Pete Yorn Quotes
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I think a strong dollar is the result of policies, but I don't think the strong dollar is in and of itself a policy.
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I am completely in favour of dialogue and engagement. But it must be a true, open dialogue.
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It was kind of easier for me to do records that didn't take a year or two years of my life to write and to make.
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The best restriction I learned was getting into the habit of doing something, even if I didn't feel like it, instead of running away from it. Sometimes good work needs to be earned, and when you can overcome yourself, the muse notices and celebrates.
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Sometimes I don't understand why I'm sitting here.
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The pace of innovation may slow down or speed up depending on the appetite in the public markets, but the constant progress of technology doesn't really ever stop. There's always opportunities for new ideas and creative people to go build great things. I'm always interested in learning about those kinds of opportunities.
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After the 9/11 incidents, Islam has become a big question mark among westerners, especially Americans. The mass media constantly raise the issue of relationship between Islam and terrorism.
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We had a kid. The kid was awesome. She didn't fall asleep easily. We complained about it. We got frustrated. But we didn't look for an out. We just accepted that this was part of parenting.
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I was happy to be with my parents. I didn't see very much of them, so I was very happy when my father was there and out of jail.
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I was surprised by how much I liked 'Hacksaw Ridge' and its depth.
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Chief executives, who themselves own few shares of their companies, have no more feeling for the average stockholder than they do for baboons in Africa.
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If there was ever a man born to be a hitter it was me.
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Have you ever walked along a shoreline, only to have your footprints washed away? That's what Alzheimer's is like. The waves erase the marks we leave behind, all the sand castles. Some days are better than others.
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The stream of civilisation flows on like a river: it is rapid in mid- current, slow at the sides, and has its backwaters. At best, civilisation advances by spirals.
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Exhaustion and exasperation are frequently the handmaidens of legislative decision.
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Women are always told, 'You're not going to make it, its too difficult, you can't do that, don't enter this competition, you'll never win it,' - they need confidence in themselves and people around them to help them to get on.
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I can't say, 'It doesn't matter if you win or lose.' It's not true. You go in to win.
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We are not what we seem. We are more than what we seem. The actor knows that. And because the actor knows that hidden inside himself there's a wizard and a king, he also knows that when he's playing himself in his daily life, he's playing a part, he's performing, just as he's performing when he plays a part on stage.
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If you go down as a comedian's comedian, that's basically meaning other comedians are hopefully feeling that you're doing okay.
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My energy level has not changed.
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Throughout my career, even as a very young actor, people have always said to me that they would like to see my Othello. They could see something of him in me, I suppose.
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I've undoubtedly offended people, but in the end, I've learned the people that will understand are the people I want to connect to, anyway.
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I believe Congress has a duty to do so as well; not simply as a body of legislators, but more importantly as a community of friends, neighbors, parents and Americans.
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It's a lie in the end, you only satisfy your friends.
