John Sykes Quotes
You know in America the general consensus is that rock is dead. Ever since the alternative thing came in. With rock, it's like they just don't want to know about it.
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The security link between us and Europe is very important for European security but also for our security.
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One's own religion is after all a matter between oneself and one's Maker and no one else's.
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I mean there are many people who have endorsed me that I agree with on some things and not others.
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I doubt there's any government in the world that guides itself primarily by strategy or conceptual documents or worldview. Anybody who has the reins of power has to look at practical limitations and tradeoffs - the fact that you can focus at most on one or two things at a time, that resources are limited.
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I want to thank all the women who have worn my clothes, the famous and the unknown, who have been so faithful to me and given me so much joy.
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I believe that we live in a 'return to sender universe' - what you send out is exactly what you will get back.
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I am so excited to extend myself behind the scenes as a designer and to - as my father puts it - finally have a real job.
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I spend most of my time thinking about things like laundry and buying stationery supplies.
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I remember returning to Bangalore after a few months of travel and seeing it as a first-world city, like New York or San Francisco. This may be obvious to some people, but I grew up in Delhi, and I had no experience of how someone from a 'Tier 2' city may view a 'Tier 1' city. You really do emigrate between worlds when you come from those towns.
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I know about various fictional and folkloric vampire mythoses the way other people know about the personal life of celebrities.
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But I'm an actor and I like to just keep working.
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I didn't really want to be the coach who wins but the coach who educates.
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Little Zac had it easy – but he didn't realize he had it easy, so he took it for granted. I think going through 'Hairspray' and other projects helped me learn about the business and life in general.
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Photorealism's goal is to reproduce a photograph. The best photorealism can't beat a printer, and I have a really nice printer.
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The creative act requires both will and intelligence. Breaking things is easy. You only need a hammer.
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I haven't had a drink in thirteen years, but occasionally I'm tempted to have one beer. The problem is that if I have that one beer, I wake up in Tijuana four days later with a tattoo and a sore ass.
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I was a drummer and I played the guitar.
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The thing about movies now is in a way what it always was: The screen is huge and now the sound systems are too. And you never get that with TV. Even with a home system, it's never the same.
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Everyone is so weird in L.A. that if you're somewhat normal, it's exotic.
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You don't have to worry about being a number one, number two, or number three. Numbers don't have anything to do with placement. Numbers only have something to do with repetition.
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If you're uncomfortable with your financial advisor, it's probably with good reason.
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The quality of instruction is very high at the Silverlake Conservatory of Music. It's not about being a rock star. It's about the fundamentals of music, theory and technique on a particular instrument, and playing in an ensemble or private setting.
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It's the same thing as a primitive of Africans, Indians, nomads or whatever - when they start getting up and doing their ritual and doing the dance, it's just what's coming through. It's the spirit. Rock 'n' roll is still primitive.
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You know in America the general consensus is that rock is dead. Ever since the alternative thing came in. With rock, it's like they just don't want to know about it.
