Pat Metheny Quotes
I love playing and working on music. It is something that I feel really lucky to be able to spend my life doing. And I don't sleep much!
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At first blush, it seems odd that loser lit books are rejected initially, then go on to be fiercely loved by legions of readers. This apparent contradiction might be due to the fact that if they didn't screw up their lives, most losers would be the kind of power-elite, Type A go-getters whom readers love to hate.
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Obviously, exercise is an important part of my life, and I think taking care of yourself is an important part of every individual's health care.
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I still call Texas home. It is where I spent most of my life growing up.
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Whenever you choose power over love, you will never find true happiness.
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The Constitution remains brilliant in its overall design and sound with respect to the Bill of Rights and the separation of powers. But there are numerous archaic provisions that inhibit constructive change and adaptation. These constitutional bits affect the daily life of the republic and every citizen in it.
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I love sparkly eyes for the holidays, especially New Year's Eve.
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I gave up school. I gave up a really, really good job. I gave up a lot of stuff. I cut a lot of people out of my life so I could just focus on my fighting dreams.
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In life, sometimes you just lose.
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It feels like Gangstarr is the purest group in hip-hop. They was shooting videos on the beach in the winter when the water was ice. Razor-blade music.
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I love working with kids, talking with them and listening to them. I always encourage kids to reach beyond their dreams. Don't try to be like me. Be better than me.
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Life develops, changes, is in motion. The forms of literature are not.
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I'm never going to apologize for having a lot of guy friends, and I always have. That happens, and I'm not going to live my life where I'm not going to go out and have a coffee or lunch with my guy friends.
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I have to give importance to my personal life, my family, parents, and sisters. I hope I can strike the right balance.
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I guess I was a mom so late in life, my daughter was the greatest thing since sliced bread.
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I firmly disbelieve that one has to be a tortured soul to write good music.
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I like blues but it is music I am too ignorant to understand.
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If I write something, and I'm going to put in all that love and energy, I want to direct it.
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I love feminine soft shades for summers - I like pastels and bright hues, too. I like summer dresses and tank tops; I think they never go out of style. As much as I'm happy with Western wear for red carpet and social dos, I also like Indian ethnic wear for special occasions.
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This business switching styles can't be done honestly by one man. As soon as he can play his instrument well, he can express himself, and all his life he has only one self.
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The Senate floor is and always has been the great arena of our democracy. I spent eight years in my younger life as a boxer, and sometimes when I enter the chamber, I think, 'This is the ring. The American people can see us here and listen to our arguments. This is where the fights matter.'
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Under democracy one party always devotes its chief energies to trying to prove that the other party is unfit to rule - and both commonly succeed, and are right...The United States has never developed an aristocracy really disinterested or an intelligentsia really intelligent. Its history is simply a record of vacillations between two gangs of frauds.
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There's something cool about being involved in new missions to other planets.
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The past could liberate or imprison - it creates a nation's character, provides the nourishment or the poison a people imbibe in their very marrow.
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I love playing and working on music. It is something that I feel really lucky to be able to spend my life doing. And I don't sleep much!
