Alice Nutter (Anne Holden) Quotes
Everyone was saying, "Oh, Chumbawamba, they're crap, can't get arrested." But we had absolute faith in what we were doing, so we put our heads down and made the best album we possibly could. Then we got a deal based on the final product.
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The role of designers and product makers is to really become much better editors. What kind of functionality is actually needed - and truly delightful - to consumers? Remove all the extraneous stuff.
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I don't deal in pretentious kids' parties.
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If government were a product, selling it would be illegal.
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In 1998, I self-published online in order to get a traditional deal.
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The product of the scientific imagination is a new vision of relations - like that of artistic imagination.
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I would never have written 'Trainspotting' if it hadn't been for this album, 'Raw Power,' and 'Metallic K.O.'
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I wouldn't mind doing Broadway, but I am definitely trying to get a album out there first.
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Getting a record deal is a meaningless thing now.
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The only way to advertise is by not focusing on the product.
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I'm also working with Mrs. Bush on some education projects in Afghanistan, so I get to see her a great deal.
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I did comedies for 10 years and I learned a great deal.
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And so in terms of territorial control, in terms of economic preeminence, the western share of the gross world product is declining as Asian societies in particular develop economically.
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I'm very involved in Shred, constantly checking in on something. It takes a lot of time. But it has let me leverage who I am as an athlete into a product.
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I have my moments - usually twice every album - when I basically lose it.
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When you're on your fifth album, you are going to be judged against all your previous work and expectations.
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Even though the album is an endangered species, can we try and make a coherent and good one, even if it's like making a horse and cart at a Nascar conference?
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There's not an instruction manual on how to deal with success, so you just have to rely on having great friends and a good team.
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I remember loving that album, ... Frampton took me into the studio and played me that album and I thought it was the greatest party album that I'd heard in a long time, and so I wrote the liner notes and the album became huge.
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I don't think it's as easy as people make it out to be. You also have to protect in there. You're looking through your legs and trying to get something back there 15 yards to a certain spot. Your head's down and there's someone coming who just gets a free whack at you. I don't think there's anything easy about that deal.
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He's an emotional guy, but I don't believe what went on the field tonight outside of baseball deserves any words.
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In my experience, professionals who are best in any field approach their work with humility. They know that their work is more than just a job. It's an exploration of life. Even on days when they feel most confident, things can go wrong. Sometimes even the good things that happen are a mystery - a surprise. There are always elements outside our control. That's humbling - or should be.
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Long friendships are like jewels, polished over time to become beautiful and enduring.
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I do get a lot of mail. I get a lot of foreign mail because my mail gets mixed with Emilio Estevez.
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Everyone was saying, "Oh, Chumbawamba, they're crap, can't get arrested." But we had absolute faith in what we were doing, so we put our heads down and made the best album we possibly could. Then we got a deal based on the final product.
