Andrew Sean Greer Quotes
I was good in biology, but I did very badly in chemistry, and my parents were horrified by that.
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I've had a pretty charmed life, so there's nothing that I need to take too seriously right now.
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It was kind of easier for me to do records that didn't take a year or two years of my life to write and to make.
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I'm not a really religious person, but those moments onstage feel like some sort of religious experience because no one holds back, especially 'Stay With Me' when I finish the show. It kind of turns into an anthem when I perform it live, and it feels like there's a lot of love in the room.
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In the beginning, I didn't dance that much and stuff.
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I would love to do some theater.
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I'm the eldest at 51, and if the Stones can drag themselves around once more, then there's a few more albums in us.
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There are many ways of showing your protest and discontent without the actions of Kremlin.
Garry Kasparov -
Happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness.
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Finding a good band is Iike finding a good wife. You got to keep trying till you find the right one.
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Destroying rainforest for economic gain is like burning a Renaissance painting to cook a meal.
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You can't, no matter what anyone says, build a movie around someone.
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Anyone who has played the game professionally, you're always taught that the ball is the most important, most precious thing, so when the ball hits the ground, it's always a mad scramble. It's amazing how many times there is a fumble, and the person who recovers it initially doesn't walk away with the ball.
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Laws are to be enforced justly but firmly, with an iron hand. This is the case anywhere, even in a family.
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The greatest weakness of most humans is their hesitancy to tell others how much they love them while they're alive.
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Killing people because you don't like their ideas - it's a bad thing.
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Think both big and small. Loving to bake doesn't only mean becoming a baker. It could mean starting a blog, becoming a food photographer, or going into organic chemistry.
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We conclude that, simultaneously with the organization of the colleges, there should be at Santa Cruz an organization by disciplines, whose units would have a voice in appointments and promotions, in course of programs, and in the allocation of funds for research.
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Ruby inherited the Perl philosophy of having more than one way to do the same thing. I inherited that philosophy from Larry Wall, who is my hero actually. I want to make Ruby users free. I want to give them the freedom to choose.
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I'll never sing something that I've never been through. So even if I didn't write it, I have to have at least experienced it.
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I wanted really to make it moment to moment, partly because I'm an actor and that's how I operate - actors are all about creating the moment.
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Basically, I'm living the life of an actress in L.A. And I've recently had some pretty good fortune.
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Melody is king, and don't you ever forget it. Lyrics appear to be out front, but they're not; they're just an accompanying factor. If they're good, you're really in good shape. Lyrics are written to be rewritten.
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I think even in bad times it's good to keep some money going into research. And that's the purpose of the whole space program. It's not just exploration and going to see how far we can go out into space and keep people alive and bring them back, although exploration certainly has its place.
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I was good in biology, but I did very badly in chemistry, and my parents were horrified by that.
