage. I'm not going to dress like a guy or carry myself like one.
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I need a vacation anyway. They fight me too much. I'm not going to be the one to back out of these fights.
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I am here to accept responsibility for that which I did. I will not accept responsibility for that which I did not do.
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The more I see of the Swedes, the more I am convinced that there is no kinder, simpler, and honester people in the world.
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Something that is very special today might not be special tomorrow, but to hold it, to grasp it, to keep it, to make it special, to elevate it from the ordinary, that's when you open up the champagne. To make it sparkle.
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It struck me deep in my mind. Some day, the chip is going to surpass mankind's brain.
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The hardest thing is deciding what I should tell you and what not to. Well, anyway, I've got a while yet before you're old enough to understand the tapes. They're more for me at this point... to help get it all straight. Should I tell you about your father? That's a tough one. Will it change your decision to send him here... knowing? But if you don't send Kyle, you could never be. God, you can go crazy thinking about all this... I suppose I'll tell you... I owe him that. And maybe it'll be enough if you know that in the few hours we had together we loved a lifetime's worth.
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What unites them is an almost reckless desire to test themselves in the most extreme circumstances. In many respects the life they have chosen is a complete rejection of the hyped, consumerist American dream as it is dished out in reality TV shows and pop-song lyrics. They've chosen asceticism over consumption. Instead of celebrating their individualism, theyíve subjugated theirs to the collective will of an institution. Their highest aspiration is self-sacrifice over self-preservation.
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in general, I feel most comfortable between known quantities.
