Rivers Cuomo Quotes
I'm constantly fighting with my manager to reduce the amount of time I have to spend on promotional activities, so I can get back in the studio and work on new music.
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I think studies are really important and shouldn't be compromised.
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I want to do roles that take women a step farther. I don't want to be slotted into anything. But if I get a brilliant role which requires me to be a mother, then I will do it. But I want people to see that a woman could be anything at whatever age, even if she is married or has two kids.
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The problem men seem to have, and women, too, is that they have this very structured idea that we should find a partner and settle down and be, you know, faithful. And yet clearly this is really, really hard for anybody to do!
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Thoughts without content are empty, intuitions without concepts are blind.
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Yeah, I'm from Jersey; it's almost like I was automatically born a Nets fan.
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One thing you know, if you've been in technology a while, you're only as good as the last thing you did. No one wants an original iPod. No one wants an iPhone 3GS.
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I love wearing men's clothing and underwear.
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Constant reference to a 'war on terror' did accomplish one major objective: It stimulated the emergence of a culture of fear.
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As goes California, so goes the rest of the nation.
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I believe the Thai people are patient, and the people at least give me a chance to prove my ability to help them.
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Some people think electronic music is cold, but I think that has more to do with the people listening than the actual music itself.
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In business, you're the Chief Salesman. Create a sense of demand, rather than waiting to have demand.
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I've been in movies with Meryl Streep, Jack Nicholson - but I was on 'The Simpsons,' and finally, in the eyes of my children, I was a star.
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I drink a gallon of water a day.
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I tried to connect my singing voice to my guitar an' my guitar to my singing voice. Like the two was talking to one another.
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Life is something to do when you can't get to sleep.
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I stay true to myself and my style, and I am always pushing myself to be aware of that and be original.
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Personally I don't think solving corruption is such a big problem.
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A clear understanding of negative emotions dismisses them.
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There was a small point in my life in law school, right before I moved to Newark, when I didn't know what I wanted to do, and I felt so lost.
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Almost all scholarly research carries practical and political implications. Better that we should spell these out ourselves than leave that task to people with a vested interest in stressing only some of the implications and falsifying others. The idea that academics should remain "above the fray" only gives ideologues license to misuse our work.
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Every lie has 2 parts - the lie we tell others and the one we tell ourselves to justify it.
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I'm constantly fighting with my manager to reduce the amount of time I have to spend on promotional activities, so I can get back in the studio and work on new music.
