Albert Hammond, Jr. Quotes
The way the press works, people don't like to review or talk about EPs. It's considered, 'Why don't you just wait for the record?' But for someone who's creating, and the audience, they can get material quicker. I almost feel like putting out a few songs every couple months might be better than putting out an album every year or two.
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My father passed away when I was very young, so I was head of household for a very long time. Whether it came to cooking food or having to braid hair to get kids out of the door for school, I've been one that has - with the help of my mother - has been a father figure for a lot of young ladies.
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I'm afraid one thing - I don't like heights. Heights bug me out. I'm not cool with heights. I refuse to do a comedy show 12 stories up. I'm fearless about everything else.
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I would love it if people could look at chubby folks with all of our curves, bumps and ridges and just say 'She's beautiful' just like that. You don't have to get on a treadmill as long as your blood pressure is under control and you eat healthy, God bless.
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You've just got to sing, do some kind of singing every day. Early mornings and cold weather can mess with that. I drink special teas with cayenne pepper, but I think you're psyching yourself out, really.
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Sex is the ersatz or substitute religion of the 20th Century.
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Commitment and credibility go hand in hand.
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Learning is what most adults will do for a living in the 21st century.
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The lives of African-Americans in this country are characterized by violence for most of our history. Much of that violence, at least to some extent, you know, done by the very state that's supposed to protect them.
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Sometimes, whether you like it or not, people elevate you. It's real easy to fall.
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Authenticity means erasing the gap between what you firmly believe inside and what you reveal to the outside world.
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I used to draw and make plastic figurines and watch 'Wallace and Gromit' films.
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Working on 'Girls' opened up a lot of opportunity for me. It's like a dream job. It's a dream.
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In Maryland, we have the unfortunate distinction of being the most gerrymandered state in the entire nation.
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Nobody can write better jokes putting me down than me.
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It's an unfortunate reality of life that toxins are constantly building up in our bodies.
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I am Lebanese, and I know the interests of my country.
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Community action is as valuable a principle on the international level as it has been domestically.
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When I do write, it happens really easily. I'll just kind of sing along to whatever I'm playing, then find a line to build off of, then sit down and write. When I do write, I take care of business!
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We are what we imagine. Our very existence consists in our imagination of ourselves. Our best destiny is to imagine, at least, completely, who and what, and that we are. The greatest tragedy that can befall us is to go unimagined.
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Presumption must be quenched even more than a fire.
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Even now, there are young actors who want careers as romantic leading men, and the best thing is not to reveal you're gay.
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I never got to the point when I felt like running away from it all.
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These irresponsible acts, which cannot have any justification whatsoever, are to be fully condemned. In these appalling circumstances, I want to offer you the most sincere condolences, both in my name and in that of the French people.
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The way the press works, people don't like to review or talk about EPs. It's considered, 'Why don't you just wait for the record?' But for someone who's creating, and the audience, they can get material quicker. I almost feel like putting out a few songs every couple months might be better than putting out an album every year or two.
