Andrew Hill Quotes
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I think my message goes out to the entire spectrum of political parties. I'm supported by the Tea Party, the Conservative Party and the Republican Party. I come from a Democratic world. My world is moderate Democrats, Reagan-type Democrats if you want, the blues or whatever you call them, the Blue Dogs. That's been my world, historically.
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I was involved with drama departments since the 5th grade. I played at it. It was an escape.
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I always knew I would act. It was just a matter of time.
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I can't exactly say why there's not much protest music to speak off. And I know there are acts out there still putting a message in their music.
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The importance of local governance may not be obvious to an America accustomed to treating city and state downfalls with doses of federal comeuppance. Sometimes there's a reason for that - the Civil War. More often, all reasoning seems absent - No Child Left Behind.
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I don't want to become known as just a body.
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For a border state, I would argue that Texas is less lunatic on the subject of immigration issues than other places around it, like Arizona. They're much more comfortable with their long-term identity as a place with a very large Hispanic population.
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One of the biggest things that happens to many people when they have kids is that you suddenly realize that you're not going to last forever. You know there is another generation who are the heroes of their own stories, and that is humbling.
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Our publicist at Warner Brothers is a young guy who has worked so hard for seven years with us and when we saw him backstage he broke down and cried. He couldn't believe it happened. It was seeing him so overcome when we realised how much it really meant.
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What's the most important thing in the world? It's love, and I look at that as an energy, not a sentiment.
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What I don't like to hear in music is something has not been thought through: that a sound is just there randomly. I want to make sure that every single little noise that's in my song is there because it's supposed to be there.
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One of the satisfactions of a genius is his will-power and obstinacy.
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People like to see me fight. A name can only take you so far. There are only a few fighters out of the thousands of boxers out there that have name recognition. I'm definitely not upset by that.
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In America, it is traditional to destroy the black body - it is heritage.
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A lot of my male vocal influences are British - people like David Bowie, Freddie Mercury and Robert Plant.
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Prayer is the key of the morning and the bolt of the evening.
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In this broad earth of ours,Amid the measureless grossness and the slag,Enclosed and safe within its central heart,Nestles the seed perfection.
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The older you get, the more you believe in God, whatever face he wears.
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And all at once I lost my breathAnd all at once was scared to deathFor all at once I owned the earth and sky.Now I've met Miss JonesWe'll keep on meeting till we die,Yes, Miss Jones and I.
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A lot of people have problems with public confrontation, but it doesn't worry me at all. I can handle myself. I know my martial arts.
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I'm never gonna stop the rain by complaining, because I'm free, nothing's worrying me.
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I'm not going to say what was being used in the clubhouse; whatever happens in the clubhouse stays in the clubhouse. But it was not like it was in your face.
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I've had the privilege of having a lot of amazing people cook for me.
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A great leader cannot worry about being well liked.
