Bob Thomason Quotes
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In those years of the Fifties, in London and New York, I lived, without knowing it, in a time when the profoundest changes were happening: when a radical alteration was getting ready to happen in the way a society saw young girls. And, as a consequence, in the way they saw themselves.
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I don't believe in societal restrictions. It wasn't a choice - conformity simply never occurred to me.
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Show me one dictatorship in the world that has not been supported by the United States government or some European governments. It almost doesn't exist. I think a dictatorship and hegemony are part of the same phenomenon.
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Marriage is a definite no-no. I am totally married to my company. Emotionally, my mother fills up the void in my life. So there it is. My company is a spouse I will never cheat on, and my mother completes me as a son. I think I have a full family unit of my own.
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I want to stay alive. Yeah, I want to stay alive. I think that's the main thing. If there's a chance I can live longer, I want to do it.
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If there is one thing that makes me unique, it's that I riff a lot.
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I used to be very photogenic. My brother took a lot of pictures of me in Dubai. I thought maybe I could be a movie star. There was a hurdle, though - I didn't know anything about films.
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Humor is an antidote to all ills.
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In any case, his judgment and set of values, acting alone or through his assistants, determine not only what is gold and what is dross but the design of the history which he creates out of the metal. The historian decides what is significant, and what is not.
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Anything's possible. If I turn round tomorrow and say I want to be a spaceman, I could do that. You can do whatever you want to do.
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The understanding of Syria's devastating civil war has been distorted by the immense danger and difficulty of covering it.
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When it comes to age, I just feel like puberty is, like, the most horrible time of anyone's life.
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Sort of like, I have to make the Japanese lyrics really deep.
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That's one thing the musicians don't remember: you don't choose your demographic - they choose you.
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I grew up in Louisiana. We have red beans and rice, and there's a Popeye's on every corner.
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I'm from the old school - you go where the power is, and you try to make fun of it. When it becomes off limits to say or do certain things without being brutalized or censored or whatever, it's unfortunate.
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And sure th' Eternal Master foundHis single talent well employ'd.
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When in doubt, I read Oscar Wilde.
