Andrew Strauss Quotes
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The essence of the beautiful is unity in variety.
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Sometimes a chord on a guitar will somehow spur some thought in your head, and you will write a song about it.
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I think it's OK to be confident in yourself.
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Between Prince and my dad's fusion-jazz records, I didn't have a choice in being funky.
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With any kind of mean girl, or anyone who bullies anyone, there's always a reason for it. There is that sadness in them or insecurity that makes them feel like they need to act out or hurt other people.
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Europe is especially vulnerable to terrorists who may hide among the refugees pouring across its borders.
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Find something that you love to do, and find a place that you really like to do it in. I found something I loved to do. I'm a mechanical engineer by training, and I loved it. I still do. My son is a nuclear engineer at MIT, a junior, and I get the same vibe from him. Your work has to be compelling. You spend a lot of time doing it.
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The United States has grown into a remarkable nation specifically because of our independent spirit and free market.
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It just seems to be a human trait to want to protect the speech of people with whom we agree. For the First Amendment, that is not good enough. So it is really important that we protect First Amendment rights of people no matter what side of the line they are on.
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Sometimes I worked with just a background of a rock or a tree or black velvet, and just had to imagine the whole thing.
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I remember auditioning for record labels and having them tell me, 'Well, the country-radio demographic is the thirty-five-year-old female housewife. Give us a song that relates to the thirty-five-year-old female, and we'll talk.'
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I always believe that every one of us is working hard not only for our own performance but also to give something significant back to the societies we live in.
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There is a sound that comes from gospel music that doesn't come from anything else. It is a sound of peace. It is a sound of, 'I'm going to make it through all of this.'
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I am very fortunate to have a career. I always have to act. I don't know if I'll have a career to support it for the rest of my life, but I know I'll always act.
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You cannot measure a man by his failures. You must know what use he makes of them. What did they mean to him. What did he get out of them.
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I've been doing a lot of drama, but I feel like comedy is my strength.
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People think that if they read something in the newspaper or see it on TV, it has to be true.
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I'd make a White Stripes record right now. I'd be in the White Stripes for the rest of my life. That band is the most challenging, important, fulfilling thing ever to happen to me. I wish it was still here. It's something I really, really miss.
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They're out there, this appalling idea that there are companies that profit - not just profit but profit enormously - through war.
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Most people inside the bureau believe that the blown opportunities to head off 9/11 would not recur today. Even among the FBI's doubters, few disagree that the bureau has come a long way.
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One can beg, buy, be presented with and find love in the streets, but it can never be stolen.
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When I tell children that they are far too dependent on their gizmos, they do not deny it. But they really don't care. This is their real life - texting about trivial things; listening to numbing music on their private headphones. The machines block everything out - you create your own little trivial world.
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At 100, I have a mind that is superior - thanks to experience - than when I was 20.
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My life experience has made me realise what's important and what is not.