John Oates Quotes
The decline of the major labels has changed the audience. They aren't force-fed by a system any more. They can make their own decisions.
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Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises.
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I wanted to define the vocabulary of a wedding both visually and intellectually. The book is about more than weddings or wedding dresses. It's a metaphor for women's lives, their creativity.
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The novel moves like all the arts. It's transforming itself all the time.
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I have a lot of friends who do EDM music; they had to tell me what a 'drop' was.
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Fuel conservation is as important as fuel production.
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Wise is he who enjoys the show offered by the world.
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The nonphysical law allows you to use nonphysical causes to create nonphysical effects and also physical effects. This does not mean that you are not in control of what you create. On the contrary! It means that you are entirely free to create what you want, provided you are aware of how the nonphysical law of cause and effect works.
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At the age of 16 I started performing with a dance band in the evenings and began earning more money than my father, but he was pleased for me.
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I have a confession to make. In the beginning, I did not understand the Kate Moss phenomenon.
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First of all, we haven't always welcomed immigrants.
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All national histories are partisan and designed to give us a good conceit of ourselves.
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Some people are so much sunlight to the square inch. I am still bathing in the cheer he radiated.
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When I was one-and-twentyI heard him say again,'The heart out of the bosomWas never given in vain;'Tis paid with sighs a plentyAnd sold for endless rue.'And I am two-and-twentyAnd oh, 'tis true, 'tis true.
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I think as people listen to the album more it'll become its own thing more, but it'll also become apparent how much we've plagiarised. To me, really, at the end of our album we should've had a bibliography.
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There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty.
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I'm not a dumb idiot just because of what I wear.
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With respect to potential computer intrusion by hostile actors, we did not find direct evidence that Secretary Clinton's personal e-mail domain, in its various configurations since 2009, was successfully hacked.
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I've never had the patience of a teacher.
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What I'm trying to do is deliver results, not promises; results, not vision; results, not concepts. The world is cynical about IBM's promises.
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It's a huge deal anytime you get in the playoffs. We showed guts and determination. I feel humbled and really thankful to get in. It was a hard-fought game and I was just thrilled to get out on the right end of it.
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I've always wanted to make a record.
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The forests of America, however slighted by man, must have been a great delight to God; for they were the best he ever planted. The whole continent was a garden, and from the beginning, it seemed to be favored above all the other wild parks and gardens of the globe.
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She had been the quiet, rather plain girl, with a surprisingly sharp tongue if she was put out, lovely eyes and pretty hair and a way of looking very directly at one. Now he had to admit that she had become more important to him than anyone else in the world. The idea of a future without her wasn't to be borne. She had by some mysterious metamorphosis become more beautiful than anyone else he had ever encountered.
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The decline of the major labels has changed the audience. They aren't force-fed by a system any more. They can make their own decisions.
