Bryan Hayes Quotes
On the music side, I'm a cross between maybe that Texas songwriter and that Tom Petty feel.
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If I'm among my boys or people I've grown up with, I can be immature.
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Christianity, democracy, science, education, wealth, and the cumulative inheritance of a thousand years, have not preserved us from the vain repetition of history.
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Because of the way my words get scrutinized, I have to use a level of precision so people don't accuse me of misleading them.
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There are other ways of finding satisfaction, recipes for human happiness, enjoyment, dignified and meaningful, gratifying life, than increased consumption that increases production.
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I certainly didn't have a nanny.
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A European army must protect the continent from two sides, from the east and from the south, in terms of protecting against terrorism and migration.
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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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I think it's good to have surprises in fashion because we always see the same things.
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I don't focus on the scale. I focus on doing my job. The team staff and the program I've been working on, they've been touching on that, but I don't focus on the scale.
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We used to fight the LRA with only one dimensional force that only walks on foot, but now, we have got multiple forces to fight the rebels.
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My problem is that I am perhaps too much of a democrat for this time of the country's life. If you need a dictator, then go to the Afghan people. Let them elect a dictator. I am not one of those.
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A Hair perhaps divides the False and True; Yes; and a single Alif were the clue - Could you but find it - to the Treasure-house, And peradventure to The Master too;
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I hired finishers because I’m a good starter and a poor finisher.
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What I find is that when young people find a brand they relate to, that they feel speaks to them, they want it in every format they can get.
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I was very down as a teenager, very upset because I had gotten hurt in a car accident. But my dad was a source of strength. He used to say, 'It's the character with strength that God gives the most challenges to.' I've thought about that so many times in my life when things didn't go right.
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I know very few Americans, though I like the way they think. They think big.
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Anyone familiar with my work knows I'm no sappy sentimentalist.
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I tend to write it and then let go emotionally.
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Prose cannot compete with the economy of poetry, the ability to have a full artistic experience in a short period of time.
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It is not part of the functions of the national government to find employment for people - and if we were to appropriate a hundred millions for this purpose, we should be taxing forty millions of people to keep a few thousand employed.
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Nature and books belong to the eyes that see them.
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I studied classical music in the Conservatory of Paris.
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I'm always interested in seeing how other artists work. I want to know what their working patterns are. I even like to know if they listen to music when they draw or what time of day they draw, even materials they use, what they research, if they use photographs.
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On the music side, I'm a cross between maybe that Texas songwriter and that Tom Petty feel.
