Erik Rutan Quotes
Everything has it's own vibe. Every song has a different place, I guess, of where and when and what was going on and things of that nature.
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An election in which people have to wait 10 hours to vote, or in which black voters wait in the rain for hours, while white voters zip through polling places, is unworthy of the world's leading democracy.
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I get homesick.
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Wise is he who enjoys the show offered by the world.
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Nobody in France would ever say 'He's a Jewish novelist' or 'She's a black novelist,' even though people do write about those subjects. It would look absurd to a French person to go into a bookstore and see a 'Gay Studies' section.
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All the religious wars that have caused blood to be shed for centuries arise from passionate feelings and facile counter-positions, such as Us and Them, good and bad, white and black.
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I love all animals. I just happen to prefer cats. They're really chill, and they're loving yet not loving. I relate to them, in a way.
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Though there is such a rich tradition of culture and arts, I have never been invited to perform at a concert in South India.
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If you do like what you do, you're cooperating and sharing.
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President Obama stands ready to work with everyone, because that's what the American people expect and deserve - not for the short term political advantages, but the long term health of our country. We don't spend time trying to figure out what's in the minds of Republicans, we try to keep our focus on the American people.
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All beautiful things in this world are because of women.
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The real reform Japan needs is decisive politics when we face issues that need to be decided.
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I'm sort of fascinated by the whole espionage crime thing.
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Not a single piece of material culture - not a single object - has been found at Giza that can be interpreted to come from a lost civilization.
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I believe the greatest asset a head of state can have is the ability to get a good night's sleep.
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My career only took off because of one football game. I thought it was funny. 'Playboy' called and offered me a cover just like that. I turned them down initially, because I was nervous about it and my boyfriend at the time didn't want me to do it, but they kept coming back, so I eventually said yes.
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Read books. They are good for us.
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My art will reflect not necessarily conscious politics but the unanalysed politics of my life.
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Desine qua propter novitate exterritus ipsaexpuere ex animo rationem, sed magis acriiudicio perpende, et si tibi vera videntur,dede manus, aut, si falsum est, accingere contra.
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I meditate two hours a day, and every year I do one big long meditation course. I love it, and I'm really into it.
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External circumstances can contribute to one's happiness and well-being, but ultimately happiness and suffering depend on the mind.
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If I do a song where I'm angry, when it's time to perform it live I'm not mad, I'm happy. I'm at a concert. But I have to somehow drum up that rage. That's acting.
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The publishing industry, unsurprisingly, is full of different people who love different things and express that love in different languages. Find the people, the editors and agents, with whom you share some language, and some sense of what makes literature worth reading.
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Everything has it's own vibe. Every song has a different place, I guess, of where and when and what was going on and things of that nature.
