Daniel Powter Quotes
I'm learning as I go. The music has drawn me out of my shell. It's made me open my door a little more and be able to look at people in the eye.
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What I've learned is that people have a desire to talk after the first line of reporters go away, and they are no longer speaking out of shock.
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I actually buy the paper version of The New York Times maybe once or twice a week.
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My original idea was to produce and not make records myself.
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I'm not really one of those people who believes that if you're a musician you can just leave that behind and start getting into politics.
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Any partying I did, I did at home. I didn't want to be in the spotlight... There's an easy way to get away from the paparazzi; they're not that difficult to hide from and you don't need to go out for coffee every five minutes.
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Patients know in a heartbeat if they're getting a clumsy exam.
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There's so many good comedians in D.C. I started hanging out with those guys. Dave Chappelle was there. Actually, Dave was too young to be in the clubs, so when his mom couldn't make it, he would ask me to pretend I was his aunt, so he could do open mike.
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In every European nation, there have been problems in history when the society was too divided.
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I don't have a problem with my image; it's other people who do.
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Some people try to get very philosophical and cerebral about what they're trying to say with jazz. You don't need any prologues, you just play.
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It's really wonderful to be able to be nobody, and then have a moment when I can be somebody, and then go right back to being nobody again.
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If you enjoy reading something, read it.
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In such a way she had done what her people prized above all else: she had given her respect to those different from herself.
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'Enlarge my life with multitude of days!'In health, in sickness, thus the suppliant prays:Hides from himself his state, and shuns to knowThat life protracted is protracted woe.
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Perhaps it is the positive knowledge that humans now possess the means to destroy their whole planet, the fear that they have in this way themselves become the gods, dreadfully charged with their own continued existence, that has made comic-book and movie myth escapist.
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Manus haec inimica tyrannisEnse petit placidam sub libertate quietem.
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The press follow me. I sue them. That's the deal.
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I understand a lot of celebrities lose weight because they have the opportunity to get in shape and become healthier, but when you get so polished, you can't tell the story of a blue-collar family anymore.
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And these things are pretty much foundational: thou shall not kill, steal, bear false witness. All these things are embedded into the laws we enjoy in our nation.
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Fear and ignorance fuel so much homophobia.
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People think I am funny all the time. But I am not. I am serious, too. Also, I enjoy serious, dramatic films.
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In an ideal world, we would charge people a $10,000 success fee when they get married or a $5,000 success fee if they enter into a relationship with someone. Unfortunately, that's a little bit hard to track, although someday maybe we'll get around to that.
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Something I've really enjoyed learning more about is course design.
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I'm learning as I go. The music has drawn me out of my shell. It's made me open my door a little more and be able to look at people in the eye.
