Rivers Cuomo Quotes
I really don't need to suffer. I can really become a happy person and still make good music - in fact, better music.
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If it weren't for the Internet, WWE probably wouldn't even know my name. If I had to rely on 'Pro Wrestling Illustrated' to get my name out there, it would have been a much more difficult road.
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It's my private life, and it's not up for grabs.
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The biggest challenge we all face is to learn about ourselves and to understand our strengths and weaknesses. We need to utilize our strengths, but not so much that we don't work on our weaknesses.
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You know what I like? I like classic stuff. I like 'The Andy Griffith Show' – the variety of characters was so amazing to me.
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Let me go to hell, that's all I ask, and go on cursing them there, and them look down and hear me, that might take some of the shine off their bliss.
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The manager accepts the status quo; the leader challenges it.
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I like children; I like 'em, and I respect 'em. Pretty much all the honest truth-telling there is in the world is done by them.
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Nothing can be more contrary to religion and the clergy than reason and common sense.
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I went from being a jock to a hippie. It was a very clear-cut decision. I had to be one or the other. I had to forsake that other aspect of myself. Or thought that I had to, which is regrettable. Quickly, I was back in the pine trees with the hippies, listening to my Jimi Hendrix and my Janis Joplin and turning on, tuning in, and dropping out.
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In fact, the Senkaku Islands are... inherent territory of Japan that is recognized in our history and also by international law.
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We served on the editorial board of a literary monthly called Face in 1968 and 1969. He was a young writer, and I was also interested in broad cultural issues. We agreed on all major issues and became friends.
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I have a few unusual fans, as you can imagine, so I try to protect the privacy of my home life.
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We do not need to proselytise either by our speech or by our writing. We can only do so really with our lives. Let our lives be open books for all to study.
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I'm not a best-seller, but through translations, I've accumulated some money.
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Human beings are natural mimickers. The more you're conscious of the other side's posture, mannerisms, and word choices - and the more you subtly reflect those back - the more accurate you'll be at taking their perspective.
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I've been brought up with the Christian faith with my family.
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I'm often accused of being prudish, but the opposite is true.
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We are in a world that is quite extremist and extremism makes more noise. Normality does not sell.
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Save the elephants, and then you save the forest - and then you save yourself.
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Personality is to a man what perfume is to a flower.
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The Christian does not think God will love us because we are good, but that God will make us good because He loves us.
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I really don't need to suffer. I can really become a happy person and still make good music - in fact, better music.
