Andy Grammer (Andrew Charles Grammer) Quotes
I saw my dad doing it and thought to myself, 'I can do that.' I would be backstage watching him and running around the country with him singing to children. He would sing songs that taught children really good morals: like, 'Teaching Peace' was a song he used to sing to kids a lot.
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The reason for not getting married was that I just didn't have a partner to get married to. Climbing mountains was more attractive to me than marriage, or other fun things like that.
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If I get involved in a charity, I really want to be a part of it. I don't want to just put my name on your pamphlet.
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You know, I'm an African-American quarterback. That may scare a lot of people because they – they haven't seen nothing that they can compare me to.
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I don't know if I actually am good at the sight of blood. An accident on the street gets me very, very upset.
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I would love to do some theater.
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If I were president, I am not sure that I would offer Ed Rendell the job of chief of staff.
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The climate has been changing since there was a climate.
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I love Bob Altman. I always admired him so much because I always thought he was a genuine voice.
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But no, I'm still living in LA and haven't dropped off the face of the earth.
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Some musicians I know are incredible fathers. Like Keith Richards. A fantastic dad.
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You need a teaching coach who understands the game of basketball, not just some guy coming on the court talking about Xs and Os.
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Racism is everywhere - the older generations in Malaysia still say things like, 'She's darker-skinned; maybe don't marry her,' and it's very judgmental. A lot of girls do try to get fairness cream to lighten their skin, and I'm against all of that.
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My operas usually come from musical ideas rather than ideas about subject matter.
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I'd like to help educate kids about the Major Leagues - what to anticipate, what to expect, what they'll need to do to prepare themselves.
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If you never give up, you'll be successful.
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I love girl power.
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I rarely meet a politician that I don't like personally. They are generally well endowed with charm. Therein lies the danger.
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Some folks hesitate to seize additional strength because they think it wrong or dangerous to be a powerful individual. Somehow they have acquired the false notion that tyranny or dictatorship or cruelty are the outcomes of a powerful personality. These characteristics are not power. They are weaknesses disguised as power.
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Truth stands, even if there be no public support. It is self-sustained.
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I want 'Like Brothers' to answer young kids who ask, 'How could I possibly become a filmmaker?' This book will step that out for you.
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When people begin anticipating inflation, it doesn't do you any good anymore, because any benefit of inflation comes from the fact that you do better than you thought you were going to do.
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I've always given presidents the benefit of the doubt on their nominees.
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The one thing I wanted to do more than anything else was sing country music.
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I saw my dad doing it and thought to myself, 'I can do that.' I would be backstage watching him and running around the country with him singing to children. He would sing songs that taught children really good morals: like, 'Teaching Peace' was a song he used to sing to kids a lot.
