Walter Becker Quotes
If it feels like we're re-creating something rather than creating something, we don't do it.
Quotes to Explore
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Nothing external to you has any power over you.
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There is no button that you push and the next day you become independent.
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There's only one drummer. We all travel to his beat. Well, I couldn't sing his song. Because for me, it wasn't a truthful statement. Well, Linda sang it, and it was a monster for her.
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French 'Vogue' was always a photographer's magazine.
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Even if you walk exactly the same route each time - as with a sonnet - the events along the route cannot be imagined to be the same from day to day, as the poet's health, sight, his anticipations, moods, fears, thoughts cannot be the same.
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Our presence in Afghanistan is not worth the price of any more American lives or treasure.
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Memorising my lines is actually something I do fairly well. I look at it a few times and it is pretty much there. When your shooting on TV, they do it in such a way that it is pretty easy.
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Anybody, and any company, can have a big run of success once, but if you're going to repeat that over time, you need to be aware that you need to keep learning.
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I wanted to write a happy song. I didn't know how.
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Paris and Nicky Hilton? Those girls will show up to the opening of a phone book. It's like a big joke.
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The man whose life is devoted to paperwork has lost the initiative. He is dealing with things that are brought to his notice, having ceased to notice anything for himself.
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What I'd like to pass on to my children is the thirst for knowledge. It's something I experience every day that I learned from my father. He always taught me that no matter how long you've done something, you can always learn something new and be better at what you do.
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I am not a name-dropper. I can't help it if everybody I know is famous.
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I never go to temples, but when I see a child, I see God in them.
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I am a night owl. I always have been... and I'd like to think I always will be, although surely having children will put a stop to my nightly affairs with myself.
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If you look at any other group of people suffering injustice, women are always in the worst situation within that group.
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However, as our brave men and women continue to return from the battlefields of the War on Terror, Congress must respond by enacting policies that meet the evolving needs of the veterans community.
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All that hullabaloo about somebody's net worth is just stupid, and it's made my life a lot more complex and difficult.
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I hope Greece is going to remain in the Euro zone.
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I'm not the greatest communicator. I kind of internalize a lot. See, I just said I need to be quiet, but that's not the kind of communication I mean. I mean expressing myself or even standing up for myself. I can sometimes be very passive.
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When you arrive at a fork in the road, take it.
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There's something in everyone only they know.
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If it feels like we're re-creating something rather than creating something, we don't do it.
