Avey Tare (David Michael Portner) Quotes
I definitely don't want to play by myself. I don't relate to playing music that way. I like interacting with people.
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Let that which stood in front go behind, let that which was behind advance to the front, let bigots, fools, unclean persons, offer new propositions, let the old propositions be postponed.
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I'm not likely to forget where I've been and what I've done and learned. I think it's just as important to play new instruments as to play new pieces. The old ones are getting scarcer and the new ones more and more wonderful.
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No Western government has ever played the long-term in terms of foreign policy.
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You know what I like? I like classic stuff. I like 'The Andy Griffith Show' – the variety of characters was so amazing to me.
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I'm a normal girl. I don't go out much, and I don't know what is enjoyment.
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Brands like Starbucks came along and talked about their brand as itself being a community, the idea that Starbucks is what they like to call a 'third place,' which is not their idea; it's the idea of basic citizenry needing a place that is not work, that is not home, where citizens gather.
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The simplest toy, one which even the youngest child can operate, is called a grandparent.
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I love an underdog. No, I don't necessarily mean the cartoon. I mean like David, as in Goliath, or the Bears, as in The Bad News Bears.
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I have been interested in fashion since I was a kid. Then I lived in London, where it was more about costume and a personal statement of who you are than about fashion.
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Countries like France should not be naive. We don't have a French YouTube or Amazon or Netflix.
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I've never met a woman who thinks they've got a good enough figure - however perfect they look - which is sad, because no one else can see these perceived flaws; they're entirely internal.
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Every leading lady I work with, I'll see if I can get a song out of them and put it on an album.
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I used to get a shiver if I thought about holding balloons, because I was scared of floating away.
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A revolution is a struggle to the death between the future and the past.
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I have me. I have God. I have my son. Everything else is extra.
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If we go to Chihuahua we must be considered as prisoners of war?
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The air of ideas is the only air worth breathing.
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People can be inspired the way I've been inspired by music.
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Disease is the tax which the soul pays for the body, as the tenant pays house-rent for the use of the house.
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Under President Obama, we saw an unwarranted extension of amnesty programs which neglected the root of the illegal immigration crisis. We saw a troubling lack of urgency in addressing the sanctuary cities which subvert the rule of law.
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Scandal is an importunate wasp, against which we must make no movement unless we are quite sure that we can kill it; otherwise it will return to the attack more furious than ever.
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The problem with being a journalist is you go places and you're working. You don't get to appreciate everything. But I got enough of a sampler of South Africa; I thought, 'I want to come here when I don't have to interview people for a living so that I can really enjoy it.' Because I think it was just a magnificent place.
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I know nothing about producing TV drama and any involvement on my part is liable to prove an obstacle to the producers, so I prefer to be a cheerleader and let them get on with it.
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I definitely don't want to play by myself. I don't relate to playing music that way. I like interacting with people.
