Andrew Loog Oldham Quotes
The great artists represent you. The great products represent you. They don't tell you who you are. But with them, you require less verbiage.
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When I first got back from the war, I said, 'I'm gonna write the Great American Novel about the Vietnam War.' So I sat down and wrote 1,700 pages of sheer psychotherapy drivel. It was first person, and there would be pages about wet socks and cold feet.
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From the ashes of a financial crash, there is a chance to create a new economic settlement that is more equal, sustainable and democratic.
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My mom used to tell me when I was little, 'When it rains, it's God's manifestation - a big day's waiting to happen.'
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Most women find a man with good manners sexy.
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At first, because this genre of music was so urban, sometimes we would sing songs that were so aggressive. And my parents didn't like it. They would break my cassettes and say, 'That music is garbage.'
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I'm an aggressive fighter, but I'm smart. I'm not going to play stupid.
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I dropped the 'Bundy' with my country music because I wanted it to be two separate things: There's me as a songwriter and a country singer, and there's me as a Broadway performer.
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Scientists are not movie stars or politicians who will feel insulted if they are not showered with accolades. Scientists are not interested in accolades.
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Getting recognized on the street is fine, but I never really wanted to be famous.
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The human consciousness is really homogeneous. There is no complete forgetting, even in death.
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I'm a dirt road out in the country kind of person, but I remember thinking, I could live in Chicago.
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'Twin Peaks' without David Lynch is like a dog without a bark.
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It was probably my parents who inspired me most. My father was a scientist and answered my scientific questions, while my mother took me on walks and showed me birds and plants. She also took me out at night and showed me the constellations and the aurora.
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Pleasure usually takes the form of me and now; joy is us and always.
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I like joy; I want to be joyous; I want to have fun on the set; I want to wear beautiful clothes and look pretty. I want to smile and I want to make people laugh. And that's all I want. I like it. I like being happy. I want to make others happy.
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Inhumanity is the keynote of stupidity in power.
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I have since wandered among men of many races and many religions.
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Endurance is the prerogative of woman, enabling the gentlest to suffer what would cause terror to manhood.
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I would like to take revenge but I'm not looking for excuses for having lost to he.
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I'm concerned and alarmed about the images of girls and women that are broadcast every single minute.
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People are always looking into the dark. We're afraid of what we might see. It might be the dark outside, it might be the dark of our own souls, but I figure it's better to get caught looking that to never know.
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Most people think I do street art, so I do everything for nothing. I'm an urchin who paints walls and does work for nothing. That's the first misconception about street artists, that we just paint for nothing.
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The great artists represent you. The great products represent you. They don't tell you who you are. But with them, you require less verbiage.
