Walter Becker Quotes
We've been allowed to operate unmolested on the fringes of the music scene, really. That's where we enjoy it most.
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Cuba needs a dose of perestroika.
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America tends to worship the modest talent because it doesn't put us in an uncomfortable position vis-a-vis the artist.
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I don't get manicures, pedicures. I don't get my hair done as often as I should.
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Those who condemn gay marriage, yet are silent or indifferent to the breakdown of marriage and divorce, are, in my view, missing the real issue.
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I'm a New Yorker. My background is in theater, so staying here, I have the opportunity to get back to that, which I would love to do.
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I would like to see more Bollywood films! The more stylized musicals are a new trend in the U.S. We are beginning to make musicals again after a long break, practically since the days of the studio structure, so perhaps we can learn a few things from Bollywood about this fun style of film-making.
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I grew up in the '80s. I was a kid, but all my favorite movies came out of that period.
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I guess I've always been really attracted to period pieces and always felt visually I was probably more made for the '50s or the early '60s than I am for a modern day.
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Raquel Welch is someone I can also live without. We've got some love scenes together and I am dreading them!
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I love learning new things that will never be put to practical use.
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I am a newspaper columnist and a professional screenwriter, but my real love is the novel for all the room it has for characters to come alive and breathe and face their challenges.
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Unfortunately, we have seen terrorist groups use social media to spread hateful propaganda, to recruit members, and to incite violence with alarming effectiveness.
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I don't believe that human beings are necessarily monogamous.
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Dave thought he was bigger than Van Halen the band. So there was this catfight going on for 10 years.
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The girl-next-door image is a sort of joke; for years, I couldn't get any roles other than as somebody dark.
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What I wear is constantly evolving. I am really big on comfortable clothes. I love soft, loose-fitting clothing that has some edge or something new/fresh to it.
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It kills me to lose. If I'm a troublemaker, and I don't think that my temper makes me one, then it's because I can't stand losing. That's the way I am about winning, all I ever wanted to do was finish first.
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Online hierarchies are inherently dynamic. The moment someone stops adding value to the community, his influence starts to wane.
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My parents are music fans, even though neither of them play an instrument. I was exposed to their record collection, so I love everything from Joni Mitchell to Bruce Springsteen.
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Nirvana was pop. You can have distorted guitars and people say it's alternative, but you can't break out of pop music's constructs and still get extensive radio play and media coverage.
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It's not clear in the U.S. at the moment, either. We're going through another election.
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Wal-Mart's size and scale is so vast they literally have the ability to change the face of the entire country. If Wal-Mart were to make a decision tomorrow to refuse to sell a single product made with partially hydrogenated oils, for example, we'd probably see rates from heart disease decline a few years later. That's how powerful Wal-Mart is.
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Before you know what kindness really is you must lose things, feel the future dissolve in a moment like salt in a weakened broth.
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We've been allowed to operate unmolested on the fringes of the music scene, really. That's where we enjoy it most.
