Michael Stephen Portnoy Quotes
One of my biggest concerns was how defensive the fans would be over The REV's drum throne. I'm grateful they have been welcoming.
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I have to wear two sports bras when I do my cardio. It takes a lot to hold these puppies up!
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I think Woody Allen is Woody Allen, and no matter where he goes he still makes his Woody Allen films.
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Most of the good people of my generation... had offers to become editors, but the thought of going inside was just absolutely horrifying.
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I like to find the beauty in the ugly. When I'm in a thrift store, I gravitate toward pieces I know I'll wear a ton, and insane pieces that I'm sure most people would consider gross. But I find them inspiring. Our van is currently stocked with some of my random findings from this tour. Maybe I'll call my aesthetic 'van fashion.'
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I like big thinkers who, no matter how big their vision, can sit down and talk to me about hour-to-hour, day-to-day type stuff they do to move the ball forward.
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I'm competitive. I'd love another chance to be part of a Stanley Cup championship team. That'd be awesome.
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Unfortunately, if you don't want to be in the spotlight, get out of it.
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You can find dozens of books about people taking the Trans-Siberian Railroad. I knew I had to do something different to cross Siberia. To drive and to talk with people along the way, that was how I wrote my book 'Great Plains'. I drove and camped in Siberia, but did not have a real program.
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You know, I get much more Jewish in Israel because I like the way that religion is done there.
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I don't feel comfortable making empty music.
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Playing further up the pitch, you have more opportunities to score and provide assists, and it's something I liked right from the start.
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I love a lot of things, and I'm pretty much obsessive about most things I do, whether it be gardening, or architecture, or music. I'd be an obsessive hairdresser.
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For us Indians, I don't think English can ever exude that magic of emotions which our mother tongue can.
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The transition between life in red-state America and life in the Arab capital was at times overwhelming because of the traditional segregation of men and women in many public and private settings.
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Marching thus at night, a battalion is doubly impressive. The silent monster is full of restrained power; resolute in its onward sweep, impervious to danger, it looks a menacing engine of destruction, steady to its goal, and certain of its mission.
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I think Russian people are learning that democracy is not an alien thing; it's not a western invention.
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I like bears. I like bear people. I like bear-type men.
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Daniel Ellsberg showed tremendous courage back in the '70s.
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I developed the habit of writing novels behind a closed door, or at my uncle's, on the dining table.
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R is for wussies if you're talking about blood and guts.
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I used to think I had ambition... but now I'm not so sure. It may have been only discontent. They're easily confused.
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When I look back on my past and think how much time I wasted on nothing, how much time has been lost in futilities, errors, laziness, incapacity to live; how little I appreciated it, how many times I sinned against my heart and soul-then my heart bleeds. Life is a gift, life is happiness, every minute can be an eternity of happiness.
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I’m a Brooklyn guy onstage, and I try to really feed my fans with the kind of material they expect from me.
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One of my biggest concerns was how defensive the fans would be over The REV's drum throne. I'm grateful they have been welcoming.
