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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Cinema affects everything, from the way I get dressed to how I build my stages.
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I hate to hear 'Less is more.' It's a crock of crap.
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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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When love is pure, it has the power to conquer. Lover and beloved conquer each other by their affection. The source, the essence, the fullest manifestation of love's conquering power is the love of the soul for the supreme soul, or God.
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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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All fatherhood is very important because single mothers shouldn't have to raise sons or daughters; they need that help.
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Fault lines run along color lines in American public life, and the women's movement is no exception. Over the years, feminism has become more inclusive but there is still hard work to be done to include LGBT women and communities of color.
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We're not just going to take some songs from a focus group in Nashville where people are sitting around in a circle having appointments trying to write catchy songs so they can sell them to a band like us.
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If Harry Connick Jr. wants to call me and ask me to join his band, that would be fine with me. I'm happy, but if he calls, I would pick up.
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I really try to divorce myself from any thought of possible use of this stuff. That's part of the discipline. My only purpose while I'm working is to try to make interesting photographs, and what to do with them is another act - an alter consideration. Certainly while I'm working, I want them to be as useless as possible.
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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.
