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.
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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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I've always tried to explore the humorous aspects of life.
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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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I was in Iowa one time, and I kept trying to fire up the crowd, and I kept saying, 'How's Ohio doing?' For some reason, they just weren't coming around!
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The stigma that was once attached to things society deemed unhealthy served the purpose of making them undesirable. With the stigma gone, many people see little reason not to do whatever feels good at the moment.
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Our foreign policy is a complete and total disaster. No vision. No purpose. No direction. No strategy.
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I've never really found inspiration for story ideas in the news, but I'd say it certainly affects our lives in so many ways. I would say that certainly the stories of the day appear in the work - I just have never gone so far as to say, well, this particular event could influence a plot of an entire book.
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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.
