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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The big deal is not that a computer technician made a mistake, ... The big deal is how the White House reacted to it.
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We give them a good product.
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Pete Townshend used to crash chords and let the guitar feed back. He's overrated.
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As the world becomes more environmentally aware, I believe that we must as individuals recognize the magnificence of our natural world, and feel a sense of accountability for our actions which affect it.
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My favorite book in life is 'A Wrinkle In Time,' which I read before high school. It was my first introduction into the meeting of science and spirit and the universe and big thoughts and all of those interesting New Age-y concepts. It made everything make sense to me and opened up my mind.
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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.
