Arjen Anthony Lucassen Quotes
But I always wanted to do a theatrical stuff. But when you're in a metal band of course you're limited because five people in the band, um, you've got no keyboards... you're limited. And I wanted... to go over-the-top, you know. Literally. I wanted to make an album that people would either hate or love.
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I don't care much about hardware. Nintendo games are some of the best games in the world, and from a more graphical standpoint, the Wii can't do what a PS3 or 360 can do.
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I've been really lucky with the people that I've gotten to work with. I learn a lot from them, just by watching them.
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We have shown that it is possible to create a radioactivity characterized by the emission of positive or negative electrons in boron and magnesium by bombardment with alpha rays.
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The goal in life is to be solid, whereas the way that life works is totally fluid, so you can never actually achieve that goal.
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I started making music for fun, but I had two parents who were very much in the business. I didn't run around trying to get the spotlight. I was very shy. I never sang in front of people 'til I was about 17 years old.
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Leaving Egypt and the people I loved so much, and the environment I liked, was definitely worth it, because I also have great love for medicine and science.
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A woman is never sexier than when she is comfortable in her clothes.
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My favorite place is Central Park because you never know what you're going to find there. I also like that when I look out the windows of surrounding hotels, it's seems like I'm looking out over a forest.
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The two most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity.
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Men take only their needs into consideration - never their abilities.
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The mullahs are part of the past in Iran, not its future. But change in Iran will come through engagement, not through confrontation.
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People tried to make me something that I wasn't at the beginning of my career.
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My films have been progressing towards a certain kind of minimalism, even though it was never intended. Elements which can be eliminated have been eliminated.
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I used to play all the time. I would play football when it was light and read when it was dark.
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The biggest kick I get is to communicate with those who are exiled from the game - in hospitals, homes, prisons - those who have seldom seen a game, who can't travel to a game, those who are blind.
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Writers have been in terrible situations and have yet managed to produce extraordinary work.
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If you owe the bank $100 that's your problem. If you owe the bank $100 million, that's the bank's problem.
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I will do as I usually do. Tomorrow is going to be a day like any other day.
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Mathematics is nothing more, nothing less, than the exact part of our thinking.
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I read an article in 'Forbes' entitled 'Six Ways To Achieve Any Goal,' and it really inspired me and helped me get to where I am today.
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Waterboarding is how we baptize terrorists.
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I want to invest and have my own record label and artists. I want to have a business where my kids, kids, kids will still have something going on long after I'm gone.
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Free government is self-government. A government of the people by the people. The best government of this sort is that which the people think best.
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But I always wanted to do a theatrical stuff. But when you're in a metal band of course you're limited because five people in the band, um, you've got no keyboards... you're limited. And I wanted... to go over-the-top, you know. Literally. I wanted to make an album that people would either hate or love.
