John Oates Quotes
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I don't care for the music when they're talking bad about women because I think women are God's greatest gift to the planet - I just like music.
B. B. King -
I had the option of building a career in the U.S. Many of my friends who went at the time did not come back, but for me, building the family business and being with family was worth it. I became a general manager within four months, as I used my education to improve productivity and output.
Baba Kalyani -
New York's my home. Born and raised. I'm a New Yorker to the bone.
Vanessa Ferlito -
I knew a ton of actors and was friends with them, but I never dated actresses. I tried to date 'normal' people because the Hollywood dating rule is 'one star per couple' because it's quite a challenge to match the egos of two actors.
Zach Galligan -
If there's a party and they won't let my friends in, I'd leave. No question.
Zac Efron -
There is no doubt that counterterrorism takes time because it is not action against a regular army.
Abdel Fattah al-Sisi
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I'm a total hip-hop geek. That's my favorite kind of music to listen to while getting ready.
Zoey Deutch -
I love helping friends, and I like to think I am a good listener and supportive. I'm also just kind of nosy, so it would satisfy my need to know other people's stories.
Rachel Platten -
I have considered rap music stars, and there is one in my new book, Lovers and Players, and there is also a hip-hop music mogul who I think you will like a lot.
Jackie Collins -
If you can write it, I can be it.
Karen Black -
I have Aboriginal roots on my father's side, and have always indentified with that spirit. I feel a lot of my music comes from that place.
Xavier Rudd -
It is a coincidence that Mathangi is the Goddess of Music and the spoken word, which can be rap.
M.I.A.
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Sex is emotion in motion.
Mae West -
I'm just so happy to see my friends and fans in Taiwan, 'cause that's where I'm from.
Yani Tseng -
My mother insisted that I pursue music. I rented out my father's musical equipment and earned some money. As a child, I wasn't sure about a career goal, but I was always fascinated by electronic gadgets, specially musical equipment.
A. R. Rahman -
Music is the voice that tells us that the human race is greater than it knows.
Napoleon Bonaparte -
Do not take up music unless you would rather die than not do so.
Nadia Boulanger -
I was the oldest of the children in my family. I had to do a lot of diaper-changing and lunch-making. I was taking my little sister to ballet, picking up my brother, sort of being a super-nanny.
Vin Diesel
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Self pity is the worst possible disease that can affect mankind. And if we do just the opposite, which is love, then we have God's feelings with us at all times.
Jon Huntsman, Sr. -
I believe that you're here on Earth for a short time, and while you're here, you shouldn't forget it.
Bea Arthur -
There are few circumstances which so strongly distinguish the philosopher, as the calmness with which he can reply to criticisms he may think undeservedly severe.
Charles Babbage -
Everybody loves you because you are brilliantly awkward.
Steven Tyler Aerosmith -
I don't remember my father reading to me, but I remember him telling me bedtime stories. I got to pick what was in them, and then he'd make them up.
Caroline Kennedy -
If it wasn't for music, I doubt whether we'd be friends.
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