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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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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Wait long enough, and people will surprise and impress you.
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May I say, finally, that I have no illusions of grandeur; quite to the contrary, I am very humble in my knowledge that through forty years of my life my life has been an open book of service to my fellow architects and for the public good.
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I'm not interested in how people move, but what moves them.
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I studied English literature; I took 2 independent religion classes, but I wasn't a religion major really.
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137 years later, Memorial Day remains one of America's most cherished patriotic observances. The spirit of this day has not changed - it remains a day to honor those who died defending our freedom and democracy.
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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.
