Matthew "Matt" Montgomery (Piggy D) Quotes
I really connect with music that has a point, that's not just a heavy riff and cool sounds. I always like it to have a purpose.
Quotes to Explore
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The Doobie Brothers are one of my favorites of all time.
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Language is the blood of the soul into which thoughts run and out of which they grow.
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Art is an invention of aesthetics, which in turn is an invention of philosophers... What we call art is a game.
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Honestly, since the Diane Sawyer piece, every day it's like, it's exciting to go to the mailbox... Because I get letters every day from all of these people from all over the world.
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Music has always played a big part in my life and, believe it or not, in my soap opera career.
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I've never been able to say I've been influenced by a list of artists I like because I like thousands and thousands and I've been influenced in some way by all of them.
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My father started with nothing and is a self-made man. No matter what I do with my life, I can never match his accomplishments.
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I was good at math and science, and I got lots of degrees in lots of things, but in a parallel universe, I probably became a chef.
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Historically, the notes of scale systems anywhere have been based on these pure harmonics.
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In Europe, the big word is tolerance. You tolerate everything.
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There is such a polarized discussion of economics among people like analysts, columnists, bloggers; often, they end up just saying that views other than their own should not even be discussed. I find that frustrating. There is no intellectual progress without considering lots and lots of different views.
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It is more fun to talk with someone who doesn't use long, difficult words but rather short, easy words, like 'What about lunch?'
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Good education, housing and jobs are imperatives for the Negroes, and I shall support them in their fight to win these objectives, but I shall tell the Negroes that while these are necessary, they cannot solve the main Negro problem.
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See, it's no in between: you're either free or you're a slave.
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I am sensible of the velocity of the moments, and entering that part of my head alert to the motion of the world I am aware that life was never perfect, never absolute. This bestows contentment, even a fearlessness.
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There's a long life ahead of you and it's going to be beautiful, as long as you keep loving and hugging each other.
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Healthcare is the only civil system where new technology makes prices go up instead of down.
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Americanism demands loyalty to the teacher and respect for his lesson.
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Emigration is no longer a solution; it's a defeat. People are risking death, drowning every day, but they're knocking on doors that are not open.
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If you're a kid at a secondary comprehensive in North London as I was in the seventies, prancing around doing acting and being a luvvie wasn't really a good idea for your personal security.
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Watching 'The Sound of Music' is like being beaten to death by a Hallmark card.
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I stand before you as the governor of Texas but also stand before you the son of two tenant farmers. Ray Perry who came home after 35 bombing missions over Europe to work his little corner of land out there and Amelia who made sure that my sister Milla and I had everything that we needed, included hand sewing my clothes until I went off to college.
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When each thing is unique in itself, there can be no comparison made.... There is only this strange recognition of present otherness.
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I really connect with music that has a point, that's not just a heavy riff and cool sounds. I always like it to have a purpose.
