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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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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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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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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I see what kids in the business have to watch. It's tough to do.
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Singing and dancing are the greatest emotional outlets you can have.
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Not even the brightest future can make up for the fact that no roads lead back to what came before - to the innocence of childhood or the first time we fell in love.
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Matt Ryan does a great job of throwing the ball. No quarterback within the 20 to 25 yard range is throwing the ball any better than Matt Ryan.
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I have friends in France who are artists. I go to gallery openings and things like that.
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I think people are going to keep asking me about Macaulay. Some things change and some things don't.
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I bought all the books, but I probably knew on the first day that law school wasn't for me. I didn't give up until about ten days. I don't think I really told my father. I really didn't like my father knowing my things were not successful.
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Ethics, politics and psychology are all far more difficult to understand now that we know the depths to which human nature can sink.
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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.
