Walter Becker Quotes
Most of the time when people say something sounds like Steely Dan, and I listen to it, it doesn't. And I'm not even sure what they're talking about.
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We have groups that do that, but I can't rap with the mentality of an 18 year old when I'm in my 30's.
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I just have a connection with sign language. I always thought the deaf community was a different community to be a part of. In high school, me and my friend took sign language.
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When you were a kid, a day was a long time and a year was a long time.
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As a mom, I don't have much time for beauty.
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My way of relaxing was always doing the opposite and playing the drums, but I need to be able to actually chill.
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Of course, I want to look the best I can, but I am playing characters that should match my age, and the women and the material that I am interested in are usually going through something. I have to be able to live in my face and tell the story of the character I've taken on.
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Television shows and movies that are all white, I can't watch them. They totally alienate me.
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The success of the Rat Pack or the Clan was due to the camaraderie, the three guys who work together and kid each other and love each other.
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Travel writing is harrowing. You are in paradise, more or less, having to prove it is paradise. It is hard to have a good time trying to figure out a way to say you are having a good time, whether you are having it or not, even in paradise.
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If you saw pictures of me as a kid, you'd laugh because I was always in football kit.
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Happiness is knowing and appreciating what you've got. I am very, very, very grateful for what, to me, is dead easy.
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I have a son, Mason, who is disabled - cerebral palsy - and he does not walk independently, sit independently or speak. He uses a talking computer. I started becoming an advocate for him when he was 3 years old.
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We are rich only through what we give, and poor only through what we refuse.
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What's so brave about being bald? I've not fought for my country or found the cure for cancer - I've just gone out without my hat on!
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Anytime something starts to feel like a popularity contest or not about the music, I'd rather just not be involved. I'm not a big high-fiver. That really gets to people around me when we have a No. 1 or something big happen. I'm not a big, 'Let's go have a party about it!'
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You don't want to get stuck with a record that you've done with someone that you feel obligated to put out - that's not really dope, just because you made an effort to get together and work.
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It's part of the job to compensate for outfit.
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I'm in favor of any technology that makes my work available to the reading public at a reasonable price.
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You start at the end, and then go back and write and go that way. Not everyone does, but I do. Some people just sit down at the page and start off. I start from what happened, including the why.
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Hamm: We're not beginning … to … to … mean something?Clov: Mean something? You and I mean something?
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One fan wrote asking for a very specific autographed photo. He wanted me to pose in tight jeans and boots and even enclosed a sketch of how I should dress! A lot of them just say they wish they had a girlfriend like me. They're very endearing letters.
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Now is the time for all Alaskans to come together and reach out with our core message of taking power from the federal government and bringing it back home to the people.
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I don't even like the word politics. It implies something underhanded and I think we need less government.
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Most of the time when people say something sounds like Steely Dan, and I listen to it, it doesn't. And I'm not even sure what they're talking about.
