John Oates Quotes
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A reciprocal of a fraction is found by flipping it upside down. If you want the reciprocal of a mixed number or a whole number, just convert it to an improper fraction, and then flip it!
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Immaturity is the incapacity to use one's intelligence without the guidance of another.
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If there's a strange way to do something, I would certainly like to know about it. I feel that I owe that to my public.
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Any form of art is political if you make it that way.
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Some people ask me, Do they put aging makeup on you? It's just this very nice street makeup.
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Instead of building walls, we should be building bridges.
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I always have a point of view. It may not be right, but it's my own.
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I am not some goddess that dropped down from the sky to sing pop music; I am not some extra-incredible human person that needs to be told how wonderful they are all day and kissed.
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I'm not a cheater, but if I win Olympic gold and people are looking at me and saying I am a cheat because I've won, it's hugely disrespectful given the hard work I've put in.
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And when did mere preaching do any good? Put something in the place of these things. Fill the vacuum of the mind.
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I have this first album that sells more than 100,000 copies in its first week, debuts at number two, goes gold, the single goes platinum, we're doing Madison Square Garden.
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We think of the 1950s as an oppressive time in the culture, and indeed it was, but it was also in many ways a more secular moment, and one in which great scientific achievements flourished. I don't want to get too gauzy about this, but there was much more respect for science as a necessary part of society.
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It seemed like most of the memories faded before they had time to form. And after a while, my life with my father seemed like a familiar story or a distant dream.
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I have every single Ferrari that came out. I have all the Mercedes they came out with, all the Jaguars they came out with, all the Porsches they came out with.
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Let me say what I actually believe. I believe that 9/11 was a conspiracy, by Al Qaeda, and Osama Bin Laden, and no one else trying to hurt America.
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I think a lot of people are drawn to seeing people that want to be better. We see it in ourselves.
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Much like anyone with too much time on his or her hands, I feel as though I am the most important person on earth and everything I do is relevant. I say the most charming and inspired things when no one is around.
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For a homebody like me, the evolution of gadgets has been a blessing.
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The tug-of-war between Scientologists and anti-Scientologists over Hubbard’s legacy has created two swollen archetypes: the most important person who ever lived and the world’s greatest con man. Hubbard was certainly grandiose, but to label him merely a fraud is to ignore the complexity of his character.
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It is bad for a young man to sin; but it is worse for an old man to sin.
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I've actually tried to roast somebody that I don't like, and it doesn't go well. Either they're a bad sport or I'm not as funny as I could be.
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If you're not kind, then you won't be attractive to me personally because that spirit shines through and makes people attractive.
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Journalists must work to earn the trust of those they aim to serve.
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I'm bad at math.
