John Oates Quotes
I have such a wide variety of tastes in things that I like musically.
Quotes to Explore
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The way through the world is more difficult to find than the way beyond it.
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I have an emotional attachment with Katihar.
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There can be no literary equivalent to truth.
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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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The best preparation for acting is life - observing life and people and observing yourself. All that becomes your library. So when you have to research a part, a scene or an emotion, you go into the library and get what you need.
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I kept on trying to use so many media and ideas in my work because our horizon is so vast and Indian culture is so rich that I think what we are today, culturally, we have a unique position and I don't think one lifetime is enough to encompass it.
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I have no intention of ever writing beauty tips on how to make an African-American nose look slimmer or Asian eyes look bigger. That's degrading. Asian eyes are what's beautiful about you and what makes you different.
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I am more of a suspense writer. A mystery writer solves mysteries. I am a 'high suspense' writer.
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In a world of complex threats, our security and leadership depends on all elements of our power - including strong and principled diplomacy.
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I'm really a very weak musicologist. Wish it weren't so, but there's only so much you can dig deeply into in one lifetime, as if you hadn't noticed.
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I know in this time of great technological advancement, the idea of reading a book seems almost anachronistic, but I think it's worth preserving.
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I saw 'Mahogany' and 'Lady Sings the Blues' when I was little and thought, 'That's what I want to do.'
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The family provides the army and navy with the best men and boys that it possesses. And, as we have seen, education and science too are becoming means to the ends sought by the military.
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If rain was God crying, I think God was drunk and his girlfriend just slept with Zeus.
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Crouching down inside a deep ravine,Those angry cries pass quickly by, he can't be seen.So many ways spent hiding in so many undone plans;Forgetting what it's like to fight when no one understands.
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Ginger: I can't do this, Lois! I can't go out with a woman who has a child! I'm too young, I tell you! I haven't sown my oats yet!Lois: I think your oats are impacted.
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I don't care about the size of the roles, or how they're marketed or billed or anything like that. I would love to be a part of stories that tell us about where we've come from, where we are, where we're going - with great directors.
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Strong female leads make more of an impact in the U.K. than in Denmark.
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I liked in television that you do some work, then you perform, then you stop and you have a break because they have to set up lights, and then you do some more work. I really liked the pace of it; it really agreed with me.
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As an actor, you've worked very hard, and you've been doing this for 20-some years, and William Morris was never interested - or any studio, either - in your company or as an actor, and then 'God's Not Dead' happens, and now everyone calls you.
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Happy the country that lives on nothing but its wits; cursed be the one that thinks it can get rich by planting or digging or drilling for wealth.
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I try not to worry about things that I can't control.
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Yeah, well my heart bleeds for you: You know what they say. The only easy day was yesterday.
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I have such a wide variety of tastes in things that I like musically.
