Joe Satriani Quotes
If someone can relate my guitar solo to an exercise in a book... that's no fun at all.
Quotes to Explore
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I've never gotten thick skin. If you close yourself off and you get this protective armor, there is a price you pay with that - of not feeling. And feeling is important when you are a songwriter.
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People want to see a movie that casts a mature woman across from a mature man.
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The Wii U is pretty cool, and the thing that I'm most intrigued about it is it's the first gaming platform that actually is exploiting the second screen.
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When virtue is lost, benevolence appears, when benevolence is lost right conduct appears, when right conduct is lost, expedience appears. Expediency is the mere shadow of right and truth; it is the beginning of disorder.
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After World War I the resentment of the working class against all that it had to suffer was directed more against Morgan, Wall Street and private capital than the government.
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The most irresistible charm of youth is its bubbling enthusiasm. Youth sees no darkness ahead - no defile that has no outlet - it forgets that there is such a thing as failure in the world and believes that mankind has been waiting all these centuries for him to come and be the liberator of truth and energy and beauty.
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Does that mean we should give up? Probably. But there are two issues worth considering. The first is - is it really true that drugs destroy the integrity of the game?
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The way that people have gotten on board with me is the most encouraging thing in the world, but it's all very connected to the 14 years I've been on tour with Steel Train, even my band before that, Outline, and then fun. and now Bleachers.
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Life is not over because you have diabetes. Make the most of what you have, be grateful.
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I always say: To be well dressed you must be well naked.
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My first endeavor was to save the core of the German system of justice: the independent judiciary.
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We may be in a tough time right now, but when we are in a tough time is when our movement gets really strong.
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I always liked Casey Stengel as a manager because he seemed to have a grasp of so many things.
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I have a control problem. I hate the feeling of not being in control.
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Like most people, I shrink from exposing my innermost secrets and my most private and intimate actions.
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I like to get a salad or fruit in me - just some good energy food - and then a plate a pasta with a breast of chicken.
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When candidates have asked me for support before, they have asked for more than a check.
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I grew up in Oakland and Berkeley, California.
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I wasn't a big fan of social anthropology. And, luckily, that created room for me to work in visual arts because I sort of ignored my requirements. I think I was attracted to social anthropology because I liked to travel and was always interested in far-off places.
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I could take a photo, but I'd rather paint a picture.
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'Extraordinary' is an original fairy tale, a contemporary story. But like a traditional fairy tale, it heads quickly into frightening, bloody territory. I am afraid for my book, as it goes out alone into the world, just as I was frightened for Phoebe as I wrote and rewrote her story.
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It's fun to branch out a bit. I feel like I've held a lot of tricks up my sleeve for a lot of years, and 'Ex-Girlfriends' is a good way to show another side of me.
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The early reviews of Dick Cheney's memoir have not evaluated the book, but instead have used its publication as an occasion for attacks on Cheney and his record, with general assaults on George W. Bush's administration thrown in for good measure.
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If someone can relate my guitar solo to an exercise in a book... that's no fun at all.
