John Densmore Quotes
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I'm ambidextrous when I eat. But playing tennis right-handed - I can't do it. I'm clueless.
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The eyes of a poet discover in each person a unique and irreplaceable humanity. While arrogant intellect seeks to control and manipulate the world, the poetic spirit bows with reverence before its mysteries.
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It's healthy to have interests besides books.
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I definitely love Australia. I've been to Sydney and Melbourne a couple of times, and I love those places.
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I was a child of a tech family. My grandfather was a nuclear physicist and was always a gadget guy.
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A good composer does not imitate; he steals.
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No matter what happens, tennis is still tennis: You can see a lot of great matches, a lot of new people.
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The interests of the Soviet Union are in controlling highly developed countries and having the benefit of their economies so that they can run their own inefficient empire.
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My parents were no ordinary people. My mother turned Gandhian, and my father was a staunch communist. They named me after the great saint as a symbol of communal harmony.
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In many ways, 'William Shakespeare's Star Wars' is modeled on Shakespeare's Henry V, which relied on a chorus to explain in words the battles of Harfleur and Agincourt that could never be captured on the Elizabethan stage.
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At 3 years old, I was imitating and doing fun little commercials for the family. Then at 5, I knew, 'OK, this is something I really like.' At 8, I was crying in front of the mirror and my mom was like, 'Oh boy, here we go. We know what she's going to do.'
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I love shorts in the colder climates, because you can wear them with chunky sweaters and jackets. It's cute and funky.
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I did a gig at a comedy club in Bournemouth where they served a buffet while the acts were on. There was the clang of people carving turkey during the set. If you put comedy and turkey side by side, turkey always wins.
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There are many kids in and out of baseball who think that just because they have some natural talent, they have the world by the tail.
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I want to play real characters rather than young leads in very plotty things. I want variety.
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They're just my weaknesses. Everyone is just constantly talking to me about it. It doesn't help.
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I was born in New Jersey and lived there until I was about 10, so Jersey is in my roots.
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I was always - maybe stupidly so - very confident.
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Military deployments have never been something to enjoy, but the consequence of the actions, the shared nature of the sacrifices, and the nobility of the cause are invigorating. To be clear, I'm not talking about the killing and the death; rather, the sense of purpose that pervades every action, reaction, and outcome.
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I worked at Warner Bros. for a while. I was the head of the minority talent casting. It was like pre-Spike Lee and post-blaxploitation era.
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The purpose of daily prayer is the cultivation of a sense of the sacred. Sacred energy renews us.
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You can show your daughter by the way you love and honor your wife that she should never settle for less.
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I can certainly put myself in Israel's shoes. They are humans just like we are. They want peace and security inside their borders.
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I was raised Catholic. I didn't appreciate the guilt and sin part of it.
