Edward Hallowell Quotes
That’s the problem with being an adult: people have already made up their minds about us; we’ve even made up our minds about ourselves.
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The kindest word to describe my performance in school was Sloth.
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At least for me, any time I've been in hotbeds of creativity, I got excited about something that wasn't coming from me.
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Peruvian food is so simple yet amazingly flavored with their traditional spices.
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If there were Israeli attacks on Iranian nuclear facilities, it makes it certain there would be a reprisal attack against the United States at some point.
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Maybe some people that only listen to electronic music will pick up my record and get turned on to some of the story songs, some of the more country-type stuff.
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Long before we understand ourselves through the process of self-examination, we understand ourselves in a self-evident way in the family, society and state in which we live.
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I was a journalist. I was a drummer. I was everything. I didn't know what the heck I was. But with Jack Paar, the job was very specific - no confusion. You came in each day. You wrote five pages of jokes. You handed the pages in... The pressure was to write five pages of jokes every day. I did it, and I thought, 'This is what I like to do.'
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The number of people who will not go to a show they do not want to see is unlimited.
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I've always embraced failure as a noble pursuit. It allows you to be anti whatever anyone wants you to be, and to break all the rules.
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To make an album like 'Love Letter,' everything's got to be about love. Everything has to have a great feeling when you listen to it.
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But it's not just a game of finding literary references.
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I have both sleep apnea and atrial fibrillation, which are both debilitating conditions.
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The problem with listening to music today is that there's so much of it everywhere. We've got used to hearing music without actually listening to it.
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Maybe the bike is more dangerous, but the passion for the car for me is second to the bike.
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Trump is an anathema to America's democracy and values.
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Our circumstances are the means God uses to exhibit just how wonderfully perfect and extraordinarily pure His Son is.
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Americans are the nicest, most generous, and sentimental people on earth. Yet Americans have killed more unborn children than any nation in history.
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Even now I cannot help feeling that it is a mistake to think that the passion one feels in creation is ever really shown in the work one creates.
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There's all body types, but there's just one size.
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When I first started doing my stand-up act, I played the banjo, did comedy, magic tricks, juggled, read poetry. I stuck it all in. I didn't know you were supposed to just stand up and tell jokes. Essentially, that's what my act became: those five elements - except I dropped the poetry.
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What is so interesting about giving is not only that it pays, but that it pays in such unexpected ways. When you live with generosity, blessings come to you from corners and avenues you never would have expected.
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That’s the problem with being an adult: people have already made up their minds about us; we’ve even made up our minds about ourselves.
