Mike Rowe Quotes
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Bands that I've loved over the years are the ones that have a certain myth around them.
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One of the things I wonder is whether it's good that the whole free model makes a lot of people listen to more of your music. I'm wondering if it devalues it, it becomes disposable, because you can get it so easily.
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There is absolutely no reason in the world of blockchain to build in net settlement. It's like saying you have got a new Ferrari and we are going to put a lawnmower engine in it.
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In theory, taxes should be like shopping. What I buy is government services. What I pay are my taxes.
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One of my side strange abilities is to hear a good song, no matter how it's being performed. Even if you get a bad performance, I can still hear that there's a good song.
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What do I think of Western civilization? I think it would be a very good idea.
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People love my collard greens. They love my macaroni and cheese. They love the gumbo. They love my Jamaican jerk or my Jamaican curry chicken. They love the jerk, though. And they love my Mexican food.
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I am a completely horizontal author. I can't think unless I'm lying down, either in bed or stretched on a couch and with a cigarette and coffee handy. I've got to be puffing and sipping.
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To me, my business is my life.
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I'm not a drunk anymore, but since they cut out my tongue, I sound drunk.
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We are such materialists that all our metaphors are going to be material.
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Sometimes when you make a record and it's not successful, you just don't want to go through that process for a while. You want to have your wounds heal.
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I did everything in my power to give my brokers brand identity and clout in the market. I saw my job as parent to build them up and if I took care of them, then they would take care of their customer.
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As a comedian, I don't know if they're laughing because it's funny or if they're laughing at me because I'm not funny. And I'm thinking, 'Who cares? They're laughing.' If you go on stage, and they're laughing at you full-on for 60 minutes? You know, whatever puts them in the seats.
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The only thing that matters to me is getting to the work - getting to do the work. And I don't really care where it is: whether it's on stage or on television or in film.
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Don't kill the golden goose.
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It was never easy being Cicely Tyson. And it will not be easy being Octavia or Viola Davis.
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Weather can kill you so fast. The first priority of survival is getting protection from the extreme weather.
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That old law about 'an eye for an eye' leaves everybody blind. The time is always right to do the right thing.
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Earnestness is stupidity sent to college.
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I always think that the most delightful thing about traveling is to always be running into Americans and to always feel at home.
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One always treads with a joyful step when one has dropped the burden called the ego.
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A culture must be reasonably stable, but it must also change, and it will presumably be strongest if it can avoid excessive respect for tradition and fear of novelty on the one hand and excessively rapid change on the other.
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Not all knowledge comes from college.
