William Feather Quotes
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Although I grew up as a fan of the culture from the disco D.J. era as a young kid and hearing the beginnings of hip-hop, I'm hearing it all from another borough in Brooklyn.
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I realised that you couldn't use the tools of yesterday to communicate today's world. Basically, that was the big light that went on in my head.
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I'm not against the NSA. I'm not against spying; I'm not against looking at phone records.
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You know, I'm an African-American quarterback. That may scare a lot of people because they – they haven't seen nothing that they can compare me to.
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To me, doing a gay pride show is one of the most fun things. My first show that paid more than $10,000 was in a gay club on New Year's Eve in San Francisco.
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It was a matter of survival for the local people, but it was the most violent scene I have ever witnessed. The people in my group, feeling helpless, were all spellbound and aghast at the same time. I became a vegetarian shortly after that.
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I read people; that's one of my strengths. It's not that I can't be fooled, but I'm not fooled often.
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I don't want to say anything because I know I am unable to protect you from the harm that I see.
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My mother didn't set out to surround us with white students or colleagues. My mother just sought a quality education. People have these expectations of who they think you should be. And I say it's because they don't really understand Malcolm X - or his wife.
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Rarely in broadcasting history has so much been riding on the whimsical flick of a few thousand wrists.
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I think it's all about the people who listen to your music, and loving playing and writing. Once you've got those two, and they're your main two priorities, then radio and TV and all the other stuff that comes with it will come. But that's not the be-all end-all.
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It's easier to rip somebody to shreds while you're making them laugh.
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I'm like all parents who try to shelter their children.
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Sweden is the home of my ancestors, and I have reserved a special place in my heart for Sweden.
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I was raised a Christian. I'd like to think I have Christian values. I don't attend church.
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It's very difficult for my body to recover after workouts now that I'm older, so we have to keep them short, which means they're extremely difficult and intense. It sucks.
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I believe in looking reality straight in the eye and denying it.
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There are quantities of human beings, but there are many more faces, for each person has several.
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As a writer, I find it very satisfying when a lyric suddenly ties together more neatly than you expected it to. But for the listener, hearing a good lyric is not generally as exciting as hearing a great beat or a great riff or a great melody or even a distinctive singing voice for the first time.
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It's very complicated. There's been this broader mechanism, an industry, which wants people to use free services, from the old days of advertising-supported papers and magazines, to ad-supported free television.
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All the fatt's in the fire.
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To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
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I was writing this really long joke about the smell of poop, and I was like, 'What am I doing with my life?' I started to think about why I was a comedian, and then I came up with a reason for existence, which is: inserting absurdity or stupidity into strangers' lives in order to make the world a better place.
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If we do not discipline ourselves the world will do it for us.
