Andrew Bird Quotes
I don't write poetry and then strum some chords and then fit the words on top of the chords.
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So people think I'm lying about my age all the time? It's the records that are wrong. I've never told anyone how old I am. The minute they ask me, I say 'That's none of your business.' So that means I've never once lied about my age. Now that's true!
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Focus on the long term, and always do what's right to grow the company and not make short-term decisions. And outlast everyone one.
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I never did a dirty armpit. You can look dirty, but you can't be dirty.
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Life is too short to blend in.
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My grandma passed away at 98 1/2 and I want to live to 100. I want to be able to do what I can do even at 100.
Gail Devers -
When the peace treaty is signed, the war isn't over for the veterans, or the family. It's just starting.
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Every teenager and everybody around the ages from 10 to 18 has to go through finding out who they are.
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Perfect partners don't exist. Perfect conditions exist for a limited time in which partnerships express themselves best.
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I am a very selfish person.
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I've always considered myself a Libertarian. While I was running for governor of New Mexico, the Republicans were totally inclusive of me; the party was open-armed, but they never thought I'd win. I delivered in a really big way; I exceeded their expectations and think I'm still highly regarded by the GOP in New Mexico.
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I have been sustained by cane field, the cane plantation I have.
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When I dealt with set theory, I could never make it be the music that I wanted.
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I'm not the perfect model of what an athlete should be, mentally or physically.
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The older I get, the more I embrace who I am.
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It is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all.
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Putin can't afford to leave the office because he will be in real danger of being prosecuted for things he and his people did during their stay in power.
Garry Kasparov -
Al Gore seems to have found a great political ploy: Picking up whatever issue he is most vulnerable on and championing the cause. Perhaps he will start to champion perjury statutes and obstruction of justice.
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Yes, when I get big and have my own home, no plush chairs and lace curtains for me. And no rubber plants. I'll have a desk like this in my parlor and white walls and a clean green blotter every Saturday night and a row of shining yellow pencils always sharpened for writing and a golden-brown bowl with a flower or some leaves or berries always in it and books . . . books . . . books. . . .
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Shortly after my Ph.D., Alfred Kastler urged me to accept a teaching position at the University of Paris. I followed his advice and started to teach at the undergraduate level.
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I speak and speak, [...] but the listener retains only the words he is expecting. [...] It is not the voice that commands the story: it is the ear.
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Though [Abraham Lincoln] never would travel to Europe, he went with Shakespeare's kings to Merry England; he went with Lord Byron poetry to Spain and Portugal. Literature allowed him to transcend his surroundings.
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I don't write poetry and then strum some chords and then fit the words on top of the chords.
