Andrew Bird Quotes
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The death tax robs parents of the opportunity to pass something along to their children, and it is responsible for destroying a lot of family-owned businesses.
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I feel like I became an artist by default. I went to art college, but my interest was always more towards film than painting or sculpture.
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Most police officers are good cops and good people.
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Liberty is the possibility of doubting, the possibility of making a mistake, the possibility of searching and experimenting, the possibility of saying No to any authority - literary, artistic, philosophic, religious, social and even political.
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A filial son to his father can be a traitorous subject to his ruler.
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Opinions are a private matter. The public has an interest only in judgments.
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I used to have the 'Best Of Eddie Murphy' VHS tape that I wore out completely, watching it over and over again. His 'Buckwheat Sings' is, to this day, one of my all-time favorite sketches on the show. I also loved the one where he plays the Tooth Fairy.
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One of the evils of money is that it tempts us to look at it rather than at the things that it buys.
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I love this country, I love these people, though I can't say I love their politicians. People are always nicer than politicians, but here, you can mark that difference up a hundredfold.
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Music video played a huge role in developing my sensibility as a director.
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Exile is more than a geographical concept. You can be an exile in your homeland, in your own house, in a room.
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The utter incompetence of the U.N. is literally incomprehensible.
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Small businesses all across this nation are tired of the uncertainty created by Washington.
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I have no shame in making music that maybe, if you listen to it long enough, you'll realize you've heard this or that part of it before. I'm still very excited by an amazingly written song, so that's really the thing that I work on when I make records with people.
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In America, you can't say to your family, 'Hey, I'm off to L.A. to make it as a songwriter; sorry I can't pay for the dentist.'
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And what always struck me about that war period was how even Churchill had to talk socialism to keep up people's morale.
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I've started getting acclimated to writing on the road and on the spot. I just let whatever I feel at the time come out, instead of really sitting there and taking days to write just one song.
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In the confusion we stay with each other, happy to be together, speaking without uttering a single word.
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First, I do not sit down at my desk to put into verse something that is already clear in my mind. If it were clear in my mind, I should have no incentive or need to write about it.
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I like to say that the greatest handicap of deafness does not lie in the ear, it lies in the mind. I hope that through my example, such as my role on 'The West Wing,' I can help change attitudes on deafness and prove we can really do everything... except hear.
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My father became the Mayor of Indian Wells, California, a tony desert enclave of rich, conservative Republicans.
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We have a responsibility as a state to protect our most vulnerable citizens: our children, seniors, people with disabilities. That is our moral obligation. But there is an economic justification too - we all pay when the basic needs of our citizens are unmet.
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A few months after NASA was formed, I was asked if I knew anyone who would like to set up a program in space astronomy.
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Guitars are kind of just, you know, sexy, especially old vintage ones.
