Walter Becker Quotes
It's interesting how some songs really lend themselves to performance in a big public venue and performance by a band and so on, and so they're even more successful in that context than they were on the record.
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Trump wants to build a wall at the border of Mexico, while Clinton wants to tear down all walls.
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I would love it if people could look at chubby folks with all of our curves, bumps and ridges and just say 'She's beautiful' just like that. You don't have to get on a treadmill as long as your blood pressure is under control and you eat healthy, God bless.
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I have two homes in Malibu, a home in Canada that I'm building, and I just love pouring my heart out into this part of my life.
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One of the things, one of the things that really got to me was the thing in Houston where you had the government, the mayor actually, trying to get the sermons of ministers. When the government tries to invade the church to enforce its own opinion on marriage, that's when it's time to resist.
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It wasn't until I went to college and I got my first motorcycle that I understood the thrill of speed.
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If I were to try to describe the way in which I write, the only word I would use without qualification is 'slowly.'
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I probably have a higher opinion of my writing than the average person, at least when I'm in a good mood, but I don't really think of my plays as only being relevant to a particular month or year.
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Why not a space flower? Why do we always expect metal ships?
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You need to impress me, outwit me, compete with me? Go ahead, knock yourself out, I have no problem with that at all.
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Any reflection about poetry should begin, or end, with this question: who and how many read poetry books?
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I think we're the first generation to successfully integrate American society.
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Sexuality is one of the biggest parts of who we are.
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Put variety into your mental bill of fare as well as into your physical. It will pay you rich returns.
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Everybody's idea of a great book is different, of course. For me it's one that makes my jaw drop on every page, the writing is so original.
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I won't be in gay parades - I don't think they need them. I believe in class - I believe that people should have a bit of class about them.
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The best song is what resonates with that one person the most. It's why, if you ask a million people on the face of the Earth, they're all gonna have different favorite songs, their own best song ever, because that's the one that touched them the most.
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Just find what works for you, what style suits you best, and just be confident enough to rock it.
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I'm actually not on Twitter.
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I didn't have the sensibilities of your ordinary filmmaker, let alone your ordinary African-American filmmaker. My heroes were John Waters, Pedro Almodovar, and actors that were part of that world.
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Arthur Miller wouldn't have married me if I had been nothing but a dumb blonde.
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Everyone has learned how to monetize music except the music industry.
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I was really scared to stay home alone when I was kid, and I would freak out whenever there was a noise after my parents left.
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If you want to be a different fish, jump out of school.
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It's interesting how some songs really lend themselves to performance in a big public venue and performance by a band and so on, and so they're even more successful in that context than they were on the record.
