William Reddington Hewlett Quotes
Never try to take a fortified hill, especially if the Army on top is bigger than you are
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Graffiti has an interesting relationship to the broader world of hip-hop: It's part of the culture, but also in a weird way a stepchild of the culture.
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I'd just play 'til my hands fell off. My parents would yell at me to stop because they couldn't stand the noise any more! I was terrible! It must have been hard for them to listen to me as a beginning drummer.
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My dad always said that hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard enough.
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My music, I feel, has always been experimental, but it had got to a point where I felt disconnected from it completely. I didn't want to be a Clark Kent/Superman: I couldn't really say, 'Well, B.o.B's the old me, and Bobby Ray's the new me.' I had to just make a point.
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A lot of the younger kids now can rap, but they're scared of the crowd. Mastery of that stage is an MC. I don't know if you've seen any great MCs on stage but when you do it's like wow, this is more than the words to rhymes.
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I built Kosovo for 10 years.
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A plan is always successful if the plan is good.
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I think being called a cat lady is a compliment. It means you have adopted a tiny little maniac into your life.
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Take time to be kind and to say 'thank you.'
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I used to run away from school to my village. But later, I went to the U.S. for studies and lost touch.
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I used to be affected by criticism thrown at me, and I would get really down. But I got to a point where I just decided to go for it, no matter what negativity is around you.
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Public opinion is a permeating influence, and it exacts obedience to itself; it requires us to drink other men's thoughts, to speak other men's words, to follow other men's habits.
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A P2P business is a company that creates a platform which allows individuals or 'peers' to directly buy and sell from each other. This activity has sometimes been called the 'sharing economy.' Some are wary of these new companies and the challenge they pose to the established market.
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I was the family alien. Both my parents are quite creative, but I was... appalling... always putting on little shows. I was rather a shy child, not a natural performer, but there was a performative edge to everything I did.
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To destroy is always the first step in any creation.
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I don't know if I'd say I feel green, but I'm getting to know myself as an actor now in a way that I never did as a kid.
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The Gili Islands gave me some of my best scuba diving experiences, including tons of turtles.
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I've never had a job. I've never needed to.
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I find time to write the way kids find time to ride their bikes.
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Training to be a therapist teaches you to shut up and listen, and that is certainly useful as a writer.
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I think it is rather heroic to go into a war zone where everyone is trying to kill you, and you have no way of shooting back.
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We have a society that is going through life not talking about what's really hard about life and trying to pretend like everything's great when it's not. As a result, people feel more and more isolated.
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When I first starting coaching, I used a megaphone.
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Never try to take a fortified hill, especially if the Army on top is bigger than you are
