Les Claypool Quotes
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But I used to have a bit of a gambling problem. And that would have been the answer to my prayers. It got worse when I started playing this character, too.
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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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No doubt I enjoy being close to people in the way I dress, the way I speak, and the way I communicate with people.
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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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Feckless as it was for Bush to ask Americans to go shopping after 9/11, we all too enthusiastically followed his lead, whether we were wealthy, working-class or in between. We spent a decade feasting on easy money, don't-pay-as-you-go consumerism and a metastasizing celebrity culture.
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We expect teachers to handle teenage pregnancy, substance abuse, and the failings of the family. Then we expect them to educate our children.
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I would never apologize for photographing rocks. Rocks can be very beautiful. But, yes, people have asked why I don’t put people into my pictures of the natural scene. I respond, 'There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer.' That usually doesn’t go over at all.
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I'm a big believer in spontaneity.
