Orlando Aloysius Battista Quotes
One good thing about punctuality is that it's a sure way to help you enjoy a few minutes of privacy.
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More than trends, consumers need functionality. Everything needs an element of fashion, but that's more like a spice.
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Any conception of human well-being you could plausibly have, the Taliban patently fails to maximize it.
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I don't like to read reviews. Even the good ones you start to analyze: 'Oh, did I do that? I have to make sure I do that again.'
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I was quite thin, and I didn't have to worry until I had my appendix out and a mysterious metabolic change occurred.
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Our minds are like our stomaches; they are whetted by the change of their food, and variety supplies both with fresh appetite.
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The publishing industry is an archaic and inefficient industry.
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I just want us to all have a good time and to party and enjoy this life, because it's too short. It's too short.
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I don't like to post fresh standup material, because I want to use it in a special. The stuff I like to post online I like to be off-the-cuff moments.
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There's this perception sometimes around here that I'm this Hollywood guy.
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I went to a Catholic all-girls school, and we would play cassettes of music we liked, and when it was my turn, they would laugh at my choices. I would play Billie Holliday, Elmore James and Howlin' Wolf, but it was fine; if I had to listen to their choices, they had to listen to mine.
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My music is best understood by children and animals.
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I thought I had the rights to The Lord of the Rings. I don't know how Jackson ended up with the rights.
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'LazyTown' is basically about motivation. So what do I call motivation? I call it 'go.' The show is going to inspire kids to go. Go fishing. Go dancing. Go live.
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I might literally fall over dead if I meet Oprah Winfrey. I'm kind of joking, but I'm not confident that wouldn't happen.
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I am a victim-oriented person. I like to see that the victims know that they have a voice.
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Atheism is nothing more than the noises reasonable people make when in the presence of religious dogma.
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People are going to get older and young guys are going to come in and race and get more competitive.
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Certainly one of the more common experiences in the jazz field is discovering someone new. Improvising musicians are capable of being musical travelers, voyagers. We want to join in on whatever we hear. There is a freedom to wander the musical landscape.
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An important part of being in a band is the rhythm section.
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The most difficult thing about living as a writer is precisely 'having to write.' Pretending to be a writer is easy. Living freely, reading many books, going on frequent trips, cultivating minor eccentricities... but genuinely being a writer is difficult, because you have to write something that will convince both yourself and readers.
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Pete Ham in the group was a very good writer. He wrote the Nilsson song "Without You", which is a seriously good song. But the poor fellow topped himself. He was a lovely bloke, I can still see him now. It was a terrible loss.
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I took up leprosy work. Not to help anyone, but to overcome that fear in my life. That it worked out good for others was a by-product. But the fact is: I did it to overcome fear.
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Keep putting out good. It will come back to you tenfold in unexpected ways.
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One good thing about punctuality is that it's a sure way to help you enjoy a few minutes of privacy.
