Antonio Carlos Jobim Quotes
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I'm still somebody that listens to a lot of James Brown, a lot of The O'Jays, a lot of TLC... in that era, producers had more musicianship.
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We were descended from royalty.
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Coming out of college with a degree in fine arts and painting isn't worth much any more.
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I got to dress up in funny clothes and run around New Zealand with a bow and arrow for 18 months, how bad could that be?
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As Mayor, I will use my experience to make San Francisco a place where small businesses can thrive.
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Trees and plants always look like the people they live with, somehow.
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All I did was ask for rights. I didn't attack anyone. I didn't harass anyone. I didn't oppose the system or the country or the authority. All I said is, 'Why can't I drive?'
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I have a different way of thinking. I think synergistically. I'm not linear in thinking, I'm not very logical.
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Japan is not a Western democracy. The Japanese have kept their traditions, culture and heritage, but they have joined the community of free nations.
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I listen to a mixture of old jazz, contemporary, pop, some world beat stuff and various odds and ends.
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When you get successful, you can do pretty much whatever you want.
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I played a nerdy guy on 'CSI: NY' for nine years. I want to be bad for a while. I want to be really, really bad.
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Medicine, you have to take it. A vitamin is nice to have, but honestly, you can skip it.
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The creative part of your brain needs to be stimulated. Sometimes you get blocked in the thing you do, because there's so much pressure to do it.
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I hold this to be the highest task for a bond between two people: that each protects the solitude of the other.
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I would rather be the tail of a lion than the head of a mouse.
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The thing that's changed the way I do my stand-up act is having kids and getting older and wiser and smarter. There might be a joke or two in the past that I wish I hadn't done, but in the past, you can't have it back.
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Every character has their reasons - even the characters who do dumb things.
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We always knew when we took on the issue of violence against women that somehow our opposition would come after us.
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TV news is what you want it to be, and if you want it to be different, take a look at what you watch.
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My daily routine is set: I wake up and go for gymnastics, then dance class, gym, and come back home. That's my life. I am very boring.
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I'd love to write full time. But it's not something that is due to me because I'm a writer. Times are very hard for doing the thing you love, but the payoff for not having much money is that you love your job. A balance would be good. But yes, given infinite funds, or a guaranteed regular income of some kind, I'd happily shut myself away and write stories for the rest of what I've got in me.
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Because of the nature of King Arthur and the resonance he has, not only with within the U.K., but right around the world, I have found it a huge honour to play the part. I will look back on it very fondly and be very proud to have been King Arthur when I finally hang up the chain mail!
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It is difficult to distinguish where the feminine ends and nature begins.
