Andrew Mason Quotes
Flowers are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty out values all the utilities of the world. If dandelions were hard to grow, they would be most welcome on any lawn.
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I realised that you couldn't use the tools of yesterday to communicate today's world. Basically, that was the big light that went on in my head.
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Listen to the Bee Gees and you can learn to be a great writer.
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Nonviolent tactics can move into action on our behalf men not naturally inclined to act for us.
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I'm from New York, so I'm not a big driver.
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In Bollywood, if you work with a superstar, even if you are a newcomer, you become a superstar. That didn't happen with me.
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Years ago, I noticed one thing about economics, and that is that economists didn't get anything right.
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Here in America we're doing the most wonderful crafts.
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There are epic downsides to living a somewhat public life. The upshot of that is there's nothing to hide. It's a relief in a way. There's nothing about me that can't be said.
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I'll say things that are serious and put them in a joke form so people can enjoy them. We laugh to keep from crying.
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We younger Negro artists who create now intend to express our individual dark-skinned selves without fear or shame. If white people are pleased, we are glad. If they are not, it doesn't matter. We know we are beautiful. And ugly too.
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Some musicians I know are incredible fathers. Like Keith Richards. A fantastic dad.
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This is my trademark: I rip my T-shirt. I'm into the whole showing-a-bit-of-chest-hair thing.
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In Washington, the translation of E Pluribus Unum has been lost. The belief that we are one nation - united in purpose - caring about and for one another is no longer the practice.
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If you only believe that you're an artist when you have a big advance in your pocket and a single coming out, I would say that's quite soulless. You have to have a sense of your own greatness and your own ability from a very deep place inside you. I am the one with the litmus test in my hands of what people need to hear next.
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The film business creates a large amount of waste, and I'm not immune to waste in the business.
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I kind of just stumbled into producing. It was more that I was a writer, and the only way you were going to get your songs done was to do them yourself.
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McCarthy emerged in the person of Senator Russ Feingold of Wisconsin.
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Nobody believed in the success of the Internet.
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I think people like Bill Gates, who have given away enormous sums of money, are shining examples for all of us to follow.
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Recording 'Tusk' was quite absurd. The studio contract rider for refreshments was like a telephone directory.
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I write about all manner of things: a guy fighting aliens in the New York State Library, Antarctica, Inca civilization in Peru, the Great Pyramid at Giza, and people often ask me, where do I get these ideas from? They come from reading widely, watching a lot of documentaries, and increasingly ,as I was able to, travelling around the world.
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We were very proud of everything that we accomplished with 'Hail To The King,' but when it was time to write a new record, it was like, 'Well, we accomplished that. Let's see what else we can do,' and took it to the next level.
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My drummer is my favorite drummer in the world, and he also happens to be the funniest person you'll meet.
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Flowers are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty out values all the utilities of the world. If dandelions were hard to grow, they would be most welcome on any lawn.
