John Oates Quotes
When albums gave way to CDs, people re-discovered their collection through their CDs.
Quotes to Explore
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I had no expectations of white people at all.
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Gym Class is a band I am more directly involved with than any other band except for Fall Out Boy.
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A historical romance is the only kind of book where chastity really counts.
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I have always been driven; I've always wanted to be published, and I wanted to make that happen, so I worked very hard. 'Perfectionist' would be a word to describe me.
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We need to understand the difference between discipline and punishment. Punishment is what you do to someone; discipline is what you do for someone.
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I've got a great staff and great support system, and I'm going to stick my neck out and do what I always do.
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In my industry, it's important to have people I look to for different things: guidance, inspiration and motivation.
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Sometimes one creates a dynamic impression by saying something, and sometimes one creates as significant an impression by remaining silent.
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We've made some good beginnings with the New START Treaty, but a lot more can be done.
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Strike the right balance between your outfit and makeup. Make a statement with one, not both.
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The numerous evils to which individual persons are exposed are due to the defects existing in the persons themselves. We complain and seek relief from our own faults; we suffer from the evils which we, by our own free will, inflict on ourselves and ascribe them to God, who is far from being connected with them!
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Capitalism has forced everyone to overoptimize in order to compete.
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When we show up in a city, we ask, 'Where's the best restaurant? What's the best beer?' You start doing that, and you get exposed to a lot of great stuff.
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I love rock n' rollers.
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As long as I love Beauty I am young.
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Maybe clothes are a form of creative expression for me. An outlet. Because I don't get to express myself creatively through my official duties.
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Your first duty as a writer is to write to please yourself. And you have no duty towards anyone else.
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I don't have to be a size zero anymore. But I still want to feel and look good.
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Nonfiction speaks to the head. Fiction speaks to the heart. Poetry speaks to the soul. It's the essence of beauty. The essence of pain. It pleases the eye and the ear.
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I'm still strongly opposed to antismoking laws, strongly opposed to any law that regulates personal behavior.
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I tried heroin just the once. Even then, I didn't realize I'd taken it. I was just handed something, smoked it, then found out what it was. It didn't do anything for me, which was lucky because I wouldn't have fancied heading down that road.
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Bitcoin's value is the same: It will remain as long as it is the most efficient mechanism for transferring ownership.
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You're not going to hear me singing songs about Wall Street because I don't know anything about that.
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When albums gave way to CDs, people re-discovered their collection through their CDs.
