Felix Baumgartner Quotes
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I can think of no one that my grandparents knew, that told me stories and that I experienced myself, had any sense of social inferiority growing up in segregated Washington. None whatsoever.
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If you were my friend, I love you unconditionally. I like you the same way I like everyone else that's around me.
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Remixes are so much fun. For me, it's like this great release of energy. I like producing stuff for myself, but I also enjoy making music that wouldn't really suit my own vibe.
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All my friends were non-Muslims. I actually knew very little about Islam - like, very little.
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I allow myself to fail. I allow myself to break. I'm not afraid of my flaws.
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I consider myself to have one of the greatest voices in the industry.
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I like to get to bed with a clear head.
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I'm a big-city boy. What I like is big cities. It's not just what I like. It's what I write about.
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If you feel like snacking, stock up on almonds, walnuts and cranberries.
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I decide immediately if I like a person and if I do, then I'm myself, and if I don't, then I give nothing.
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When I'm home on a break, I lock myself in my room and play guitar. After two or three hours, I start getting into this total meditation. It's a feeling few people experience, and that's usually when I come up with weird stuff. It just flows. I can't force myself. I don't sit down and say I've got to practice.
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I'm never in my life going to do a record that's a tribute to myself. I don't need it.
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I know from an editor's point of view or a publisher's point of view it's easier to slot me into a particular niche. But I know that I'd be bored unless I wrote a book that in some senses was a challenge.
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I love working with kids, talking with them and listening to them. I always encourage kids to reach beyond their dreams. Don't try to be like me. Be better than me.
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I was very insecure approaching the idea of directing a feature film. I told myself I would not move until I felt I was moving in power rather than moving in desperation to make a movie.
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If you bet on Microsoft, you are not going to ask anymore, 'Hey, where is the innovation?' The challenge going forward is how do we keep up with it.
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Nine-tenths of tactics are certain, and taught in books: but the irrational tenth is like the kingfisher flashing across the pool, and that is the test of generals.
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I think I would like to write screenplays, books, really anything.
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Recreating the experience of, say, bereavement in my own head is pretty rough. I was used to switching off from emotions every day of my working life as a journalist, but in fiction, you have to feel it 100%, or else it's a flat experience for the reader.
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Ryan finally came to my rescue. He'd thought working together in Paper Moon would help us bond.
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We had some very distinguished fans: I know one chancellor of a major university who used to schedule his meetings around Star Trek. We were thrilled to discover that Frank Sinatra was a big fan.
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I grew up being an artist, but also rock-climbing and traveling the world and teaching my kids.
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It's hard knowing who to trust with your personal life. When you cry in your room at night, you don't always know who to call. So I am very close to my family.
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I like to challenge myself.
