Lee DeWyze Quotes
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I was very good in math and physics. In the Soviet time, we had a lot of Olympic-style competitions for different disciplines: I was always winning in my region.
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My father had very little formal education.
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I think I've slayed my long jump demons.
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I'm the worst employer I could wish for because I push myself hard.
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I like to leave a film open-ended, with a lingering feeling. I'll not do sequels of any of my films till I have subjects to explore.
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Debt is the fatal disease of republics, the first thing and the mightiest to undermine governments and corrupt the people.
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In question-and-answer sessions after a reading or during an interview, I forget the question if I'm giving too long an answer. And at the end, I can't remember any of the questions. The more anxious I am about remembering, the more likely I am to forget.
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Through the program, they get the basics of what it takes to train.
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I'd just like to be in films that I would like to see.
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I didn't aim at anything except good music.
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I try not to punish the audience by making them listen to too much acoustic guitar.
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I've worked nonstop for 31 years. I've counted down myself hundreds of cues for everything in each 90-minute show. I've never really taken an extended break, so I'd like to see what a vacation is really like.
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I began studying ribosomes as a postdoctoral fellow in Peter Moore's laboratory in 1978.
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Ski racing is probably the least guaranteed sport out there. It's really rare when the favorites win.
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In a country like France, so ancient, their history is full of outstanding people, so they carry a heavy weight on their back. Who could write in French after Proust or Flaubert?
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The real danger of writing a great song when you're on something is that it might get you thinking that the only way to repeat that is by only writing when you're high.
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To be honest, after you've crossed the line at the Olympic Games, it is bedlam for the next, about, five or six hours. Media, press conference, dope control - you might get some food if you're lucky. You might see family if you're lucky.
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It's OK to have a plan, to invest in your future - for your financial security, your love life, your personal fulfillment, and even your happiness. To have personal happiness as a stated goal doesn't detract from it if you get there.
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When I was a teenager, a psychic told me, 'Your biggest challenge will be life-work balance.' That's certainly turned out to be true!
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Love is a component of many different things - the baggage you bring, the moment, what you need in your life, seeing someone as a portal for understanding everything, and all the intensity that brings. It's not something to count on and act like it's a stable thing.
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We try to invest in companies that are putting together environmental programs and working to improve their overall social and environmental self.
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Isn't that wonderful? When we drove through several of the places we lived - Grand Rapids, Washington - they all had those placards. That they stood by the street and had in their hands placards that said 'Gerald Our Ford'. That meant so much to us as we were driving into Washington.
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When I was younger, I was afraid to be myself.
