Ray Manzarek Quotes
The ancient Egyptians used to say: if you say a man's name, he is alive. I take this opportunity to say, Jim Morrison.
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It was kind of good that I wasn't doing the Hollywood high life and stuff like that when I was 18, 19, 20, 21.
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I like to discover new things.
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My songs are a mix of my own weird raised-by-wolves perspective and civilization.
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I would like to do a duet with Taylor Hanson, because I have loved Hanson since I was 8.
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When girls are educated, you get effects that cascade throughout society.
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Power is of two kinds. One is obtained by the fear of punishment and the other by acts of love. Power based on love is a thousand times more effective and permanent then the one derived from fear of punishment.
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A newspaper is a device for making the ignorant more ignorant and the crazy crazier.
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If you get depressed, you can be stuck for months; if you have an analyst, you at least have a chance of getting out of it faster.
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North as well as South, the Negroes have emerged from slavery into a serfdom of poverty and restricted rights.
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There are persons who, when they cease to shock us, cease to interest us.
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One thing is clear to me: We, as human beings, must be willing to accept people who are different from ourselves.
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Those convinced against their will are of the same opinion still.
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What had disappointed me at the time of the last tour, was to go on a worldwide tour, we were at some incredible places and we couldn't enjoy it, hadn't the time.
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In the moment when I truly understand my enemy, understand him well enough to defeat him, then in that very moment I also love him.
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Temperamentally I'm not a natural producer, because I don't have the patience.
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Actually, the language in Shakespeare is wonderfully musical. You need to hear the music to connect with the words.
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The Canadian spirit is cautious, observant and critical where the American is assertive.
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Doing 'Narcos' is a very, very important part of my life. I dedicated so much of my life to it.
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When I was younger, I thought that everything would just come to me eventually, but now I see I have to take the initiative and practise to improve myself.
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People want to be friends with someone who likes to have a good time.
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You know, how am I leading my own life? What am I denying? Since I brought such great powers of denial into my adult life, what am I not doing as a husband? What am I not doing as a father? The whole thing started unraveling with me that once I kept it up close to the chest, I could hold it all in, but once I started letting it out, it all started coming out.
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I'm always writing and learning. It's about growth. So I'm growing as a musician, as a guitarist.
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The ancient Egyptians used to say: if you say a man's name, he is alive. I take this opportunity to say, Jim Morrison.
