Katrina Mayer Quotes
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I don't set out to win awards. I don't think any musician does, but when you receive an award, it's an affirmation: it means that people appreciate what you do. Every award I have received is a confirmation of something I have done, and that motivates me to push a little harder.
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My work as an artist is completely separate from my work as a philanthropist.
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Boys, I'm one of those umpires that misses 'em every once in a while so if it's close, you'd better hit it.
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I'm somewhat of a perfectionist, I think, and I strive for perfection.
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Lead us not into temptation. Just tell us where it is; we'll find it.
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Nobody likes a child to die or losing an election.
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Being jealous of a beautiful woman is not going to make you beautiful.
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The region west of the Mississippi continued in the popular mind to be a strange land for which the reports of explorers and travellers did the work of fiction, and Cooper's Prairie had few followers.
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I think the self-burning itself on practice of non-violence. These people, you see, they easily use bomb explosive, more casualty people. But they didn't do that. Only sacrifice their own life. So this also is part of practice of non-violence.
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I'm a stand-up. I'm never worried about getting my next role. That's never distressing to me.
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I think the perfection of love is that it's not perfect.
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Painting is something that requires a lot of time - it's not just one good idea out of art school.
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Each album takes two or two-and-a-half years to finish between recording and touring. It's like being with an old boyfriend every single night watching the same things on TV. There is a world out there going on that I'm missing.
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Let us heed the voice of the people and recognize their common sense. If we do not, we not only blaspheme our political heritage, we ignore the common ties that bind all Americans.
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There's this Method Man album called 'Tical.' It's his first album. I would just listen to that every day, because the album feels like, if it were a film, it would be black and white. It feels like there's a war percolating throughout the album itself. It's dark, and it has a nice forward pace to it.
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I'm not interested in playing the field and all that stuff because frankly I'm not into frivolous relationships.
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So there is a personal sense of style for a given work - I don't like a general style, but every work has its own style, and I want to create a style for every work.
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I really had little interest in becoming famous. When I write my book, it will be my guide to avoid becoming a rock star.
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My kids and I are spending time together. And we're enjoying that. Family is important; I was gone a lot in the 20 years of public service.
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American values, or Americanism, refers to what I call the 'American Trinity': 'Liberty,' 'In God We Trust,' and 'E Pluribus Unum' ('Out of Many, One'), the three values that appear on all American coins.
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All the soarings of my mind begin in my blood.
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You might try a different fix, a stronger shot, a harder mix. But they wouldn’t get you, baby, and if everyone you know said you ought to let me go, you’d tell ’em they were crazy, so crazy.
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I was raised on the streets, in hot, steamy Brooklyn, with stifled air.
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Every morning you get the chance to begin again.
