John Oates Quotes
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Phrases that have historical significance or become headlines don't just magically appear in the moment. They are mindfully planned.
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What Washington needs is adult supervision.
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I am going to change the world, and I'm talking to everybody in the possible world that I can get to that can help me to do that.
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I do hot yoga and TRX, a kind of suspension training.
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It's tough to be 68 and dating. I've given it up now.
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I don't think auditioning will ever faze me again after the 'Grease' TV experience. It was fierce. There were thousands of people auditioning in four cities. I flew from home in Minneapolis to audition in L.A. I waited in line all day. I arrived at 7 A.M. and wasn't seen until 6 P.M.
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I am the guardian of power, not its owner.
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What I've learned is that you really don't need to be a celebrity or have money or have the paparazzi following you around to be famous.
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Self-discovery is above all the realization that we are alone: it is the opening of an impalpable, transparent wall - that of our consciousness - between the world and ourselves.
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It's super trippy coming to America because we know everything about it - from music and film. I know what a Southern accent sounds like; I know what a New York accent sounds like.
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I'm lucky in some ways in that I really don't need more than five or so hours of sleep.
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I married beneath me, all women do.
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I'm one of those crazy people, if I'm watching the trailer for a movie and I'm really excited by it, I'll turn it off because I don't want to know anything. I want to be surprised because I love that more than knowing anything.
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We live in a dark time. Books are as dark as what is available to teenagers through the media every day.
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I had a monumental idea this morning, but I didn't like it.
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A lot of people don't like me.
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Yeah, right. I mean, he criticises everybody in the media, then the first thing he does when he finishes is he goes to work for the media. Thompson, too. Hypocritical.
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I don't like cooking just for myself; I enjoy feeding other people, particularly outdoors.
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I really explored self-awareness and emotions through 'Green Lantern.' It might sound goofy, but I do believe that emotions have power. We're all driven by something, and most of that is emotional reaction. For me, it was about recognizing my self-awareness.
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Educate a man and you educate an individual. Educate a woman and you educate a family.
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My great-grandfather, Sam Aykroyd, was a dentist in Kingston, Ontario, and he was also an Edwardian spiritualist researcher who was very interested in what was going on in the invisible world, the survival of the consciousness, precipitated paintings, mediumship, and trans-channeling.
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It's weird because horses kind of come and go in my life.
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Representative Spencer Bachus is one of the only people I know from Alabama. I bet I'm the only socialist he knows.
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I have a great family, I live an amazing life.
