Andrew Ripp Quotes
I was free from fear for the first time ever while making the music. Fear's job is to distract us from the truth. There's no fear on my record.
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I don't even own a television. I don't watch network television.
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All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.
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I say I haven't lost my religion. I've lost my ideology.
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My label understands that I am really attached to Malaysia, that I come home a lot.
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The 21st century - and the atheists - needs the presence of religion, just as religion must deal with the real challenges and the thinkers of the day in order to sharpen the conscience and the intelligence of those who study the timeless sacred texts in a spirit of responding to the questions of their time.
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I still do the same things, but it's nice. If people recognize you, generally everyone's very respectful, very lovely, but I wonder what it's like for real celebrities.
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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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E-governance is easy governance, effective governance, and also economic governance. E-governance paves the way for good governance.
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I've got that Beethoven energy, that Stravinsky energy. And it's all a gift from the Creator.
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I'm not an artist that makes singles, I'm an artist that makes albums, and it's a totally different thing.
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At Time Warner, I had ten percent of the stock after the merger. But when we merged with AOL, I was diluted down to three percent.
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As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy.
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I grew up watching 'Grease,' and 'Grease 2.' I fantasized about walking through school halls and busting out in a song. At that time, I was too much of a chicken to do so. I'd love the challenge now.
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I live for my work, apart from my family who come first. And I live to tell stories and pretend to be other people, it's something I've been doing since I was 3 years old. Maybe it's because I'm intrinsically bored with myself, and I find other people more interesting. The more different they are, the bigger the challenge.
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To write, you need to find what you love.
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When I passed the age of 50, I learned how to control my emotions.
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It's a funny thing about cities: Some have brief, bright moments of cultural and political dominance, decades- or centuries-long spells when they seem the center of their particular nation, or region, or empire... only to later fall into obscurity and disrepair, never to regain their former glory.
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While being in the right seat at the right game might create short-term reassurance, I can't get over the idea that really what people feel is that their club is being run by a group of guys who know the history, study the heritage and view Villa as a proud Victorian club in its third century.
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Congress has no business telling courts within a state that they are prohibited from considering issues involving a lease for energy development, production, and exploration that has the potential to cause irreparable environmental and economic damage to the Gulf Coast area of that state.
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My wife Cecily Adams was dying of cancer, my daughter Madeline was struggling to overcome an autism diagnosis, and my father was dying, all at the same time. Writing the journal was a cathartic experience, and an extremely positive one.
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I study pitchers. I visualize pitches. That gives me a better chance every time I step into the box. That doesn't mean I'm going to get a hit every game, but that's one of the reasons I've come a long way as a hitter.
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I don't sing for anybody. I wouldn't sing for the Queen dear.
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When you play against top players, sometimes you can play - you can play your utmost and you still get beat.
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I was free from fear for the first time ever while making the music. Fear's job is to distract us from the truth. There's no fear on my record.
