John Oates Quotes
I have a lot of friends who are involved in everything from Americana to blues to R&B to pop to country.
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I'm the 1st black platinum artist in Detroit, solo artist in Detroit.
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I've never gotten thick skin. If you close yourself off and you get this protective armor, there is a price you pay with that - of not feeling. And feeling is important when you are a songwriter.
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I don't think my mother and father ever had any doubts about what I was to be punished for or not. My parents come from a very strictly defined culture.
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Yeah, I have animosity, a chip on my shoulder. But I love, too.
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I get breakfast when everyone else is on their lunch break. I usually go to Dimes, which is a short walk from my apartment. Usually, I'll have chia pudding or an acai bowl and toast and sausage.
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Balance is key in cooking - you want a little acid, a little sweet, a little savory - the flavors should be harmonious.
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Get me well so I can get on television and tell people to stop smoking.
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We have two trainers at the polo ground and do a mix of aerobics, gymnastics and stretches before we start riding. As polo players, it's very important for us to keep in shape. We do a bit of yoga and Pilates sometimes, too.
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I don't have a great instrument. I don't have the kind of ungodly control over my voice and body that great actors have. And I've worked with enough great actors to know that I'm not one.
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I am busier now than I ever imagined I would be, but I feel blessed in that I have found what I am supposed to be doing with my life. It's wonderful to tell stories and have people listen to them.
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It's abhorrent to me that somebody is just evil, and you can't explain it.
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It was always my dream to write for a living.
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My wife never throws anything at me that I can't handle.
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My first-ever car, my parents bought me a red Fiat Uno. I was 17 and just so happy to have a car, so I was very fortunate that my parents were in a position to get me one - it was a secondhand car, but I was just so happy to have it.
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Western man is schizophrenic.
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I think it's a fundamental responsibility of the federal government to enforce our nation's borders.
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I have a brain and a uterus and I use both.
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With dance and theatre, I think people get very nervous about not knowing the right things. They feel like they've missed something, or that they're not bright enough to watch it. It's not a test.
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The ravaged face in the mirror hides the enchanting youth that is the real me.
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Being bald is no fun.
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'Trap Lord' is basically the writer of the hood. It's the kid that's from the hood, from the trap, who's going to preach to his friends and his homies. Because they're not going to sit in no church. So they listen to me instead of going to a church, because I understand them, and that's really what the 'Hood Pope' is.
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Our intentions may be very good, but, because the intelligence is limited, the action may turn out to be a mistake - a mistake, but not necessarily a sin, for sin comes out of a wrong intention.
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Some people believe I am the third Buddha, but this is people's choice. From me, never. I have never pretended I am special.
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I have a lot of friends who are involved in everything from Americana to blues to R&B to pop to country.
