Dan Gilbert Quotes
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A lot of times, I'm singing things that are observational and am definitely including myself.
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I like to prove people wrong.
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I'm the worst at picking what movies are going to do well. I have no idea. I'm really surprised if a movie I like does well.
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I don't like people cleaning my room.
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Cancer has taught me a lot of things. Maybe it is the best thing that has happened to me. I can't say right now, but maybe some years down the line, I would realise. When I was taking chemotherapy, there were a lot of elderly patients, and that would inspire me. I thought, 'If they can be cured, why can't I be?'
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Making fun of born-again Christians is like hunting dairy cows with a high powered rifle and scope.
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I love music, and can dance on the desi beats. Punjabi music is my favourite. I listen to artists like Honey Singh. I love his music. I also love watching Bollywood films.
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For every person that doesn't like you, there's gonna be somebody who does.
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I can swear like a fishwife.
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My kids like their eggs with catsup. I like mine with salsa.
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I really believed that my songs were good enough for the whole world to listen to. I had fans from America or the U.K. who would be like, 'Oh my God, I love your music'.
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I like being involved with projects that are not only entertaining but are also thought provoking. Either that, or jobs that keep a roof over my head. A mixture of both is always nice.
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I didn't like the idea of being foolish, but I learned pretty soon that it was essential to fail and be foolish.
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What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up Like a raisin in the sun? Or does it explode?
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The fossil record is incredible when it preserves things, but it's not a complete record.
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Well, only Japanese may understand it, but I'm like a goat or something that likes high places.
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I decide immediately if I like a person and if I do, then I'm myself, and if I don't, then I give nothing.
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Without sounding too pretentious, I feel my job is almost like becoming a monk or a nun - it's a calling.
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You got to have smelt a lot of mule manure before you can sing like a hillbilly.
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My family never told me like you have to be one thing. What do you want to be when you grow up? They think it's the most ridiculous question. You can be many, many things.
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People have the right to say what they want to.
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We’re from Germany but we grew up with English and American music which was such a strong inspiration for the young band. Very early on, in the Seventies, we went to England and France, to Japan and America, we toured and then became an international band. I think our music was never German, it’s always had this Anglo-American influence – we never tried to be a German band! We are Germans, yes, but not in our music. When we grew up, there was schlager music, this pop music kind of thing.
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I got Moxie, I'm so damn foxy Industry try to block me like cops and paparazzi.
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Blight is like a cancer. This is one of those all-or-nothing things.