Rivers Cuomo Quotes
When I was 15 and dreaming about being a rock star... I thought the whole point of it was to get chicks.
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I think all chefs who pursue great flavor have good ethics.
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I think of novels in architectural terms. You have to enter at the gate, and this gate must be constructed in such a way that the reader has immediate confidence in the strength of the building.
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We hope the stories of the 14 kids in 'American High' provide something for many people to relate to.
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Muzzle a dog and he will bark out of the other end.
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I like to be underdressed rather than overdressed. For an event or a premiere, it's fun to dress up more - then I like to experiment.
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Whether I sound like Sammy or not is purely coincidence. You have got to hand it to him, he sings his ass off. There is no moss on that stone.
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I would love to get great performances from actors as a director, because that's what I'm always looking for, a director that's going to help me go places I've never been before.
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I would ask my mother to show me how to walk - and she did show me. That's why I think it's funny when people say, 'Did so-and-so teach you how to walk?' And I always say, 'You must be talking about my mother, because it was my mother who taught me how to walk.'
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We develop our propensity to forgive or not to forgive by what we see illustrated at the early ages of our development.
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I want to thank all the women who have worn my clothes, the famous and the unknown, who have been so faithful to me and given me so much joy.
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Luckily, I work for a company that promotes on performance.
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I wake up every morning and I wish I were dead, and so does Jim.
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My grandparents lived in Hollywood, and I was surrounded by the romanticism of movies ever since I was a child.
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To have so many years in the rap industry and so many number one songs, and sold so many millions of records, introduced the world to people like Cool & Dre, DJ Khaled, Pitbull, Rick Ross, Trick Daddy, Remy Ma, Big Pun, Rico Love... I could go on and on. Having been able to influence the rap game for so long is very important to me.
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You've got to perform in a role hundreds of times. In keeping it fresh one can become a large, madly humming, demented refrigerator.
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The world is a global economy. I thought, 'It's a bummer we don't have a unifying currency.' Then I saw Bitcoin had already had a crash and had the resistance to recover. The community was strong enough to push it through again. That's really exciting.
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I am so excited to extend myself behind the scenes as a designer and to - as my father puts it - finally have a real job.
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The evangelical Christian faith I'd grown up with sustained me. It demanded that I refuse the drugs and alcohol on offer in our southwestern Ohio town, that I treat my friends and family kindly, and that I work hard in school. Most of all, when times were toughest, it gave me reason to hope.
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I got sent some cheese once. I'm not sure if that was saying something about my act, or just because I like cheese.
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Being upbeat is the key to life.
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My parents owned a hair salon, so I learned a few tricks there. I can cut people's hair - if they let me.
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I mean, there's times to rock and roll, and I love that too. But I think my first love is acoustic music.
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Honest, I listen to classical mostly. It keeps my mind fresh to write rock songs.
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When I was 15 and dreaming about being a rock star... I thought the whole point of it was to get chicks.
