Floor Jansen Quotes
Musically, I have little ambition. The only real ambition I have is to make music and do music whenever I feel like it, without any real ambition or planning.
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I'm so intrigued by women throughout history where the significance of what they were representing at that time is obscured by the fact a man saved them or they were prostitutes.
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I was probably never going to get to do the kind of things dramatically that I really wanted to do, so I returned to theater from time to time, and to write, and produce. It's by no means sour grapes.
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If I wasn't five-foot, I wouldn't be who I am! My size is a huge part of me.
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Our bombs are smarter than the average high school student. At least they can find Kuwait.
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We can see cities during the day and at night, and we can watch rivers dump sediment into the ocean, and see hurricanes form.
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As goes California, so goes the rest of the nation.
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The history of all previous societies has been the history of class struggles.
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We say that the ICC is targeting Africans, but all of the victims in our cases in Africa are African victims.
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I am happy to donate funds to various organizations that help people in need.
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I think the way to understand Teach for America is as a leadership development program.
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Banks are an almost irresistible attraction for that element of our society which seeks unearned money.
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I love the produce section at the grocery store.
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I do believe that all of the world needs reform. The reform must take place everywhere.
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It would have been easy for me to bring out a real cheesy pop song, but 'Please Don't Let Me Go' isn't your typical 'X Factor' single, and it's a grower, not a shower.
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Painting is self-discovery. Every good artist paints what he is.
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I became the Dalai Lama not on a volunteer basis.
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I buy five of the same shirts. I literally have six blue shirts. Now I have six green shirts.
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I was a victim of a stereotype. There were only two of us Negro kids in the whole class, and our English teacher was always stressing the importance of rhythm in poetry. Well, everybody knows - except us - that all Negroes have rhythms, so they elected me class poet.
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Governments around the world are looking for economic growth and job creation. African economies are no exception, with increasing recognition that growth has to be built on a more diversified economic structure in order to make a lasting contribution to development.
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When you're with Chris Wylde, there's never not laughter.
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Many of the problems of poverty and need are really problems of physical infrastructure: not enough hospitals, too few schools, insufficient roads, bridges, and a lack of tools. This is what makes traditional philanthropy so daunting. You could build a thousand new hospitals in some parts of the world and barely make a difference.
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There's a very old recording maxim that goes, 'Distance makes depth.' I've used that a hell of a lot-whether it's tracking guitars or the whole band. People are used to close-miking amps, but I'd have a mic out around the back, as well, and then balance the two. Also, you shouldn't have to use EQ in the studio if the instruments sound right. You should be able to get the right tones simply with the science of microphone placement.
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Great music is great music. It doesn't matter what genre it belongs.
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Musically, I have little ambition. The only real ambition I have is to make music and do music whenever I feel like it, without any real ambition or planning.
