Nuno Bettencourt Quotes
While you're learning guitar, figure out the drums, too. Not only does it help you have great timing, but it helps you understand how a band works.
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Verily He answereth him who prayeth unto Him, and is near unto him who calleth on Him.
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My abiding faith in the wisdom of our electorate is what gives me hope.
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You don't go out and play Beethoven's 'Opus 111' without having rethought about it every time you play.
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When I started in California, people would say, 'Enterprise who?'
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I always felt if you were going to be successful, make sure you get good people. You win with great players. Coaches don't win games. Players win games.
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I lost my confidence.
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Over a period of 11 months, I was constantly afraid that Youth Care would lock me up. It was all a frightening and traumatic experience. So often, these terrible memories come to me. I can't ignore them.
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A lot of people see a Nissan ad and they see a finished product in a record store or on iTunes and that's the face of the band.
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Girls run the world.
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Ethical religion can be real only to those who are engaged in ceaseless efforts at moral improvement. By moving upward we acquire faith in an upward movement, without limit.
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People would say, 'Can I hug you?' And I would say, 'Yes, you can hug me! We're fellow New Yorkers!'
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Asks the Possible to the Impossible, 'Where is your dwelling place?' 'In the dreams of the impotent,' comes the answer.
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After you kind of find your footing, sonnets are what comes easiest.
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I have written for, very fortunately, some great singers from Frank Sinatra to Elvis Presley.
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I've moved into directing as well as acting, and it has taught me never to take casting personally.
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Lena Horne is the sweetest and most adorable woman in the world.
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I'm a believer in private enterprise, the dignity of work, limited government, and the possibilities of freedom.
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Even though I studied in New York and I know the American system, I come from France where I learned that with movies in France where the director is king. There's no such thing as a studio edit. It's the director's cut, period.
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I stroll along serenely, with my eyes, my shoes, my rage, forgetting everything, I walk by, going through office buildings and orthopedic shops, and courtyards with washing hanging from the line: underwear, towels and shirts from which slow dirty tears are falling.
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You have to adhere to a philosophy that the life unexamined is not worth living, because otherwise you're just living from day to day and you don't have any real sense of yourself or where you are.
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I think the terrorists are just idiots.
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They come to have a party for themselves, and we're kind of a house band for their party.
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First we start with the lyrics. Most of the lyrics are done by Stefan Kaufmann and me. When we have enough lyrics and enough stories we have the lines to make titles. Then we collect all the ideas of everybody in the band and see which ideas fit together the best with the lyrics to get the right atmosphere. That's the way we compose.
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While you're learning guitar, figure out the drums, too. Not only does it help you have great timing, but it helps you understand how a band works.
