Ian Hill Quotes
Nothing mysterious about it - I mean Ken, Glenn, and Rob are the three frontmen and they do a majority of the songwriting too; we've a majority of interviewers who want to speak to one of them, so it's not really that I don't want to do interviews or anything like that, it's just the way it works out.
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You need someone to see what you've done, to read it and to understand it and to appreciate what's gone into it.
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My father always taught me to appreciate what you're fortunate to have and give back to those who need it. No part of our society is more important than the children, especially the ones who need our help.
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Forgiveness is a very personal and intimate thing. Forgiveness is not something that you can speak for others because it includes not only your desire and will, your reflection and intellect, but also your emotions.
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Writing humor for me is more like a watchful-ness. You have to watch. When you say something funny, or someone else does, it's more like you wait for the piece.
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Hard power makes sense under some circumstances. But there's not a universal solution to global problems.
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Kids in urban and rural areas face so many challenges, and they show up at schools that don't have the extra capacity or extra resources to meet their needs.
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Take the great example of the four-minute mile. One guy breaks it, then all of a sudden everyone breaks it. And they break it in such a short period of time that it can't be because they were training harder. It's purely that it was a psychological barrier, and someone had to show them that they could do it.
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I'm holding onto the hope that there is some reason that I got cancer and there is something – that may not be very clear to me right now – but that I will do.
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Of course, a movie is in constant flux.
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I feel so much more comfortable when I'm working on material which makes other people scratch their heads and ask, 'You're going to make a musical out of that?'
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Everyone's a millionaire where promises are concerned.
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The best physicians are Dr. Diet, Dr. Quiet, and Dr. Merryman.
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I get to know my regular fans, and they inspire me.
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You don't just luck into things as much as you would like to think you do. You build step by step, whether it is friendships or opportunities.
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People in great institutions are occasionally credulous.
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These will vary in every human being; but knowledge is the same for every mind, and every mind may and ought to be trained to receive it.
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You gotta wear the right trousers if you're gonna be a rock star.
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Sometimes when I play that old six-string, I think about you, wonder what went wrong.
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Life is strewn with so many dangers, and can be the source of so many misfortunes, that death is not the greatest of them.
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It is inbred in us that we have to do exceptional things for God: but we have not. We have to be exceptional in the ordinary things, to be holy in mean streets, among mean people, and this is not learned in five minutes.
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I like how I write better than how I speak.
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Facts speak louder than statistics.
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Many of our television hosts are modern-day carnival barkers. We get dopamine, adrenalin, and oxytocin all at once. It's an adult video game. But instead of expertly separating us from our wallets, they're separating us from things much more valuable. Our time, our sense of perspective, and our judgment. And they are separating us from each other.
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Nothing mysterious about it - I mean Ken, Glenn, and Rob are the three frontmen and they do a majority of the songwriting too; we've a majority of interviewers who want to speak to one of them, so it's not really that I don't want to do interviews or anything like that, it's just the way it works out.
