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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With any movie that gets remade, whether I like the remake or not, I'm glad that I can still go watch the original that I love. If the remake is offering something different, I really value that because I'm having a new experience and adding something new to my life.
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Getting the pretty back is about getting back in touch with your essential self: the part of you that knows what you really want.
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I put Catholic guilt to work pretty good for a rich rock star.
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Inactivity is the biggest sin in boxing.
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Spiritual lust--'I must have it at once'--causes me to demand an answer from God, instead of seeking God himself who gives the answer. Is today 'the third day' and He has still not done what I expected? Whenever we insist that God should give us an answer to prayer we are off track. The purpose of prayer is that we get a hold of God, not of the answer.
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I was raised Catholic. I didn't appreciate the guilt and sin part of it.
