Andrew Bird Quotes
Playing the violin and singing and whistling are just three different ways of making sound.
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Look at how hard it was to get to where I am. It doesn't make sense to give it up.
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We have to stop rewarding bad behavior.
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I had this 'War and Peace' thing of wanting to experience war as a kind of incredible human enterprise. I even applied to Officer Candidate School. Then the practical side of me kicked in and I thought, 'I really don't want to get drafted.' So I went down to the physical and checked every psychological disorder and drug on the medical history form.
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I bought a company in the mid-'90s called Dexter Shoe and paid $400 million for it. And it went to zero. And I gave about $400 million worth of Berkshire stock, which is probably now worth $400 billion. But I've made lots of dumb decisions. That's part of the game.
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When I'm ready, I plan to adopt. I still believe in family.
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It seemed like most of the memories faded before they had time to form. And after a while, my life with my father seemed like a familiar story or a distant dream.
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People trash talk me.
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You learn stuff from every character you play about the human condition that can be quite enlightening.
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My music is very innovative, in a class by itself. Nobody else is saying anything of value. What I'm trying to do is get people to think, to alter their consciousness. It's not your typical platinum formula for success.
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Large corporations, of course, are blinded by greed. The laws under which they operate require it - their shareholders would revolt at anything less.
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It's beneficial to play against your type; to be chameleon-like.
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He most honors my style who learns under it to destroy the teacher.
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I think management and technology all come into play in building a super-yacht. It is a challenge - a serious challenge.
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We have lost a lot of ground to the extremists in the Middle East.
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The one thing about art is you can't question it. Everyone is looking at everyone else to find out what's cool. No one knows what's cool.
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I don't think I realized the extremes of my proportions until I moved to Paris. I thought I'd be 'normal' as a model, but actually, even in that world, I was at one end of the spectrum.
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My show is my statement. What I have to say is on the screen. My life is my own. I don't want to talk about my private self. Why should I?
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I've never loved anybody the way I love my children.
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Imagine living in a state where businesses can legally refuse to serve people based on their sexual orientation. Where parents can force their children to undergo conversion therapy to 'cure' them of their 'homosexual tendencies.'
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Stillness is a harder concept for me than ecstasy, but I can imagine it best when I am fully present and paying strict attention to a place I am moving through.
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You know, art is very emotional business. But mostly it becomes not emotional, the fabric of commodity. It becomes business. It becomes so many different things. Because we forgot there was emotions involved.
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I came seriously close to getting married four times, and each time I backed off in fear or for one reason or another. Each occasion was different, but in hindsight when I look at the people involved, it wasn't a bad thing what I did. I think it may have been more complex had the marriage taken place.
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'I've caught a cold,' the Thing replies, 'Out there upon the landing.' I turned to look in some surprise, And there, before my very eyes, A little Ghost was standing!
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Playing the violin and singing and whistling are just three different ways of making sound.
