Adam Duritz Quotes
People really need to show up early to hear Hollis Brown. They are just an unbelievable live band.
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As with the onset of sudden celebrity, for the newly rich, the world often becomes a darker, narrower, less generous place; a paradox that elicits scant sympathy, but is nonetheless true.
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What makes me happy is having a really nice day out with my mum, or getting better at something I've been working hard at.
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The reason a poet is a poet is to write poems, not to advertise himself as a poet.
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I like things simple.
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There are lots of reasons for that gap between men's and women's wages but to me, the big one is the work-family issue. Trying to juggle children and a job is tough under any circumstances, but especially if you're shooting for the kind of career that involves long hours at work and being on call 24-7.
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When you go back and really listen to the legendary rappers, this is timeless music. Guys like Biggie, guys like Pac, timeless music.
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I think whenever you see what may be the seeds of a third party, you need to be very skeptical because there's not a very good track record for third parties.
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All that political stuff Delano was doing. Me, I've gone off the top, into total fantasy.
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Every time you come out with an album or a song, you want to feel like you're growing a bit in what you are and giving people something that they can feel.
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Writing is a very intimate thing, especially when you write lyrics and sing them in front of someone for the first time. It's like a really embarrassing situation. To me, singing is almost like crying, and you have to really know someone before you can start crying in front of them.
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Rain is good for me. I feel like I achieve clarity actually when it rains. The longer I have to sit and wait, the clearer my game becomes to me.
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After so many years of rejection, I felt acting would have to become a hobby rather than a full-time profession.
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So many people love sci-fi, and they're so loyal.
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Very often there's this misapprehension about actors being people that need to display themselves, to reveal themselves in public.
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Criticism always seemed to me a lot like police work. You look for clues, fingerprints, motives. You need to construct an airtight case.
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My dream is of a place and a time where America will once again be seen as the last best hope of earth.
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We can't do a modern Batman continually beating up thugs in zoot suits with tommy guns in violin cases. The game has to move on. It has to feel relevant.
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If I wanted to make spy movies for the rest of my life, that would be one thing, but I don't want to just make spy movies.
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I want to be able to play trailer-bound fatties in a Judd Apatow comedy.
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The KGB is by far the world's largest, the Israeli probably the best, and the Iranian and the South Korean the deadliest.
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This is a bit of curveball, but people who are really good kissers never have anything given to them.
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I think it's absolutely essential that the people that work for a company need to feel that they're part of something bigger - that it's not just a job.
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People really need to show up early to hear Hollis Brown. They are just an unbelievable live band.
