Anthony Davis Quotes
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When I was on 'Trauma,' the first order was six, which turned to 12, and then there were rumors of getting cancelled. I'm used to that.
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My dad has totally taken my Cat Stevens T-shirt, but it's OK; I have his Black Flag one, and that's amazing.
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The historical novelist has to consider what has actually happened, while the SF writer is dealing in possibilities, but they are both in the business of imagining a world unlike our own and yet connected to it.
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Especially for me, growing up in such a small town in the middle of nowhere, the desire to be away was incredible. I wanted to see new lands, meet new people from the city, and meet people that were in much less fortunate situations than I was, so that I could be more appreciative of my present. At least I had food on the table.
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Exigencies create the necessary ability to meet and conquer them.
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Individuals can spend their money more wisely, efficiently and more humanely than can government.
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I just know you can not be on top forever. There's always going to be the next guy, and if I'm going to go down, I'd like to know I helped the next guy take my spot. You can't prevent the inevitable, but you can join the ship.
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If I only had a little humility, I'd be perfect.
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But at the beginning it was clear to me that concrete poetry was peculiarly suited for using in public settings. This was my idea, but of course I never really much got the chance to do it.
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Conor McGregor is a tough competitor. He proved throughout the years in the UFC that he can fight standing up.
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I'm a self-taught guitarist, but I have a classical music background.
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With experience, you improve. I'm a better player now, more complete than I was when I was player of the year.
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At any Maroon 5 concert, you'll see a room backstage marked 'yoga.'
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I'm at the age most people are sending their kids off to college.
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I like to make my name of songs strange.
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Politics was my third act. But I could have a fourth. I don't know what that will be yet, but there will be one.
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When you sample something, you're using the crutch of borrowing chords and melodies from a song that's already great, that's already stood the test of time, that's already special. When you're trying to do it all from scratch, you're writing something brand new that has to stand on its own.
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As the aeroplane is the most mobile weapon we possess, it is destined to become the dominant offensive arm of the future.
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My big weaknesses (in the past) have been a lack of preparation, a lack of knowledge and perhaps not enough confidence and afraid of mistakes. I need to stop trying to be perfect and just worry about becoming better.
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The rawness and the richness of music on vinyl almost went away, but it still seems to be on a lot of people's radar, and for good reason. It does something different than more accessible means of music playing, like MP3 players and downloads and whatnot. You get in front of these archaic contraptions that go 'round and 'round.
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If the function of the artist is to see, the first duty of the critic is to understand what the artist saw.
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I meet a lot of people.
