Ammon Hennacy Quotes
“We really can’t change the world. We really can’t change other people! The best we can do is to start a few thinking here and there. The best way to do this, if we are sincere, is to change ourselves!”
Quotes to Explore
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I find that men are far more vain than women.
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I would love to be a role model.
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I never give advice unless someone asks me for it. One thing I've learned, and possibly the only advice I have to give, is to not be that person giving out unsolicited advice based on your own personal experience.
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All the problems we face in the United States today can be traced to an unenlightened immigration policy on the part of the American Indian.
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I take my Bible with me, sometimes two of them, when I travel.
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I have the rare privilege of talking to my dad every night at 10 p.m. and hearing about what he did that day.
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Cherish your visions and your dreams as they are the children of your soul, the blueprints of your ultimate achievements.
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I have no pretension that I belong in D.C. I mean, I have to be cautious on how we do our restaurant.
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I think the difficult thing is the transition between TV competition series and going into the actual music industry. There still seems to be a slight disconnect there.
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Marriage takes work - it doesn't just happen.
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The public saw my father right out of central casting. He looked the part, acted the part... he was the part! The real life Godfather.
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Anybody who's spent thirteen or fourteen years in print journalism has a lot of stories he thinks were inwardly satisfying as far as preparation, understanding, and diligence.
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I think gardens are fantastic, and I'd love to draw and design and stuff like that. I love just planting flowers during the summer. There's something very humble about it, and natural and beautiful.
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We are a communicating nation which needs access to space, access to the seas.
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The youth need to be enabled to become job generators from job seekers.
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If you want to go east, don't go west.
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I'm very motivated by the occasional creative payoff that comes when something goes really well, be it a song, a recording or performance. The payoff is enormous - when you get it. Most of the time, though, I'm filled with self-loathing and general frustration at the limitations I have as a musician.
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I never expected that I'd be doing as many jobs as I did. I know everybody says that, but I thought I'd be sat in my pants waiting for someone to ring me. Then maybe within five years I might get something.
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Anybody can make jokes. But unless they come from conviction, and there's truth in them, you haven't nailed it. They aren't as funny as they could be, and they don't make a point.
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But the fact that same-sex marriage is still an issue is insane. Thinking love knows a sex is ridiculous.
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I love the idea of getting up early on Sundays and walking to the market to pick up fresh fruits and vegetables. It's a good way to start my day, and it makes me feel like I've accomplished something before other people are even awake.
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Beautiful Evidence is about the theory and practice of analytical design.
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The Creator wants us to drum. He wants us to corrupt the world with drum, dance and chants. After all, we have already corrupted the world with power and greed....which hasn't gotten us anywhere - now's the time to corrupt the world with drum, dance and chants.
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“We really can’t change the world. We really can’t change other people! The best we can do is to start a few thinking here and there. The best way to do this, if we are sincere, is to change ourselves!”
