Tony Kanal Quotes
I never had a cool older brother or sister to turn me on to cool music. I had to discover it for myself.
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At the age of 13, I felt it was up to me to decide whether I wanted to go to church or be with my mates, and I chose to go to church.
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There was a lot of me trying to be a 'fixer.' I was that kind of guy. I'd meet someone who had 'so much potential' that needed 'help.' I think that was kind of my curse for a long time.
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The next time you're driving from New York to Boston on I-95, you should make a little detour in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, to visit the Old Slater Mill national historic landmark. It's the site of what is considered to be the first successful water-powered textile spinning mill in America.
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I believe in the spirit of equality and the spirit of this country as one of love and compassion and kindness.
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Wherever magistrates were appointed from among those who complied with the injunctions of the laws, Socrates considered the government to be an aristocracy.
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The nice thing about Reddit is, we don't have to sell your data or build a profile of you or do stuff that makes people feel uncomfortable.
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I always wrote about things that were important to me. I think our past success showed that it was also important for a lot of others.
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No one can control the aging process or the trajectory of illness.
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Early on, if I was alone two three nights in a row, I'd start writing poems about suicide.
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If you stood me in a costume next to a computer graphic of the same-looking character, I think there would be a difference. And many movie fans I've spoken to would rather see an actor in a costume than CG.
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Beauty was never really my trip. Maybe those roles are attracted to me?
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When you play all that as a body of work there are four great songs, four mediocre songs and four bad songs. I didn't know it at the time; I was just doing my best.
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I'm a hopeless romantic.
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The commodity price easing really does not play too much role in our margins because our basic raw material - steel - is not really a commodities engineering steel.
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95% of Economics is common sense deliberately made complicated.
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Yes, our DNA is unique but so is a salamander’s.
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Men become civilized, not in proportion to their willingness to believe, but in proportion to their readiness to doubt. The more stupid the man, the larger his stock of adamantine assurances, the heavier his load of faith.
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I don’t have all the answers. I don’t know anyone who does. But this is certain: too many people have lost their lives who shouldn’t have.
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If I am not in love, nothing is meaningful to me. I have no energy.
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I think there are certain business matters which we must now conduct differently than we used to.
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I certainly think that the publishing houses have to learn more about this informal network of literary blogging and get over the idea that sending an author on a book tour - to Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles - is a successful model anymore.
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On the professional side, I derive great happiness and energy by solving tough business and organisational problems - even taking on tough meetings with customers.
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Without my big brother, I probably literally wouldn't be here.
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I never had a cool older brother or sister to turn me on to cool music. I had to discover it for myself.
