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 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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Admitting the force of these contentions, nevertheless, the custom of meeting together in public assembly for the consideration of the most serious, the most exalted topics of human interest is too vitally precious to be lost.
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As a young girl I think I wanted to be a horse woman. I loved horses.
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There's a tendency, when you're directing yourself, not to give the performance as much care, because you feel like there's too much focus on yourself, or that all these people are just standing around setting everything up, waiting for you.
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There are many ways to be hungry. One can hunger for love, or fame or social justice, but hunger for food seems to curb all other cravings.
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I feel real ownership in this show. I feel very invested in it. I care very much about it. I don't feel any more like a hired hand, you know? It's a strange feeling - I feel personally responsible for how the story goes. What happens. What the weaknesses are. And so in a way, some of the changes gave me an opportunity to have a voice in a different way.
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Telling me that I can't do something is probably the worst thing that anyone can say, because I'll definitely do it. I'm very determined.
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Playing the violin and singing and whistling are just three different ways of making sound.
