Jerry Lee Lewis Quotes
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Cuba needs a dose of perestroika.
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I think every job I do, I sort of look for the challenge in. I mean, that's why we do this job. It's not, you know, obviously not for the money or for the fame, it's for, I guess finding out more about yourself.
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One of the biggest lessons I've learned during my time on 'Oprah' is that everyone wants to be heard. We all want to have our humanity acknowledged - to have others see us for who we truly are. We all want to know that we are valued, we are heard, we are understood.
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Sometimes 'Rookie' is written about like, 'Finally! Something for alternative girls!' and I'm like, 'No!' Obviously it's not for everyone, but I used to think that there are cheerleaders, and there are art kids.
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Culture is a way of coping with the world by defining it in detail.
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People in the mass media tend more and more every day to look and act like elected and appointed officials.
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I'm waiting for them to make 'Thundercats'. I would love to be Cheetara.
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We begin to see, therefore, the importance of selecting our environment with the greatest of care, because environment is the mental feeding ground out of which the food that goes into our minds is extracted.
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The thing is, any time anyone invades anyone on stage, the invader always looks really bad no matter what point they're proving - obviously that applies to myself too.
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I don't like books that play to the gallery, but I've become more concerned with telling a story as clearly and engagingly as I can.
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A good composer does not imitate; he steals.
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We tend to talk about death as if it is losing a battle, but that assumes living is winning and dying is not.
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There are so many figures in our history that did not believe they could make a change, and they did.
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I would love to continue working on animated films. Yeah, those are my ambitions. No doubt.
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I love Brazilians. Brazilians ought to be made compulsory at 15.
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I don't think of reflection on dark things as necessarily dark.
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Without Khomeini, we would not be where we are. What a pity that, when pregnant with him, his mother did not choose to have an abortion.
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I went to high school in New York City. So, I grew up in New Jersey my whole life, and I was watching all the people and all the kids that I met there become so jaded.
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I grew up listening to The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, and every record those bands put out was very unique in its own right. I have that mentality. too: if a song sounds like something I've already done, then I'll throw it out, because I want each record to be a progression.
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For the most part, the real work is done in the songwriting stage and recording; the next step is presenting to people.
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When I was younger and played acoustic guitar music, I got a lot of Sheeran comparisons, along with guys like Paolo Nutini and James Morrison.
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I don't really go out that much, if I'm honest. I'm quite a recluse. If I had my way, I'd probably be at home most of the time with a book and a cup of tea or glass of wine.
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I've always showed up. If I got paid.
