Les Claypool Quotes

To me, if you're going to talk about funk, you have to go back to George Clinton and Bernie Worrell. Those guys are the giants. I've played with Bernie, and it was unreal. He's the master.

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• When I think about making 'Within,' it was not a very fun experience at all.

  

  Washed Out
  • Experience
  • Fun
  • Think

• The teacher that I was for decades, and that I still am in a certain way, wondered what was meant by the word education. I was truly dumbfounded at the very thought of dealing with such an essential and extensive subject.

  

  Abdoulaye Wade
  • Education
  • Teacher
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• What is most important to the history of the world? The Taliban or the collapse of the Soviet empire? Some stirred-up Moslems or the liberation of Central Europe and the end of the Cold War?

  

  Zbigniew Brzezinski
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• I think every woman in their life wants to give a good face smack.

  

  Mallory Jansen
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• Everyone asks me why someone Turkish is making Greek yogurt. In Greece, it is not called 'Greek yogurt.' Everywhere in the world it is called 'strained yogurt.' But because it was introduced in this country by a Greek company, they called it 'Greek yogurt.'

  

  Hamdi Ulukaya
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• I don't get out to parties often.

  

  Kate Bush
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• America must realize, there are conditions she must accept in Asia. The first is a diversity of Asian cultures, governments, economic and political systems; the second, that to run against the tide of Asian nationalism is worse than impractical - it is also highly dangerous.

  

  Ferdinand Marcos
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• The International Girl Crew isn't supposed to be super exclusive - that's a really important part of our brand and message. It's not just our crew - it's a lifestyle. It's for everybody to know how empowering it is to be surrounded by friends who motivate and support you and who you feel like you can exchange ideas with and do projects with.

  

  Paloma Elsesser
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• If the awards buzz is happening, and it's coming from critics and people in the business and all of that, that's only more good news.

  

  J. K. Simmons
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• Balance the federal budget now, not 15 years from now, not 20 years from now, but now. And throw out the entire federal tax system, replace it with a fair tax, a consumption tax, that by all measurements is just that. It's fair.

  

  Gary Johnson
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• I never limit myself when it comes to telling stories; I think people can see that in my body of work. It's just about, 'What's a great story? Is it unique? Is it a challenge?'

  

  F. Gary Gray
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• Benito Mussolini created the word 'fascism.' He defined it as 'the merging of the state and the corporation.' He also said a more accurate word would be 'corporatism.' This was the definition in Webster's up until 1987 when a corporation bought Webster's and changed it to exclude any mention of corporations.

  

  Adam McKay
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• Standardized testing is at cross purposes with many of the most important purposes of public education. It doesn't measure big-picture learning, critical thinking, perseverance, problem solving, creativity or curiosity, yet those are the qualities great teaching brings out in a student.

  

  Randi Weingarten
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• I didn’t want to be the kind of man that my father was. So I’ve tried, my entire life, to be the complete and utter opposite of that. And it has served not only the art well, but I think the audience well.

  

  Tyler Perry
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• Rhythm and blues used to be called race music. … This music was going on for years, but nobody paid any attention to it.

  

  Ray Charles
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• The United States has no socialist party, or no socialist party has been in power. That is the reason why it has always been the country of last resort for every currency.

  

  Margaret Thatcher
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• Afghanistan's winters in the north are legendarily harsh, and southern Afghanistan, by contrast, is bleak desert. These difficulties are compounded by the fact that Afghanistan is one of the world's most heavily mined countries.

  

  Peter Bergen
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• The cool part about working for Disney is that they've allowed me to be a change agent.

  

  Christy Romano
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• I was always brought up that if you can make a difference, you should, and if you don't it's a waste. So we'll see if I can make a difference.

  

  David Miliband
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• Endings are really hard to do, and it's hard to do an ending where it's sort of collaborative with thousands and thousands of people, and to satisfy all those people is impossible.

  

  Jennifer Hale
  • People

• I’ve had 37 orthopedic operations. I ground my feet up into dust. I’ve got a new knee. I‘ve got a new spine. I’m the lucky one... I never thought going through all of it that I would be healthy at the end. And I almost wasn’t.

  

  Bill Walton
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• For me, the comedies that truly work are the ones that are grounded in some way. If it's all heightened, it's really hard. It's a little slippery. It's hard to get purchase on the side of the wall.

  

  Adam Scott
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• It is not true that nice guys finish last. Nice guys are winners before the game even starts.

  

  Mort Walker
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• To me, if you're going to talk about funk, you have to go back to George Clinton and Bernie Worrell. Those guys are the giants. I've played with Bernie, and it was unreal. He's the master.

  

  Les Claypool