Andre Previn Quotes
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I think I was lucky I got into art college. That's what saved me.
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The media's gotten lazy. They don't check anything out. You report what he reports.
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To be honest, once you've driven around for about five, 10 laps, you don't notice a difference.
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Consciousness is indeed always with us. Everyone knows 'I am!' No one can deny his own being.
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I'm just little me, an American who wants to see his country do better.
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Cartooning was a good fit for me. And yet now, years later, I almost never think about it.
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People deal with models like they are children. They think they can pull one over on you. It's actually funny. I'm always like, I'm about to pull something on you, and you're so focused on thinking I'm dumb, you're not even going to know.
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At some point, you're going to have to be willing to take a punch for your team. If your employees or your teammates will see that you're willing to do that, they are more likely to be loyal to you, and your team is more likely to function better.
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I love, personally, the experience of going to the theater, going to the cinema.
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I've got a couple of Harleys and a couple of Ducatis.
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When our most important issue is the debt that we're piling on our children and grandchildren, I think it's pretty helpful to have someone in the U.S. Senate who has actually managed billions of dollars and knows how to cut billions of dollars.
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To be honest, if it wasn't for my daughter, I don't think I would have gotten out of the situation that I was in before 'Idol' because I am a domestic violence survivor.
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Time was God's first creation.
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America is huge.
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There's almost nothing you can't do with a cashew. Not only does it lend its nutty sweetness to savory dishes, it also gives desserts a deep richness.
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I do not believe in populism. I am not a supporter of radical decisions. Practice has shown that usually these are harmful.
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While religious tolerance is surely better than religious war, tolerance is not without its liabilities. Our fear of provoking religious hatred has rendered us incapable of criticizing ideas that are now patently absurd and increasingly maladaptive.
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My father was a headmaster in England and then the dean of a college in Australia. We moved there when I was about five, so my education was in Australia, and I always felt I was Australian even though my passport was British.
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The base emotions Plato banned have left a radio-active and not radiant land.
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My Indian grandmother was born in Punjab.
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I was the class clown in school, and I was also a child actor - not on television, but in the theatre.
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Some people think I'm a mythical genius, others think I'm a junkie madman.
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Part of the joy of writing for kids is that you have to have a real adventure story. You can get really involved in the fantastic in a way that perhaps you can't so much in adult fiction.
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I finally wasn't interested in writing music that played while actors talked.
