Walter Becker Quotes
We try to write things that work on a variety of levels at the same time: A sleek exterior with a turbulent lyric.
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In my town, and especially in my area, there were people from everywhere: Algerians, Senegalese, French people, Asians, all kinds of immigrants and natives, and everyone circulated.
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I think beauty can be everywhere.
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A vote for Japan is a vote for the future of rugby. We will do our best to make rugby a global sport.
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When you promise something, you must fulfill it.
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The niqab, for some, has become an antiestablishment symbol around which one can rally and relish in the opportunities for confrontation that it provides.
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As a musician myself, it annoys the hell out of me to watch an actor trying to play a guitar out of time with the music.
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All writers are the same - they forget a thousand good reviews and remember one bad one.
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I like to go out and write. So I'll often go to a Starbucks or a local coffee bar, and I'll sit there and I'll write. I can write pretty much anywhere.
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I was with the Jessie Bonstelle Stock Company in Detroit and Buffalo for three seasons - 10 performances and a new play every week. She was an amazing woman who did a great deal for me.
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I would like to one day play a man. That is something I do know. I don't know what kind of man. I don't know if that would ever happen or not. It would be the ultimate challenge.
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If I'm still walking, I am not dead. So I have to still walk and run towards the benefit of Lebanon.
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Roadrunner wanted to make Born in the Flood the next Nickelback, but I didn't want to be that. I didn't want to be a huge rock star playing songs I didn't like. I didn't want to be stuck playing 'Anthem,' the song everybody liked but I didn't want to put on the record, for the next five years.
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My main concern is meeting with public because my main commitment, main interest is promotion of human value, human affection, compassion and religious harmony.
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To prosper and advance, the American business sector is going to need a financial system oriented toward business, not 'home ownership.'
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I'm parodied as being some right-wing fundamentalist extremist, it just isn't true. The parody doesn't reflect reality.
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I know: I am a freakish geek. Or is that a geekish freak?
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I'm a terrific mimic, and you can feel my funny bone.
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How can you think and hit at the same time?
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Corruption could lead to the collapse of the Party Communist Party of China and the downfall of the State People's Republic of China.
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The Lilac Rose Collection isn't just about purple. It features dusty pinks and heather grays, which are more natural shades of purple and are perfect for creating a feminine smoky eye.
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There are things we can all do to help, including carpooling and traveling only when necessary, in order to save gas during this time. However, there is also something more important which we can all do: buy only the gas which you need.
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I grew up on a dairy and beef farm.
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In movies, we've run out of ideas for bad guys. We end up with politically incorrect villains, like Arab terrorists or Latin drug dealers or corrupt politicians. Well, aliens are the best film villains since the Nazis. You don't have to worry about offending anyone.
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We try to write things that work on a variety of levels at the same time: A sleek exterior with a turbulent lyric.
