John Mellencamp Quotes
I couldn't have recorded this record 15 years ago. My voice didn't have the depth to pull these songs off.
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Don't get me wrong: there are some fantastic people who work at British Cycling who kept me together, who were there when I was struggling with it all. They were walking the same tightrope in many ways, because if you do speak up, your days are numbered.
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If there's a party and they won't let my friends in, I'd leave. No question.
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It's really a sad story, and I liked that. The songs on this album talk about relationships in every aspect.
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I don't see the Hurricanes relocating, period. I think the Triangle is a terrific market.
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If the gentleman has ability, he is magnanimous, generous, tolerant, and straightforward, through which he opens the way to instruct others.
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High School Musical has been a blessing and a gift.
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I've been a big fan of Joe Hill ever since his first novel, 'Heart-Shaped Box.'
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I never get tired of performing to people who want to hear me. Hell, that's my handshake to the world. I'm doing just what I've wanted to do since that day I was 15 and heard Lenny Breau play the guitar.
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I have never been to a museum in Hong Kong, or a movie or a play. I've never gone club-hopping. I've never taken the tram to Victoria Peak.
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If they exert it not for good, they will for evil; if they advance not knowledge, they will perpetuate ignorance.
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Being human always points, and is directed, to something or someone, other than oneself - be it a meaning to fulfill or another human being to encounter.
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If you don't have the money management skills yet, using a debit card will ensure you don't overspend and rack up debt on a credit card.
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And, I may add, from what totally unexpected sources come many of those who from the comparatively modest beginning in the chorus rise to the heights of really great achievement in the theatrical profession.
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There are men and women still on the streets, and that's all they are saying Can you spare a quarter? I come from a crowd of people who were current on the outlook on life, who were social and knew where they were and had some input into how things seemed to be.
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I have this soft spot for have-nots. So, I was really inclined to portray their pain and pathos in 'Highway.'
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I try to train as much as I can, as much as my schedule allows it.
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I am half Puerto Rican, a quarter German and a quarter black. That was always a big issue for me - being mixed race - because casting directors tended to be very like, 'OK, are you Hispanic for this role?' 'Or is she going to be African American?'
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I believe in large families: every woman should have at least three husbands.
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Artists forget than the first purpose of a comic character is to convey emotion. Everything else, like realism, or other kinds of virtuosity, is an optional extra. If you sacrifice expression for the sake of other concerns, you're putting the cart before the horse.
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If anybody is excited about my music, that's all I care about. I care about people who are excited about new music.
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Since I've worked in film and television for so long, I've acquired the ability to let the version of the characters that lives in my mind make way for the living, breathing humans who are going to play them on screen. If you cast it right - and casting is about 80% of directing - they will eventually replace or exceed the imaginary image.
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I'm the kind of person who, if I can't get something right, I get quite frustrated with myself.
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I couldn't have recorded this record 15 years ago. My voice didn't have the depth to pull these songs off.
