Ted Olson Quotes
Every time you make a guess of what a judge is going to do... you're wrong, so I try to stay away from that.
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When I'm doing just music all the time, it can get really overwhelming. It's always challenging to switch it up a bit. And just because you're a musician, it doesn't mean that music is your only creative outlet.
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Until you value yourself, you won't value your time. Until you value your time, you will not do anything with it.
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The most nurturing of directors can make you feel too comfortable, and you don't really push for that extra whatever.
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There's nothing wrong with anger provided you use it constructively.
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Every idea has its time.
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I thought I knew there was a God. I always acknowledged that, but at the same time, I didn't live by those laws.
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Dan Henderson has been a fighter for a long time, and he's been a champion in many different organizations.
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Well, you can't argue with somebody that won't argue back.
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No one teaches you how to be a famous person; no one teaches you how to be a role model. It's something you have to do on your own.
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I'm not very cool. I have a really hard time meeting people and stuff.
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I was a rapper and a DJ, and if you wanted to be involved in hip-hop, you had to be involved in the sonic, the kinetic and the visual aspects. The visual was graffiti.
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There are really very few roles for women in films in which you can also make a living.
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Notice the times in your life when you go above and beyond simply because you care so much.
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You try not to become so emotionally attached to your character, but you do.
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I'd always loved strings. When I was in high school and saw strings playing on stage, an orchestra or a symphony, all those bows moving at the same time... wow.
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MTV made a huge impact. Heavy rotation took you from selling 1m albums to 20m albums, and that meant a lot of dough.
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I want to be the number one songwriter-producer guy of all time.
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I pay attention to lyrics and I know what rap fans care about. I try to write for the average listener and I'm conscious of the mainstream without selling out.
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The soul has no assignments, neither cooks Nor referees: it wastes its time. It wastes its time.Here in this enclave there are centuries For you to waste: the short and narrow stream Of life meanders into a thousand valleys Of all that was, or might have been, or is to be. The books, just leafed through, whisper endlessly.
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Now is now, and I live everything one day at a time. The fact that I'm still on the planet and able to still make music is such a miracle.
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The competition has improved tremendously. In 2003, I could teach a guy how to play poker in an hour and he could win some money. Today, it would take days. The game has gotten so much tougher. So I will spend my time with my family and play when I can.
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I think a lot of modern day guitarists start off playing like Eddie van Halen, and they don't take the time to learn the basics.
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The starting point for energy security today as it has always been is diversification of supplies and sources.
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Every time you make a guess of what a judge is going to do... you're wrong, so I try to stay away from that.
