Don McLean Quotes
Being on United Artists was almost as bad as not being on any label at all. They were the crappiest in the business. All they did was movie soundtracks. Now, they were making an effort to become much hipper - signing people like Bobby Womack and what have you.
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The world is too violent right now.
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Life wasn't about freeing up human souls. It was about creating obedient slaves in the hierarchical construction of the society - with God at the top, then the king and then the father.
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I know it is the fans that are responsible for me being here. I've always tried in each and every broadcast to serve the fans to the best of my ability.
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This is what people need: an easy-to-deploy, easy-to-use tool.
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To stay interested in tennis, I have to mix it up with other things.
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Salesmen always need something to sell.
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Science without respect for human life is degrading to us all and reflects a hollow and deceptive philosophy, a philosophy that we as a people should never condone.
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What is Norah Jones' style? Is it just the albums that we've heard? She has a rock group where she plays guitar in, downtown in New York, so do we really know her style?
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At night, I love dressing up. I love putting on an outfit.
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I think whenever you see what may be the seeds of a third party, you need to be very skeptical because there's not a very good track record for third parties.
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People always worry that buying tech products today carries a risk of obsolescence. Most of the time, that fear is overblown.
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Musical theater is one of my passions.
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I hope everybody enjoys our input on 'Black Water' - it sure was a lot of fun getting to record it.
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The difficulty, the ordeal, is to start.
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E. Klimov's 'Come and See,' about partisans fighting the Germans in Byelorussia, is the greatest anti-war film ever made.
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In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra.
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Ironically, the original Detroit Stock Exchange once sat less than a thousand feet from StockX headquarters here in downtown Detroit. It is only fitting that we are going to build the next iteration of the world's most efficient market invention almost in the same spot.
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Police can only act on intelligence.
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Good taste is the worst vice ever invented.
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It is a tremendous honor to be named poet laureate, but one that I find humbling as well, because it's the kind of thing that makes me feel like - even as it's been bestowed upon me - I must continue to live up to what it means... Being the younger laureate in the age of social media is a new challenge.
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We wanted to be as expansive as possible to make sure we didn't preclude some good ideas.
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When I look at the world I'm pessimistic, but when I look at people I am optimistic.
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I was able to really see that connection as a football player where success requires a lot of hard work and effort, physically and mentally.
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Being on United Artists was almost as bad as not being on any label at all. They were the crappiest in the business. All they did was movie soundtracks. Now, they were making an effort to become much hipper - signing people like Bobby Womack and what have you.
