Wes Nisker Quotes
I meditate because evolution gave me a big brain, but it didn't come with an instruction manual. I meditate because life is too short and sitting slows it down. I meditate because life is too long and I need an occasional breakI meditate because it's such a relief to spend time ignoring myselfI meditate because I'm building myself a bigger and better perspective, and occasionally I need to add a new window.
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In politics people give you what they think you deserve and deny you what they think you want.
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I produce for a low price and I sell it on my own to 80 countries.
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If you want to put golf back on the front pages again, and you don't have a Bobby Jones or a Francis Ouimet handy, here's what you do: You send an aging Jack Nicklaus out in the last round of the Masters and let him kill more foreigners than a general named Eisenhower.
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A leader is admired, a boss is feared.
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It's a different era. Our job now is to show leadership and vision and to help the next generation of artists.
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Yoga takes what you have and molds and sculpts it, which is a much more natural way to look and feel.
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Music is pretty intimate stuff and I can only work with very few people: Gonzalez being one, Mocky being another and, on a completely different level, Broken Social Scene. With Broken Social Scene it's not one-on-one, it's a one-on-12. It's very healthy, very comfortable, like a big pot luck supper among old friends.
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I was a shy gay man at a time when it was illegal to be gay.
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Nobody ever wants to really make someone feel bad.
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When I was a kid, there was so much talent outside of recorded music.
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One day my wife went and saw the accountant and said she's pulling the plug. She said you guys are done. I said, how bad can it be? 10 grand? She said you're not even close. It came out to almost $50,000 in alcohol for two months.
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I really feel that New York City is the greatest city in the world.
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I have very eclectic tastes.
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I know the government needs to ensure economic growth... we just hope it takes care of the environment, too.
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In my last year of school, I was voted Class Optimist and Class Pessimist. Looking back, I realize I was only half right.
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Being with someone who is smart and gives good advice adds tremendously wonderful elements to your life.
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Again, one of the problems I have with television, as I mentioned before, is it's trivial in many ways, and I think that a lot of folks out there are looking for new metaphors and new ways of thinking about things.
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Every lover is a soldier.
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Well, from 1969 to 1984, until he died of AIDS, a teacher and I were very good friends. He even attended celebrations at my home, and I have to admit I even went with him to gay bars once in a while. So I know a homophobe when I see one. Pat Buchanan ain't no homophobe, believe me.
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It is my conviction that secrets are more costly in the long run than honesty.
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I want to live in a country that is not just a place but also an idea, and Jerusalem is the heart of the idea. There may be practical considerations, but a country cannot exist without an ethos, and Jerusalem is an ethos.
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Humor is laughing at what you haven't got when you ought to have it.
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I always want to lead with comedy but hopefully be able to sneak my message through at the same time.
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I meditate because evolution gave me a big brain, but it didn't come with an instruction manual. I meditate because life is too short and sitting slows it down. I meditate because life is too long and I need an occasional breakI meditate because it's such a relief to spend time ignoring myselfI meditate because I'm building myself a bigger and better perspective, and occasionally I need to add a new window.
