Mike Skinner (Michael Geoffrey Skinner) Quotes
An addiction to a fix of praise- Rely on me to say it’s okay- There’s only room for one in the sun- There was only one of me and you once
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When my first child was born in 1962, I wrote a letter to my grandfather telling him how happy I was but how concerned; concerned because there were so many visions which were not very good.
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As an entrepreneur, you only fail when you give up.
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I'm not very bright about money. I'm not domestic either. If I don't learn how to cook, maybe I won't have to.
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When you come to America, it's a very serious thing. It's not like you arrive and they say, 'Hey, come on! Do movies!' I can't just be hopping around. I have to focus and be still and make sure that I put the time and effort in. Because if I don't, I could lose it like that.
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If I were to take an undergraduate chemistry exam, I would probably fail.
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Hip-hop is such a disposable art form from a business standpoint. It never treats its artists as art; it never treats its product as art.
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I love Yves Saint Laurent. I love Chanel. And Versace! Such beautiful gowns!
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The injunction that we should love our neighbors as ourselves means to us equally that we should love ourselves as we love our neighbors.
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I always wanted to tell the story of how Pearl Jam is the story of lightning striking twice. As well as being the flipside of the classic rock tale where great promise ends in tragedy. This is where tragedy begins great promise.
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Show me where Stalin is buried and I'll show you a Communist Plot.
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Handsome is that handsome does.
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Useful undertakings which require sustained attention and vigorous precision in order to succeed often end up by being abandoned, for, in America, as elsewhere, the people move forward by sudden impulses and short-lived efforts.
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I don't feel as if I have to force anything. I just have to play my game.
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We have over 30 dams in Puerto Rico, and I think only one works. We're here in the rain forest, and we have plenty of water. It's insane.
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My mother - who's from Iowa - owns and runs her own day-care centre, while my father's a developer. And my musical influences, I think, came from my father's side of the family.
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A woman is subject matter enough.
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Science fiction and comedy are generally a pretty bumpy mix.
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What really makes your business is your workers - their commitment, their knowledge, how you train them, how you treat them. They have to make the entity a winning entity.
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I have no idea where my career is going. I just make the best music that I possibly can.
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All praise is to Allah, I'll fight any man, any animal, if Jesus were here I'd fight him too.
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An author really ought to have nothing but flowers in the room where he works.
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Make it a habit to praise the horse when the horse yields.
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Immediately after the Floyd experience, I became a pop record producer.
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An addiction to a fix of praise- Rely on me to say it’s okay- There’s only room for one in the sun- There was only one of me and you once
