Steven Siro Vai Quotes
I was about seven or eight years old when I first heard West Side Story, and it had a huge impact on me. If you look at the elements of that record, it contains many of the things I enjoy doing today.
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I don't mind talking about 'what might have been,' but I am not one to doubt or regret most of my decisions.
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The big thing that Moneypenny changed was the amount of charity work that I was able to be involved with.
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I felt audiences are happier to take comedy people who play darker people because there's a link between the psychosis of comedy and the psychosis of being a twisted character.
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My mom is from Cuba, my dad is from Spain, and I grew up in Miami. So there's maybe a little more flair in me than typical Silicon Valley types.
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I've been accused of having very long ingredient lists, and I guess there's some truth in that.
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The victory of the working people over the exploiters and slave holders is at the same time the victorious struggle for liberation by the German people.
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I was a very focused kid. I always had this crazy lifestyle... billions of jobs, two hours of gymnastics every day, handball, anything with a ball, really. I must have had ADHD or something. I was very energetic, and very small. I didn't start growing until the last year of high school.
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There's never really been a real hood Christmas movie.
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San Francisco, coolest place ever.
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If you are in this business long enough, you hear about a thousand things that are going to kill you. Open source? Yeah, we are not dead yet. Cloud? That's not new; it's a new name.
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I feel privileged that I've been able to get anywhere, with my quote-unquote limited mainstream appeal, given my race and subject matter. Of course, I always have my masters to fall back on.
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Some children are tackling tough times without the support that can help them because the adults in their life are scared to ask.
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I don't think most people associate me with leeches or how to get them off. But I know how to get them off. I'm an expert at it.
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I applaud anything that can take a kid away from a PlayStation or a Gameboy. That is a miracle in itself.
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I follow the universe; I follow G-d. G-d made the sun, and the sun shines on everyone.
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I think it's good to explore it. I don't feel bad about that... I mean, I think everyone has a sense of - has a dark side, has a - carries some sort of pain with them. And I find it fun to crack it open and go there.
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Friends are really important, especially when you've had the successes that I've had. I've gone really far in my career, so they're the ones that keep you humble, keep your feet on the ground.
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It takes people a while to trust you.
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To me, the word 'hero' hasn't got positive or negative value - 'hero' is the person who leads you through the story.
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When I meditate, I can feel an energy that is much bigger than me but is also part of me, and it's a very powerful energy.
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I don't think there's anybody who's run a campaign like [Donald Trump] successfully in modern history, not that I can think of. And, as a consequence because he didn't have the supports of many of the establishment in his own party, because he ran sort of an improvisational campaign.
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I am going to be announcing today that we will have a business delegation come to this country sometime in the future where we will bring businesses from America to Morocco to show them the vast business opportunities here.
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I was about seven or eight years old when I first heard West Side Story, and it had a huge impact on me. If you look at the elements of that record, it contains many of the things I enjoy doing today.
