Adam Duritz Quotes
Bravery is what you can do in the face of things that hurt and scare you, but you do it anyway.
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It was like an honor thing for me to meet 50 cause I respected his whole story.
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I've been in this business for 40 years - you do a show, and you don't know what's going to come of it.
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Think and grow rich.
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I'm not really a fan of Valentine's Day. I think it can be romantic doing nothing on Valentine's Day. It's more romantic than being given a big bunch of flowers that everyone else is doing.
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Ultimately, the only people who are in any way edified by hanging with famous people are you at the age of 11 and your mom.
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In my second year in graduate school, I took a computer course and that was like lightening striking.
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I come from nothing, and growing up, I really didn't have many people to inspire me, at least no good people to inspire me.
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First developed as a weapon by the U.S. Army, VX is an oily, odorless and tasteless liquid that kills on contact with the skin or when inhaled in aerosol form. Like other nerve agents, it is treatable in the first minutes after exposure but otherwise leads swiftly to fatal convulsions and respiratory failure.
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I was the 'no one understands me' teenager. But I think truly I've realized now that I didn't understand a thing myself. So I just had some livin' to do.
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We don't need to bring down the rich folk to help the poor.
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Sometimes justice is at its most merciful when it's blind.
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Dancing is a very healthy thing to do for our body.
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Believe in something larger than yourself... get involved in the big ideas of your time.
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There's an unintended consequence when it comes to drone attacks in Yemen. Yeah, you take out the al-Qaida stronghold, but you also wipe out the other half of the block. That makes Yemenis against the United States for the rest of their lives and all their descendants.
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In our fast-forward culture, we have lost the art of eating well. Food is often little more than fuel to pour down the hatch while doing other stuff - surfing the Web, driving, walking along the street. Dining al desko is now the norm in many workplaces. All of this speed takes a toll. Obesity, eating disorders and poor nutrition are rife.
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I think Dwight loves being number two. I don't think he has any desire to be number one. He wants to be number two no matter where he goes. It's like Avis. 'We try harder.' That's Dwight.
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The people at the bottom who are working but working at relatively low wages need some help.
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Confidence is going after Moby Dick in a rowboat and taking tartar sauce with you.
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It was my very good fortune to find a mentor, Clay Felker, who started my career at the 'New York Magazine' as a freelance writer when I had to quit my job at the 'Herald Tribune' to stay home with my young daughter.
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Being unique is never easy, and often, by the time culture catches up with you, there are only a few people who notice.
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You accomplish what you want to accomplish. I just don't ever want to hurt anybody doing it.
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If we don't forgive, we stay emotionally handcuffed to the person who hurt us.
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Bravery is what you can do in the face of things that hurt and scare you, but you do it anyway.
