Rick Rubin Quotes
I don't even know what a traditional producer is or does. I feel like the job is like being a coach, building good work habits and building trust. You want to get to a point where you can say anything and talk about anything. There needs to be a real connection.
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There are so many steps you have to go through to reach a high level, so you're kind of building your own, I would say, mountain. You have to go piece by piece by piece. When you're young and really ambitious, you want to jump right up. It kind of teaches you a lesson, I would say.
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As long as they keep building settlements, the world will be anti-Israeli.
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The point - the power to hurt - of all figures lies in the truthfulness of their application.
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Happiness statistics may be most valuable in smaller, local discussions. Understanding how different sorts of programs affect the well-being of citizens would be enormously helpful to a mayor choosing between building a new bridge or offering a tax cut.
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We are all quick to point out all the differences but not as willing to accept what bonds us as humans.
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There isn't much room for an outsider point of view in print any more.
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I was an independent developer and started Junction Point in January of 2005.
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I won't do anything unless it's the absolute best.
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When you get into the granny era, you're lucky to get anything.
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I have either run private equity funded companies or been a partner in a private equity fund since 1982. I've had a front row view of the vital role private equity continues to play in building and keeping American businesses competitive in the global economy.
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I have never said anything critical about Ozzy that he didn't say about himself many times.
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I don't want to be known as the Hilton heiress, because I didn't do anything for that.
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Just when did I get to the point when staying at a hotel wasn't fun?
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Lebanon is a Syrian protectorate. The Lebanese dare not do anything without the approval of Damascus.
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I have been criticized and ridiculed for turning to astrology, but after a while, I reached the point where I didn't care.
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If I don't direct a movie at some point, I've failed personally.
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I visited the Pentagon a few days after September 11, and I still remember so vividly the smell of terror surrounding the entire building and complex. I was angry that such a brutal act of violence was committed against innocent people.
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Anything I do, I want to do it well.
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I hate the crazy, neurotic characters beyond a certain point.
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I understand that these people are all there to see me ride, that that's why they're in the building, and whether I have ten people, or a thousand people come out to see me, they still came out to see me, and I take that to heart.
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Always expect the unexpected. The oil and gas industry is terrible at predicting anything. Always have a back-up plan.
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Why don't we actually fight for a woman's right even to complain about being beaten up. That is more important than driving. If a woman is beaten, they are told to go back to their homes - their fathers, husbands, brothers - to be beaten up again and locked up in the house.
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Some things you hear with your ears. Others, you hear with your heart.
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I don't even know what a traditional producer is or does. I feel like the job is like being a coach, building good work habits and building trust. You want to get to a point where you can say anything and talk about anything. There needs to be a real connection.
