DJ Ashba Quotes
I grew up in a really bad situation; my father left when I was young - you know, an abusive situation. So the minute I put my fingers on a guitar and closed my eyes and just played, it literally was like a drug. It took me into a totally different world, and I just pulled from emotions and experiences that I was going through.
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There's a long history of private-company cooperation with the NSA that dates back to at least the 1970s.
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I kind of crave loneliness.
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I'll tell you what's helped me my entire life. I look at baseball as a game. It's something where people can go out, enjoy and have fun. Nothing more.
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I can't even be around children. It's a problem. My ovaries start screaming.
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By no means do I want to try to leave country music. That's absolutely where I want to stay.
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Clinton has played a major role in giving companies like Cipla credibility, for which I will always be grateful.
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Humor can be an incredible, lacerating and effective weapon.
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Being Jewish is a big part of my artistic sensibility and my humor... I think it gives me a certain take on the world on a literary level.
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If you look at a lot of the songs I've been involved in, there's always been this retro vibe. I started getting worried that I wasn't moving forward very much, nor was I even in tune with the music today. I almost scoffed at it.
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I could probably give you a list of a dozen pet peeves I have about my own physicality and why I couldn't get a second date.
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Sometimes you have to exercise your insanity, to really make it strong.
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Of course, a movie is in constant flux.
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I don't think I realized the extremes of my proportions until I moved to Paris. I thought I'd be 'normal' as a model, but actually, even in that world, I was at one end of the spectrum.
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I don't find it hard to direct myself. I can easily think of me as a horrible performer or a good performer. I work with actors who cannot stand watching or looking at themselves, which is not my case. I can have an eye and perspective on whether I'm terrible or good enough for me.
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Many people find themselves with illness as they become successful: higher blood pressure and diabetes.
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A great revolution in just one single individual will help achieve a change in the destiny of a society and, further, will enable a change in the destiny of humankind.
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Practically every smartphone, tablet, and laptop is fabricated in a Chinese factory, even if they are designed here.
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The one thing I have learned as a CEO is that leadership at various levels is vastly different. When I was leading a function or a business, there were certain demands and requirements to be a leader. As you move up the organization, the requirements for leading that organization don't grow vertically; they grow exponentially.
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The pace is so fast in summer stock. In college shows, there is more time for rehearsals.
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Help young people. Help small guys. Because small guys will be big. Young people will have the seeds you bury in their minds, and when they grow up, they will change the world.
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I've had a wonderful career and shared the stage with Vince Gill, who was my second love.
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You have laws to protect oil men, so why not artists?
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I grew up in a really bad situation; my father left when I was young - you know, an abusive situation. So the minute I put my fingers on a guitar and closed my eyes and just played, it literally was like a drug. It took me into a totally different world, and I just pulled from emotions and experiences that I was going through.
