John Mellencamp Quotes
A lot of record company people, even though they're our age, want to be perceived as young hip guys, and they're hurting the business.
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My mom really inspired me. She has always taught me it's not about us, it's about what we can give back.
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Being evil is easy.
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I haven't done as many films as I would have liked.
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Never for the sake of peace and quiet deny your convictions.
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With few exceptions, one ought always do what one is afraid of.
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The true measure of success for the U.N. is not how much we promise, but how much we deliver for those who need us most.
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I've had to be tough my whole life.
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I mean, Tool has a style, but we try to make all our songs sound different from each other.
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If I can help a kid feel more comfortable in their skin because they're struggling with maybe the things I struggled with in high school, that's great.
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I spent my whole teenage life trying to get to London and go to dance school, but when I got there, I couldn't wait to get to the clubs on weekends. I knew I wanted to make music.
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This result was confirmed by different researchers using various experimental arrangements.
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I have worked very hard to shed away my chocolate boy image in order to get a tough look for this action entertainer. I am confident of my success and would love to dedicate the same to Director Balachandar sir.
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Once imbued with the idea of a mission, a great nation easily assumes that it has the means as well as the duty to do God's work.
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I believe it's important that we use names of endearment that reflect a special feeling for the individual involved.
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Surviving is the only glory in war.
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Some people are your relatives but others are your ancestors, and you choose the ones you want to have as ancestors. You create yourself out of those values.
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I don't personally do movies for myself and a faction of very cerebral cinephiles - I do it for everybody and wish for the largest amount of people to relish whatever they find they can relish in.
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People always ask: For whom does the poet write? He needs only to answer, For whom do you do good? Are you kind to your daughter because in the end someone will pay you for being?... The poet writes his poem for its own sake, for the sake of that order of things in which the poem takes the place that has awaited it.
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Ultimately, in regular television, you've got seven or eight executives and maybe 50 people in the room with dials who are deciding whether a show goes - and it's not a great way, because we're making mass entertainment.
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I would like to be a terrorist for music education - to make a complete reform, all over the world.
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I like to do really realistic paintings, which requires so much focus; like, if I have to go to the bathroom or change a song, I can't; I'm so in it.
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I studied classical music in high school.
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A lot of record company people, even though they're our age, want to be perceived as young hip guys, and they're hurting the business.
