Micky Dolenz Quotes
I had piano lessons at five and started guitar at ten, but although music and acting was always around me, my parents never pressured me into it.
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A novel is not a rant.
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Relationships, like cars, should undergo regular services to make sure they are still roadworthy.
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Thousands have lived without love, not one without water.
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Whenever I have even a spare second, I'm in the kitchen whipping up a batch of cookies. I make a mean batch of chocolate chippers.
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Rey is so strong. She's cool and smart and she can look after herself. Young girls can look at her and know that they can wear trousers if they want to. That they don't have to show off their bodies.
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Really, I prefer not to read my early books. Not that I don't like them, but I don't recognize myself anymore, like an old actor watching himself as a young leading man.
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I like feeling my way into different minds and experiences. It comes naturally and always has.
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I'm the girl who - I call it girl-next-door-itis - the hot guy is friends with and gets all his relationship advice from but never considers dating.
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My mother is my hero.
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We have these old fashioned ideas. For instance, here in America, we talk about democracy - but we don't have a democracy. There are elements of a democracy.
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The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring. And that is not happiness.
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No civilization other than that which is Christian, is worth seeking or possessing.
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We eat animals because they taste good. And if that's O.K., what's wrong with wearing fur? We need as a society to think seriously about our institutionalized animal use.
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Employees that feel known and they feel like they know why their job matters and they have a sense of measuring it stay later, do extra work, and are committed to the organization above the requirements that they have.
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Recording a song for a film doesn't take much time; it's hardly an hour's job, but concerts are constant, and so is travelling, so I've to take time out to work on my albums because I'm passionate about creating my own music. When you love something dearly, you set your priorities accordingly.
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I always had the dream of flying, and the cheapest way is to become a skydiver.
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The under-funded and over-extended United States Patent and Trademark Office does not have the resources to adequately evaluate the burgeoning number of applications, and too many low-quality patents are being issued as a result.
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I don't know how many kids I am going to have, but definitely I am one of those women who wants to have family and kids.
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I was surprised when I finally moved to Boston and the East Coast, to discover that there weren't that many vibraphone players around. And I was the only one playing with four mallets.
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I'd love to knock an audience cold with one note, but what do you do for the rest of the evening?
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I'm a good solid family man. I don't say I'm a good solid man.
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I learned that as a director, you're around all these talented people, so you have this window that all these really good ideas can come in to help your movie, so you're crazy to close them. You need to be inspiring people, engaging people. There are lots of people who are really good at their jobs but might not know or feel like they want to come up to people and get them to participate and want to do their best.
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I had piano lessons at five and started guitar at ten, but although music and acting was always around me, my parents never pressured me into it.
