Ritchie Blackmore Quotes
I however don't go to clubs to show off and to be seen, and certainly not to make statements. I just want to be able to quietly watch a band.
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All human actions are equivalent... and all are on principle doomed to failure.
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My memory of my home was that it was very happy, and that there was more fun and life there than there was anywhere else.
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I grew up such a horror fan, it's kinda cool being named 'Scream Queen.' I like that.
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In America, music is more tightly categorized.
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One of the issues I kept saying to my students is you have to learn to interrupt. When you raise your hand at a meeting, by the time they get to you, the point is not germane. So the bottom line is active listening. If you are going to interrupt, you look for opportunities. You have to know what you're talking about.
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I'm looking for people who are at the cutting edge of what they do, who think out-of-the-box. Even if their work is something common today, it might have been absolutely new when they started out, so we'd like to hear of their beginnings.
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Here in America we're doing the most wonderful crafts.
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When I want to understand what is happening today or try to decide what will happen tomorrow, I look back.
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Kids accept where they are because they don't know the past. They know what they have; they know where they are.
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I was interested in virtual reality for several years even before working at USC, it wasn't an interest that started there at all. In fact, when I started working at USC, I already had prototypes of the Rift that were very similar to the final design.
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I've been telling my students, 'Imitate, imitate.' And they say, 'Well, what if I plagiarize, or what if I'm not original? I want to be myself.' And I always tell them, 'Your self will shine through'... If you allow yourself to feel deeply and honestly, what you say won't be like anyone else.
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War is the ultimate tool of politics.
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As a musician, life is not over just because you are getting older, and so I find retirement a very frightening and dark thought.
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My definition of country music is really pretty simple. It's when someone sings about their life and what they know, from an authentic place.
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Everyone deals with loss. I'm no different, but we all find our ways of coming through things. Is it tough? Of course, but you find the strength to push on through.
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It's a character-builder to be a fan of the Chicago Cubs.
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I always had the dream of flying, and the cheapest way is to become a skydiver.
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You know someone is your favorite person when you've done a day of press, listened to yourself ad nauseam, listened to them tell every story, and when it ends, it's like, 'Are we going to eat something?'
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There are children playing in the streets who could solve some of my top problems in physics, because they have modes of sensory perception that I lost long ago.
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Winning the World Series, winning the MVP, you feel like you have everything.
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Practicing medicine is not only my vocation, it gives me an opportunity to continue to be in direct contact with people, to see them and hear their needs.
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A lot of sad stories in a row - that wears on you.
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I don't want to look back and say, 'Yeah, I was really successful, but I failed at fatherhood because I wasn't there.'
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I however don't go to clubs to show off and to be seen, and certainly not to make statements. I just want to be able to quietly watch a band.
