Ravi Shankar Quotes
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There will be many types of assets codified into the blockchain, and they are all not just going to be on the bitcoin blockchain - it's going to be a number of different assets here. And the best way to invest in that is a diversified portfolio.
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I get up late, have an espresso, and immediately start work. I try to get roughly caught up on email before I leave the house, then if I need to write anything or review a complex deal, I do that, and then I head to the office and work on my top few priorities for the day. I try to schedule my meetings in the afternoon.
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I always tell people I went to the Harvard School of Comedy in front of America.
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Then you had people who wanted to get into comedy just to get a TV deal.
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Pride is pleasure arising from a man's thinking too highly of himself.
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When people are nervous, some people move around. Some people scratch their leg.
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Friendship is a disinterested commerce between equals; love, an abject intercourse between tyrants and slaves.
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The greatest benefit of being a solo performer is that it is seriously frightening, but at the same time very empowering. It's just you and the audience. All the weight is on you to deliver the songs.
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I feel like I'm married to what I do, to the streets. And I feel like when the streets are mad, it's serious.
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The challenge is to lend conviction even to the voices which advocate views I find personally abhorrent, whether they are political Islamists or officers justifying a coup.
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Actually, my dog I think is the only person who consistently loves me all the time.
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Every industry has slack times, and everyone has bad days at work.
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I was a campaign widow.
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I feel like fashion and music relate to each other in a lot of ways. I always had to be creative: I'm a very creative person. I always liked making stuff. Apart from music, I always liked making clothes. You're able to express yourself.
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Unfortunately, any girl - unless you're playing the action hero - is going to end up at some point handcuffed, gagged, and waiting for the hero to save her.
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R. Kelly is an image, a brand. That's my job. There's a whole other side of me that's Robert, who is a father, a friend. But then I put on the game face and go into the studio and do the music. That's just another day at the office.
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Nothing was more up-to-date when it was built, or is more obsolete today, than the railroad station.
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They love putting me in the 'indie queen' box. I had some high standards in my 20s that I don't have anymore.
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Media reporting denied privacy to anybody doing what I do for a living. It was no longer possible to work on your picture in privacy.
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I was reading this story about these people who suffered from brain injuries, and then their behavior changed kind of drastically afterward, and I just said to myself, 'There's no way that that can possibly be true.'
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A lot of people say don't let bad vibes into the studio, but I love to. If you're having a bad day, write a song that feels like that.
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A franchise is dictated on the success of doing one film right, so if you can get it done correctly, you've got a chance of something else, but sometimes it just doesn't work that way. Ideally, it's insurance for the future; if you can do something, if you can find a character that people really do like, then you're very lucky.
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When people say that George Harrison made me famous, that is true in a way.
