Les Claypool Quotes
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A spirit of innovation is generally the result of a selfish temper and confined views. People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors.
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I feel like as you get older, the roles you get change, and you don't always want to do the same tone over and over again.
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I am always late because people stop me for autographs and say hi.
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The falsification of scientific data or analysis is always a serious matter.
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The Highlander was a documentary, and events happened in real time.
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The guys in Kiss use some make up too so at first it was exiting. I've almost stopped using make-up nowadays.
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I always think of it in terms of music. You're not always going to be a huge rock star in music, but musicians can play until the day they die. With sports, it's different. You can't always do it until the very end, and that's a hard reality of sports.
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If I take enough pictures, I'm going to get a good one, and I know not to stop at a bad one.
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I actually hate shopping.
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I have never tried to compare myself to anyone else.
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I have learned how to breathe, to use my cords differently. I had been tilting my head in a way when I talked that wasn't good for my throat. I've been working on all of that, and it seems to be helping.
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I'm not really massively into going out. I'm much more of a hibernator. It's nice to have people come to your house or go to someone's house, I think.
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The trouble with some cooking is that the real flavours get cancelled out by the wine, cream, and butter sauces.
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It's been a journey, the NBA. It's taken me a lot farther than I ever expected.
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The most important impact on society and the world is the cell phone. Cell phones have actually been one of the primary drivers in productivity improvements.
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The people that I surround myself with now and my family, they are the key to my success.
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I wanted James Carville to never die. I wanted Dylan, the poet, to not die. I wanted to put these people in a place where they would be inviolate. It wasn't enough to have a still life of them. I wanted to surround them with the lives they led.
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Movies are becoming more global, which is making them less intimate. If you make a movie for the world, you don't make it for any country.
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I never was a great sports player. In fact, in fourth grade, I had the second to the worst softball throw.
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If you have a great idea, you should be able to communicate it as well. It's like the sound of one hand clapping. You have a great idea but aren't able to express it - well, how great was the idea?
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The Amman Agreement failed because there was American pressure, and Israeli pressure, on Jordan to deal alone.
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My dad was a preacher.
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Some people are just born stars – you either have it or you haven’t, and I was definitely born one.
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I'm a big believer in spontaneity.
