Sxip Shirey (Gene "Sxip" Shirey) Quotes
Art is borne out of necessity. Music is a tool and men are doers. When a relationship is working, you don't need to write a song-you need to get toilet paper.
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Everybody's had their differences with President Trump. He's a polarizing president, but I think a majority of the people like what he's doing.
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Bigotry toward any faith community cannot have any place in civilized society anywhere in the world.
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The economy is not immutable; it's not about natural laws. It's about rules, and we make the rules.
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For every reason it's not possible, there are hundreds of people who have faced the same circumstances and succeeded.
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It is better to be beautiful than to be good. But... it is better to be good than to be ugly.
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Every change in a team can turn into an opportunity for players to show themselves.
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I always had a very strong sense of independence. I really liked being able to buy my Alanis Morissette 'Jagged Little Pill' album. I wore that as a badge of honor. I love not having to rely on anyone.
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I've done a lot of Super Bowls and appeared in a lot of big, big events and places and the Masters and what have you, but there was nothing as intimidating as speaking with Billy Graham.
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Although I come from a family who are Muslim - my mother is Egyptian, my father is Palestinian - my mother only puts a veil on her head when she has a bad hair day.
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I think, though, that people will read into a reporter's story a bias that they want to see in a reporter.
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I have worshipped woman as the living embodiment of the spirit of service and sacrifice.
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I don't mean to be funny.
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The reason why books endure is because there are enough people who like them. It's the only reason why books last.
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You need someone to tell you how to do things like hitting your marks, or driving a car so it looks right or getting out of a car so it doesn't take a million years of screen time.
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I'm not a depressive, but I certainly have mood swings. It's an occupational hazard, I would say, and I'm glad I'm in the occupation I'm in.
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They are scared that the BBC or CNN may call them radicals, so they remain soft instead. The problem lies there, with the Muslim leaders, not the Muslim masses.
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I feel like being an artist and being an activist are separate things; I know some people who feel very differently.
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What is the world at its best but a little round field of the moving pictures with two walking together in it?
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What counts for most people in investing is not how much they know, but rather how realistically they define what they don't know. 'The genius of Warren Buffett in 23 quotes' MarketWatch (19 August 2015)
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There is no such thing as a lazy person; he is either sick or uninspired.
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My school was OK, but I just wanted to do music. I was a bit of a daydreamer. I wish I'd gone back and paid more attention.
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To become a champion, you must first think like a champion, and the best way to think like a champion is start talking like a champion. So start talking today like the champion you could be, and your thoughts and actions will follow.
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Art is borne out of necessity. Music is a tool and men are doers. When a relationship is working, you don't need to write a song-you need to get toilet paper.
