William Glasser Quotes
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In order to acquire a growing and lasting respect in society, it is a good thing, if you possess great talent, to give, early in your youth, a very hard kick to the right shin of the society that you love. After that, be a snob.
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It was such a lovely day I thought it a pity to get up.
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I like to practise. With every new piece, you make mistakes and you learn. So it's important to get on and have another go.
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Ah, sweet Content, where doth thine harbour hold.
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Certainly, I devote my energy to both telling my personal life story and seeking self- obliteration. However, I will not destroy myself through art.
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I think the best president - because he changed the whole mood of the country, the whole economy of the country, and stood up to Communism... that was continuing its causes around the world, and backed them off and caused them to collapse - and that was Ronald Reagan.
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The U.S. won the majors 29-11 in the 1980s. That's when Tom Watson and Jack Nicklaus were carrying the ball, and when Seve Ballesteros was becoming a Brit in the minds of English and Scottish journalists.
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Yeah, I'm from Jersey; it's almost like I was automatically born a Nets fan.
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Mark Ruffalo is just an amazing guy and an amazing director.
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Netanyahu supports - and he truly does support - building a Palestinian state within Israel.
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The beauty of diversification is it's about as close as you can get to a free lunch in investing.
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Michael Jackson wanted to be in Men in Black II. He told me he had seen the first Men in Black in Paris and had stayed behind and sat there and wept. I had to explain to him that it was a comedy.
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One of my first favorite records was the debut Garbage album, which I heard when I was very young. Shirley Manson is a great female vocalist and performer and I admire her for that.
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My dad worked several jobs to pay for my expense in skating.
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I never thought I would write a memoir at age 40... but I did have this unique place in history.
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When I record something, I'll take a drive and just listen.
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The sci-fi movies I grew up with, the metaphor was very rich, and they used to really mean something: David Cronenberg's films, or John Carpenter's films, or the Phil Kaufman and Don Segel versions of 'Invasion Of The Body Snatchers,' or George Romero's early zombie films.
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You in Lebanon, your power is no match to Israel. Israel, militarily, is more powerful than you and maybe it is more powerful than all the Arab countries, or most of them.
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It's fun to be on the edge. I think you do your best work when you take chances, when you're not safe, when you're not in the middle of the road, at least for me, anyway.
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Genre-spanning is the effort to make the live show interesting. It's also a great way to challenge yourself as a writer.
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As long as there are people trying to play music in a sincere way, there will be some jazz.
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It's tough as an artist to have such a specific vision for your video in mind when you write a song. Reaching out to directors is like going on blind dates and trying to find someone who sees the exact vision behind your music, which can be really difficult.
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Harry Dresden: Santa is a much bigger and more powerful faery than Toot, and I don't know his true name anyway. You'd never see me trying to nab Saint Nick in a magic circle even if I did. I don't think anyone has stones that big.
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Caring for but never trying to own may be a further way to define friendship.
