Alison Goldfrapp Quotes
I think it's a bit of a myth that if you can read music you can write music. It doesn't work like that.
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I used to sing in jazz clubs with a friend until she went another way.
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America tends to worship the modest talent because it doesn't put us in an uncomfortable position vis-a-vis the artist.
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I try to live my life in a holistic way, show that all of it intersects because I'm coming from the same place. Now, at the core of it, I'm just trying to connect and be there, so I'm trying to be there for my family, my wife, my kids, my friends.
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I am not saying we are categorizing Ellen White in the biblical context of a false prophet.
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The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those which fail.
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All writers are the same - they forget a thousand good reviews and remember one bad one.
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I like having a smaller family. I think the more people you have in the family, the more people there are to have problems with.
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If you are talking about terrorism, you need to sit down and understand what is making these people put dynamite around their waists and blow themselves up.
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When they talk of ghosts of the dead who wander in the night with things still undone in life, they approximate my subjective experience of this life.
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Beijing was such a different city. There were so few cars, I could walk in the middle of the road. In the summer, the streetlamps attracted swirling bugs. I loved those bugs: crickets, praying mantis, all kinds of beetles. I also have a vivid memory of dazzling sunlight coming out of the sky.
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I never know what is going to have that 'X' factor and what isn't.
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The love of one's country is a splendid thing. But why should love stop at the border?
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The friends I knew who tutored were well paid for work that seemed far less grueling than waitressing or late-night newspaper copy editing or all the other side gigs I attempted in my early twenties.
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I've had loss in my life, and I like to think my mother's energy lives on in some faintly Buddhist way. I do find some comfort there.
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Online hierarchies are inherently dynamic. The moment someone stops adding value to the community, his influence starts to wane.
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My impression of Americans from the beginning is of the best, and I have never since had cause to alter my mind. They are a kind, sympathetic race of people and naturally proud of their country.
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There are few ways in which a man can be more innocently employed than in getting money.
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Part of what's so tricky in a film that's two hours long is how many themes can you effectively explore.
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I'm always a little nervous when someone comes from other media into writing comics. It's a unique storytelling form, and it requires both talent and respect.
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When you work in such a surreal environment as movies, just listening to some tunes or hanging out with friends is what you crave. Even time alone.
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As an actor, you're constantly looking to be pushed.
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The idea is that if we can put our own people through something almost as bad as what they might have to go through if they were taken captive, they will inoculate themselves.
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According to Buddhist practice, there are three stages or steps. The initial stage is to reduce attachment towards life. The second stage is the elimination of desire and attachment to this samsara. Then in the third stage, self-cherishing is eliminated
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I think it's a bit of a myth that if you can read music you can write music. It doesn't work like that.
