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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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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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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It is impossible to speak in such a way that you cannot be misunderstood.
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If a woman makes a unilateral decision to bring pregnancy to term, and the biological father does not, and cannot, share in this decision, he should not be liable for 21 years of support... autonomous women making independent decisions about their lives should not expect men to finance their choice.
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We should never go to war unless we have been attacked or are under direct, immediate threat of attack. Never. And never again.
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We were not unmindful of the difficulties involved. So we decided to go through a process of self-purification.
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Although the life of a person is in a land full of thorns and weeds, there is always a space in which the good seed can grow. You have to trust God.
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It is difficult to distinguish where the feminine ends and nature begins.
