Daniel Powter Quotes
I gave up that idea of trying to make music that I thought other people would want. I just made music for myself and music for people that I knew.
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It's interesting that one of the definitions of the word 'human' is 'sympathetic.' More and more people are beginning to show that they understand why that is important.
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Deconstructing the concept of race not only conflicts with people's tendency to classify and build family histories according to common descent but also ignores the work of biologists studying non-human species.
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If we keep an open mind, too much is likely to fall into it.
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I'm really an honorary Jew, you know; all the best people are. I really do feel Jewish, even though I'm a Catholic. The way the Church has been behaving, I'm happy to be Jewish.
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Insults are the business of the court.
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From the moment I walked into the White House, it was as if I had no privacy at all.
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Our music comes from our hearts - and it always has.
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There's man all over for you, blaming on his boots the fault of his feet.
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If there was a time when 'The Ecologist' appeared not to be making a difference at all, not doing something useful, I wouldn't do 'The Ecologist,' but I think it is useful.
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In the United States, large corporations control some members of Congress. All this does is delay the corporation's funeral at our expense.
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Rag paper, containing hemp fiber, is the highest quality and longest lasting paper ever made. It can be torn when wet, but returns to its full strength when dry.
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O public road, I say back I am not afraid to leave you, yet I love you, you express me better than I can express myself.
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I don't respond to authority figures who abuse their authority.
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He best keeps from anger who remembers that God is always looking upon him.
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To be political means to speak out, to risk being called 'catty', or worse. I don't hear men worrying about whether they may be right or not. They enjoy the fight, whether it is with words or fists. Women still tend to shy away from controversy, to be uncomfortable with competition.
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I have been firming up and making changes in my roster for 2001. This needs to be done from now and then, to make sure what you are booking is working, and to keep a balance in your roster that works.
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When you're having conversations about actors, you realize these same conversations have happened about you. If you want to make a film for $5m, then you cast A, B and C, but if you want $20m, you won't be able to cast them, you need X, Y and Z.
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The world has also learned that economic growth, by itself, cannot close the gap between rich and poor.
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People don't take you seriously, so you have to take yourself seriously.
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The Democratic chairman doesn't need to be a household name. Most people didn't know who Ron Brown was when he was chairman of the Democratic Party, but he put the party in a position where Bill Clinton could come in and he had a solid base to run from.
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The true virtue of human beings is fitness to live together as equals; claiming nothing for themselves but what they as freely concede to everyone else; regarding command of any kind as an exceptional neccessity, and in all cases a temporary one.
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Our struggle today is not to have a female Einstein get appointed as an assistant professor. It is for a woman schlemiel to get as quickly promoted as a male schlemiel.
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I gave up that idea of trying to make music that I thought other people would want. I just made music for myself and music for people that I knew.
