Joe Bonamassa Quotes
You often see lifestyle over substance in L.A. Some rock stars dress up like they're going to play a gig when they're just going to the 7-Eleven store on a Tuesday night.
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Any musician - I would say 99% of musicians - needs some help along the way. Most people, even if they're self-produced, have someone else mix it, or they'll have someone else master the record. Inevitably, it's like somebody else's personality being put into your art.
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China, frankly, can be an opportunity for Africa based on the huge infrastructure deficit on the continent, but what needs to happen is that governments and citizens have to build internal ownership of the need of good governance, transparency, accountability, for respect for the environment.
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Darkness is the only path to light. It is not our wonderful gifts that make us closer to God: it's using our garbage to transform ourselves. This is the key that unlocks the door that opens to God.
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The path of least resistance is the path of the loser.
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From the ashes of a financial crash, there is a chance to create a new economic settlement that is more equal, sustainable and democratic.
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All my life, the naysayers have told me that I can't win because I'm a progressive... because I'm a woman... even because I'm a lesbian.
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The dynamic element in my philosophy, taken as a whole, can be seen as an obstinate and untiring battle against the spirit of abstraction.
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People say I design architectural icons. If I design a building and it becomes an icon, that's ok.
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You have to actually be weighted to something to do the moonwalk, you know.
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I learned that sometimes our struggles are a little bit bigger than us and talking about them and coming through and having the courage to get out of them. I learned how many I touched and inspired through the journey of 'Idol' because I was just singing on the show. I wasn't really being an advocate for anything.
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I've never been that guy who says, 'Ooh, I have to play King Lear'. First off, that'd be a disaster anyway. I tend to read something and see who's involved, and then know I want to be part of it. But I don't think I'm through with comedy. I still love to make people laugh.
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The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius.
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What's great about working on a sitcom is that I spend so much time with people who are in other fields as well, such as writing, directing, and/or camera operating. Being on set is like being on a playground. I go from one thing to the next, and I've learned so much and hope to continue learning.
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I would love to work with Martin Scorsese.
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Long after the bomb falls and you and your good deeds are gone, cockroaches will still be here, prowling the streets like armored cars.
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Everyone agrees to that; but when we come to define truth, dissension starts.
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Everything I post online is curated.
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My father had a varied ear, from Hank Williams to Ravel.
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Jay Cutler, he's a fine quarterback, but I think at times he gets a little nicked up.
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All anyone asks for is a chance to work with pride.
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Everybody feels better about himself, his community, and his country if employers are paying workers well. Economics, though, teaches that if every employer is pressured to raise wages, some labor will be priced out of the market.
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I like to dress up every now and then.
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I think any actor should be aware of where they're starting to stretch into what's not truthful.
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You often see lifestyle over substance in L.A. Some rock stars dress up like they're going to play a gig when they're just going to the 7-Eleven store on a Tuesday night.
