Finneas (Finneas Baird O'Connell) Quotes
I don't analyze songs because I think it will make me a better songwriter, I just do it out of sheer curiosity.
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I am a man of tomorrow, but I also live my past.
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One of the most important tools we have at the Small Business Administration (SBA) to reach high growth entrepreneurs is the Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) program.
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A Pike, in the California dialect, is a native of Missouri, Arkansas, Northern Texas, or Southern Illinois. The first emigrants that came over the plains were from Pike County, Missouri; but as the phrase, 'a Pike County man,' was altogether too long for this short life of ours, it was soon abbreviated into 'a Pike.'
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The UK has a poor investment record. According to IMF data, we have come seventh out of the top seven industrialised countries since 1999.
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Truth is, you make albums, and some of those songs are hits, and some of the greatest hits albums have songs that weren't hits. You have a career, the reason why we're still around 10 years is that we do have successful songs.
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We deploy a full arsenal of tools against voter fraud, including long prison terms, heavy fines and deportation. We have checks and balances at all levels of the system. And we have the Department of Justice prosecutors backing us up.
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The success of ISIS is largely tied to the safe haven it has in Syria.
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I consider myself more a European director who is from Iceland than an Icelandic director.
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I haven't been to a job interview since I was 16 years old. When I was approached by Givenchy it was more like a courtship.
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For me, when I start a novel, I only have a general sense of what I am going to do - usually three or four big scenes or something to which I can really respond emotionally.
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Writing novels is largely about endurance and patience. I take a lot of breaks, hit walls, and go do something else while I think things through. But I do it every day, and I try to treat it as a job, something that is not dictated by whimsy or muses.
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When I say what I say it’s because what I say has overcome me.
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I can clear my mind, and lyrics just come out; it's very easy for me.
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We're giving RCA another record, and that should finish them.
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I love hip-hop and you can't tell me I'm not a hip-hop artist.
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When I was a child, kids used to make fun of me because I was blind. But I just became more curious, 'How can I climb this tree and get an apple for this girl?' That's what mattered to me.
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People relate to me, and I try to make songs that make people smile.
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The mixture of electronics and guitars was a positive thing that made the songs stay with people.
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I am proudest of that first novel, 'Trust,' of anything I have written. I don't think I've had such intense energy since.
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There is an explosion of information happening, yet people demand quick access to relevant content that cuts through the clutter.
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I don't analyze songs because I think it will make me a better songwriter, I just do it out of sheer curiosity.
