Beck (Beck Hansen) Quotes
I'm a musician. I'm not, like, a personality. I've never really pretended to perform that kind of function.
Quotes to Explore
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I am a man of tomorrow, but I also live my past.
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I do remember the tour of 'Cats' in Philadelphia. I was 12 and had a stomach bug.
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An alliance of civilisations can be our most powerful weapon in the fight against terror.
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Michael Jordan changed so much in basketball, he took his power to make a difference. It's so much going on in music right now and somebody has to make a difference.
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I was thinking about the women of Pakistan, those who are not allowed to get education, those who are not allowed to do whatever they want to do in their life. I hope that the families will understand that the contribution of women is important and can be more powerful for building a greater country.
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The words printed here are concepts. You must go through the experiences.
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Unworthiness is the inmost frightening thought that you do not belong, no matter how much you want to belong, that you are an outsider and will always be an outsider. It is the idea that you are flawed and cannot be fixed. It is wanting to be loved and feeling unlovable, or wanting to love and feeling that you are not capable of loving.
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After 'Lindbergh,' my publisher asked whom I wanted to write about next. I said, 'There's one idea I've been carrying in my hip pocket for 35 years. It's Woodrow Wilson.'
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We're seeing a crazy appetite for people to acquire and invest in British businesses.
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In terms of Hurricane Sandy, I really do see some hopeful grassroots responses, particularly in the Rockaways, where people were very organized right from the beginning, where Occupy Sandy was very strong, where new networks emerged.
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Of course, my interests and my focus change and become more diverse, more worldly. At the same time, I am interested in the simple basics, which is I love to dance and I love to make people dance.
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The old bastions of the post-communist regime collapsed before my very eyes. The monsters who had kept Ukraine in a criminal state left the stage.
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I've turned into one of those people who go jogging in parks that I used to hate.
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From 1 till 7, when we moved to England, I spoke only Portuguese.
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I was always telling everyone, I want to be a broadcaster. They'd say, What, are you crazy? What, you're going to be Arthur Godfrey?
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The first requisite for the happiness of the people is the abolition of religion.
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We all must support the arts, as it is our culture. It makes us better people. It makes us happy; it gives us empathy and shows us how to live. It is so important.
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An author's ability to bring a marketing synopsis to the table - along with a great manuscript - makes a difference in what books get picked up. This is true for both fiction and nonfiction titles. You need to show your publisher what you've got in your marketing arsenal.
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It is not the simple statement of facts that ushers in freedom; it is the constant repetition of them that has this liberating effect. Tolerance is the result not of enlightenment, but of boredom.
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I certainly support civil unions.
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When I meet people after stand-up shows, they'll bring their cars.
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Nobody really cares about what other people think anymore; they're all about themselves.
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I'm a musician. I'm not, like, a personality. I've never really pretended to perform that kind of function.
