Art Alexakis Quotes
I've always kind of been a little skeptical about bands that won't play their hits. That's really arrogant to me as a music fan. I do want to hear obscure songs, but like most people, I want to hear the hits, so we always play them.
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My dad was pretty strict. We didn't even get to watch any of his movies until I was, like, 17 years old. I didn't even see his stand-up, really, until I started doing stand-up, and that was when I was 22. So he's pretty strict. We had curfews until I was 17... he didn't play around.
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In law school, I earned the respect of professors and served on the editorial board of 'The Yale Law Journal.'
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I have to stay calm, cool, and collected.
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I just have always felt that I think we know that it's an ensemble show, and it's very hard to pick a show to submit when you're nominated, because usually everyone has a very strong part in every episode.
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It's unacceptable to just sit on the couch and say I'm not doing anything. You've got to get out and do everything you can.
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Society is always taken by surprise at any new example of common sense.
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I'm obsessed with Radiohead. They're just the greatest band on the planet.
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Good science fiction is always based in contemporary truths.
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Working with Jack Albertson was one of my great joys.
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Thoughts are mental energy; they're the currency that you have to attract what you desire. Learn to stop spending that currency on thoughts you don't want.
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Men go abroad to wonder at the heights of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of the rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motions of the stars, and they pass by themselves without wondering.
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People don't slip. Time catches up with them.
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Healthy discontent is the prelude to progress.
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Why are we tiptoeing on glass? You can ask me whatever you like; people usually do, and I try to be as honest as I can.
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I don't think that anyone seriously fears that the world can be blown to pieces all together. But what one can fear and rightly so are regional things, like in the Middle East, India, Pakistan, the Korean Peninsula, borders in Africa, etc.
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I like chords that are very lush with all the lush parts taken out.
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It's always nice when people say nice things or are complimentary.
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The cost of living is going up and the chance of living is going down.
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I look like everyone.
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Each generation is smarter than the generation before, and they need total diversion and encouragement and things to think about.
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I would do anything that helps people do things better. Even if the Indian government comes to me for anything, I would be very open.
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I strongly support SNAP and will continue to urge my colleagues in Congress to provide adequate funding to this important program.
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'Never Forget You' was the first song I co-wrote.
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I've always kind of been a little skeptical about bands that won't play their hits. That's really arrogant to me as a music fan. I do want to hear obscure songs, but like most people, I want to hear the hits, so we always play them.
