Paul Banks Quotes

Basically, every band that makes it has some dude with some sense of business. I don't know if our band would've been so successful were it not for Daniel's Kessler insight into how things really work. Daniel was the one who was diligently saying, "We should make a demo, send it out, play shows but not too many shows, get on shows with touring bands that are coming to New York."

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• My fans are so loving and encouraging. They're with me on good days and bad days.

  

  La'Porsha Renae
  • Good
  • Bad
  • Fans

• We saw - we conducted the experiment. I mean, it's been done. We saw Apple with Steve Jobs. We saw Apple without Steve Jobs. We saw Apple with Steve Jobs. Now, we're gonna see Apple without Steve Jobs.

  

  Larry Ellison
  • Done
  • See
  • Apple

• If there was a way to discourage trash constitutionally, I would sure as heck take a hard look at it. I don't think there is. So I don't think there's a choice here.

  

  Ed Rendell
  • Think
  • Look
  • Choice

• When I read a script, if I feel it's written with the idea of just bashing other people, then I shy away from it. Sometimes it's some guy coming out with his own hatred, and I don't need to be a part of it.

  

  Faran Tahir
  • People
  • Guy
  • Sometimes

• Giving children a fair chance to achieve their dreams and reach their potential is everyone's responsibility.

  

  Randi Weingarten
  • Children
  • Giving
  • Responsibility

• I travelled around small-town India a lot for a job from 2010-2012, and I was impressed by the energy I encountered in these places.

  

  Karan Mahajan
  • Job
  • Energy
  • Small

• I was lucky that it hit my shaft, and then my helmet, and I was lucky enough to get that breakaway.

  

  Saku Koivu
  • Enough
  • Lucky
  • Helmet

• I've had experiences where I wasn't allowed to change words around at all because you have to say everything, exactly as written on the page. That's not fun for me. For me, part of being an actor is being able to contribute to a character's rhythms. If there's room to explore, you find a happy medium.

  

  Zooey Deschanel
  • Character
  • Fun
  • Happy

• When we try to push the envelope, there are certain sectors of society that say this is a Zionist plot to sort of destabilize our country, or this is an American agenda.

  

  Abdullah II of Jordan
  • Country
  • American
  • Society

• Whether you draw diagrams that generate code or you type at a browser, you are coding.

  

  Kent Beck

• I'm always trying to look for different roles.

  

  Eric Close
  • Different
  • Trying

• Ellen Galinsky's surveys at the Families and Work Institute pointed to a desirable norm for many parents for working not full-time, but part-time. And I get that. I mean, Norway has a 35-hour work week. That counts as part-time for us in the United States, you know. And Norway's doing well, by the way.

  

  Arlie Russell Hochschild
  • Time
  • Work
  • Parents

• The worst thing is when a guy just looks awkward. It's not attractive.

  

  Rita Ora
  • Guy

• I am never going to stop playing the villain. I would be foolish to do so because the audiences apparently enjoy watching me, and who am I to say no?

  

  Christopher Lee
  • Stop

• The great spirals... apparently lie outside our stellar system.

  

  Edwin Powell Hubble
  • Great

• A lot of individuals out there carry a lot of proprietary information on their mobile devices, and they're not protected. It's a very target-rich environment.

  

  Kevin Mitnick
  • Environment

• Films with a message just make me laugh.

  

  Claude Chabrol

• My material reaches everyone.

  

  Loni Love

• One of my worries about America is the epidemic of depression we've been in. One of the possibilities about that is that the 'I' gets bigger and bigger, and the 'we' gets smaller and smaller.

  

  Martin Seligman
  • America
  • Depression

• I can cook a little bit. I can cook a few Spanish dishes. But, in movies, it looks like I cook much better than I cook.

  

  Penelope Cruz
  • Spanish

• I don't need many things. I don't need glamour and attention to be happy. I'm very happy being settled and working my butt off and trying to win grand slams.

  

  Maria Sharapova
  • Trying
  • Happy
  • Attention

• I love to have a band, but dancers are my priority because I really want a show, you know?

  

  Zara Larsson
  • Love
  • Want
  • Know

• Basically, every band that makes it has some dude with some sense of business. I don't know if our band would've been so successful were it not for Daniel's Kessler insight into how things really work. Daniel was the one who was diligently saying, "We should make a demo, send it out, play shows but not too many shows, get on shows with touring bands that are coming to New York."

  

  Paul Banks Interpol
  • Band
  • Successful
  • Insight