Renata Adler Quotes
I think when you are truly stuck, when you have stood still in the same spot for too long, you throw a grenade in exactly the spot you were standing in, and jump, and pray. It is the momentum of last resort.
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Once I took a bus from my home in Maryland to Philadelphia to live on the streets with some musicians for a few weeks, and then my parents sent me to boarding school at Andover to shape me up.
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I just want to be part of great stories that are told and for them to be relevant.
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Bad ballplayers make good managers.
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When you're in the music business, everything is very personal, because you are invested in everything; there's a very deep, personal attachment to your music.
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Every night we all felt grateful to be there, stunned at the amount of people that are there, and stunned at their reactions. They go crazy; they know every lyric from eight years of age to eighty. It's unbelievable.
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I'm hard of hearing. I miss a lot. It's really tough.
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I always loved when James Stewart did roles that were not so dialogue-based, like 'Vertigo.'
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I like going into nature and that's where I'm happiest.
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On all open platforms, regardless of whether it's Facebook or the Apple App Store, the largest segment is entertainment and games. It's the largest revenue segment. And it's the same for Tencent.
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Great men are they who see that spiritual is stronger than any material force - that thoughts rule the world.
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I like Everton. If I'm going to cheer for that kind of football team, I'm going to cheer for Everton. But the Seahawks are my passion.
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Avoid popularity if you would have peace.
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The thing about art for me is that you can go on theorising your work forever, because it's open to interpretation.
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Fortunately, I was still living in Los Angeles at the time. So I went out to World Gym and got a membership.
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Those trying to get support for their iPhones don't necessary trust their carriers, so they ask their friends for help.
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(to Liam) 'No, don't be sorry for yourself.' (twin sister finishes for him)
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Of any guitarist, Jimmy Page was my biggest influence. I wanted to look, think and play like him. Zeppelin had a heavy influence on Rush during our early days. Page's loose style of playing showed an immense confidence, and there are no rules to his playing.
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Sometimes, my self-doubt became self-limiting.
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I will eat disgusting things, but only those with long established culinary traditions.
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When man decides he can control nature, he's in deep trouble.
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Cooking is at once child's play and adult joy. And cooking done with care is an act of love.
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When we start to write for a new record, we never really know what we're doing. We don't come into the room with a set of ideas, but miraculously, a song comes out of it.
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I started off with violin, then I started learning guitar, then I went to piano. But I self-taught piano just because I enjoyed it. I've always really enjoyed music.
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I think when you are truly stuck, when you have stood still in the same spot for too long, you throw a grenade in exactly the spot you were standing in, and jump, and pray. It is the momentum of last resort.
