Alan Lomax Quotes
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I'm a big fan of piano-based rock music like Elton John, Ben Folds, and even Queen.
Ian Axel -
In the Gulf War, U.S. Marine Corps wheeled vehicles were killing Iraqi T-72 tanks.
Ralph Peters -
My mind is vacant on names, but I know him as well as anything. When I need names they drop out of my head; when I don't need them they drop back.
Imogen Cunningham -
Focus on remedies, not faults.
Jack Nicklaus -
Democracy presumes that we're all created equal; competition proves we are not, or else every race would end in a tie.
Nancy Gibbs -
Although I'm not from London originally: I moved down here when I was 16, so it's played a part in my life. It's where I've lived for all that time.
Daniel Craig
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That's the mantra I use when the team tells me something is too complicated. People keep saying, 'We need more prioritization.' I say, 'Guys, what you want is less work. And that is not going to happen.'
Maelle Gavet -
I've been in a gym probably nine days of my life.
Tea Leoni -
There is a certain aesthetic pleasure in trying to imagine the unimaginable and failing, if you are a reader.
A. S. Byatt -
Dude, I turn into a six-year-old when I come to Disneyland. It's amazing. My eyes glass over and my blood pressure goes down. I'm just like everybody else. I turn into a big kid when I come here. It's the happiest place on earth, right?
Warren Spector -
My children are grown now, they are more independent.
Vanessa Paradis -
I'm not the kind of person who would want to go into a studio and manage other people and listen to the phone ringing. That's alien to me.
Rachel Kushner
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I do my work and do the best I can. I'm quite happy with my anonymity. All I can ever hope for is that I continue to do great work that will be remembered, and I leave my imprint so that my son can say proudly, 'That's my dad!'
Eamonn Walker -
It has never been necessary for me to learn how to read music.
Yiannis Chryssomallis -
It is always challenging bowling abroad - you don't get much spin, bounce. You do get bounce, but you don't get sideways spin. It is always drifting kind of spin you get.
Harbhajan Singh -
We all live under some repression; we have to, it's part of the deal.
Daniel Day-Lewis -
My brother is an electrical engineer and went to computer science grad school at Stanford, and he'd tell me stories about the happy hours he'd organize.
Alec Berg -
On November 28, 2016, Abdul Razak Ali Artan, an 18-year-old legal resident of the United States whose family was originally from Somalia, used a car to mow down a group of people at the Ohio State University.
Peter Bergen
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I knew I was a good singer - I've been singing my whole life, so I was comfortable enough with that - I felt like I could compensate with not being great on guitar.
Luke Combs -
I never make a trip to the United States without visiting a supermarket. To me they are more fascinating than any fashion salon.
Wallis Simpson -
High school is a haunted house in April, when seniors act up because the end is near. Even those who hate school sometimes cling to the devil they know. And for the kids who love it, the goodbyes are hard to think about.
Nancy Gibbs -
It's unhealthy for people to never express any kind of negativity or doubt. To have balance, you need to address that side of your thoughts as well as the positive. Otherwise, you tend toward crazy.
Shirley Ann Manson Angelfish -
I've always been aware of mortality because I've always had ill health most of my life.
John Tavener -
Folk Music is the map of singing.
Alan Lomax