Leslie Feist (Feist) Quotes
We were a duo on tour, but it was his music and his songs. I was kind of his Vanna White/singing partner/torch-song singer. I was the straight man to his funny man.
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The next phase of the journey is to move from speculation to actual use cases - people getting into Bitcoin because they want to use it.
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Being a star has made it possible for me to get insulted in places where the average Negro could never hope to go and get insulted.
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I was always more interested in the ultimate live performance rather than the recording for its own sake. And, for the audience too, that thrill of - just being there.
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Cultures and races are mixing in a very organic way in the world, and that should be reflected in film and television.
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I never got into politics for it to be a career.
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I had several near death experiences or very, you know, close calls, if you may, in Iraq. You know, there was an incident where I was nearly kidnapped.
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I like a twisted sense of humour. On 'A History of Violence,' David Cronenberg and I would be doing the grimmest scenes and laugh a lot.
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Each great athlete must some day bow to that perennial old champion, Father Time, even as I, for Time eventually wins.
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Being in Harlem on the night of Barack Obama's election was extraordinary. It was the best street party I have ever gone to, and it felt like the period of American history which began with slavery had ended that evening.
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I can laugh and cry at the drop of a freakin' hat - all at the same time.
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The most important thing as a leader is your relationship with God.
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Our society finds truth too strong a medicine to digest undiluted. In its purest form, truth is not a polite tap on the shoulder. It is a howling reproach.
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We all have different things that make us strong and weak, but if we communicate and we really open ourselves and open our hearts, you're going to be amazed by the things that you can learn.
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All fighters run. The constant motion prepares you for being in the ring. And running strengthens your legs. Punching power comes from your lower body.
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No news at 4:30 a.m. is good.
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I have a Facebook page for me and my friends and a Twitter page.
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I feel like woman was brought to this world to have family and kids.
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I want anything I produce to be good for people kind enough to try it, but it's the momentum and process I enjoy most.
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We were young, we were foolish, we were arrogant, but we were right.
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We are aggressively trying to get the word out to parents about how they can tap into this resource.
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Funding has not kept pace with demand for expanded lanes and well-maintained roadways.
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It always cracks me up when program directors or music directors or companies will say, 'Well, we did research, and we interviewed 25 people in our focus group, and this is what they said.' And I'm like, 'I've talked to 25 people in two hours! I talk to 50, 60, 70 people a night! Five or six days a week!'
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The music of memory has its own pitch,which not everyone hears.
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We were a duo on tour, but it was his music and his songs. I was kind of his Vanna White/singing partner/torch-song singer. I was the straight man to his funny man.
