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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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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When I work with other people, I don't have to do that - it's because I love to do it and I want to do it.
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I would love to study cultures and people.
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Selling wine is all about sizing people up, and it takes a certain amount of chutzpah. The tableside bottle sell is a very funny thing - you take a look at the guy's blazer, what kind of shoes he's wearing, what kind of broad he's with. Is he trying to be a hero?
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I want us to be as good as we say we are and as others think we should be.
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I don't think of the ashram world as being any more spiritual than the corporate world.
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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.
