John Oates Quotes
The only job I'd ever had that might be considered not playing music was teaching guitar, which I did in college for a while, but that still falls in the same category.
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In 2005, I had one more year of college left, and I was taking a summer class in Barbados. I got discovered in the airport on my way back and started modeling at the beginning of my senior year at Bucknell.
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I listen to Helmet - and I love Helmet, they're a great band - but every song sounds the same.
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I've always made sequels, even when I was making Super 8 movies if the audience liked it.
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Any woman who wishes to smash into the world of men isn't very feminine.
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Pacific Islands are among those that contribute least to global warming, yet suffer most.
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For every reason it's not possible, there are hundreds of people who have faced the same circumstances and succeeded.
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Modesty is my best quality.
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All that we know is nothing, we are merely crammed wastepaper baskets, unless we are in touch with that which laughs at all our knowing.
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An ounce of performance is worth pounds of promises.
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One thing I have seen over and over again in life is that there is virtually no correlation between intelligence and common sense. IQ doesn't seem to translate that way.
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If you are in a relationship, it has to be a good one. If it isn't, it's best to just leave it.
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Poetry is the art of substantiating shadows, and of lending existence to nothing.
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If you have a particular faith or religion, that is good. But you can survive without it.
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When I interview celebrities, I always try to throw them off balance. My favorite is to ask 'em about crazy sex stuff like donkey punches and Monroe transfers. Works every time.
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We need to focus on building up our own nation and creating jobs here at home.
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If I really considered myself a writer, I wouldn't be writing screenplays. I'd be writing novels.
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A lot of people thought I wasn't doing anything because I was spending a lot of time socialising and going out, but I've always managed to get work actually done.
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I hate to say it, but there seems to have been some sort of dumbing down as far as movies go.
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It's time to recognize that under the equal protection clause of the United States [Constitution], same-sex couples should have the same rights as anybody else.
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From the beginning, I wanted to make dance music with a human element to it.
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I went to college for one semester, and I took every subject I could, and I ended up failing. So I thought to myself, Ever since I was a kid, I've loved expression - and that's when I started thinking about acting.
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When I got pretty good I went on the road with a group. We starved.
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I'm always writing songs, and I've got a bunch that I want to record.
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The only job I'd ever had that might be considered not playing music was teaching guitar, which I did in college for a while, but that still falls in the same category.
