Eric Clapton Quotes
My driving philosophy about making music is that you can reduce it all down to one note if that note is played with the right kind of sincerity.
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Most actors go, 'I read the script and fell in love with it'; I fall in love with the directors.
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If I must choose between healthy and tasty, I go for the second: having only one life to waste, it might as well be a pleasurable one.
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Any woman who wishes to smash into the world of men isn't very feminine.
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I can't understand artists that don't want to perform and, like, get on stage and do their songs for all their fans every night.
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They got word that the Japanese planes were coming back, so we sunk her ourselves so the Japanese wouldn't get it. We didn't want the Japanese to get it intact.
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I think it's a problem when something's a dream because it'll never live up to your expectations. It's better to go somewhere thinking it'll be horrible, and then be pleasantly surprised.
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I feel like I'm not the greatest general manager in the history of general managers, but I do OK, and I'm learning as I go. I try to just do my best with it.
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I am happy to donate funds to various organizations that help people in need.
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Because of the way my words get scrutinized, I have to use a level of precision so people don't accuse me of misleading them.
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The way to a man's heart is through his chest.
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I think I have a strange relationship with time. I'm not really aware of that time passing. I don't feel that I'm wasteful with time. But I'm not aware of it passing.
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In 'The Founders,' his new book about top charter schools, Richard Whitmire traces both the 'revolution' these schools brought about in many American cities as well as a parallel phenomenon, 'the charter pushback campaigns.'
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The only time people get pressured into doing reunions to make more money is when the current lineup is underperforming. And by bringing back the other guy, it increases their draw.
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It is outrageous to utter the name of Jesus Christ and live in Judaism.
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I can't make up my mind whether I want to dance like Josef Brown or dance with Josef Brown.
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I'm not a person who embraces challenges. I run from challenges. I break world records running from challenges.
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I am a guy who likes those who drive through red lights.
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One of the reasons people hate politics is that truth is rarely a politician's objective. Election and power are.
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To find a prince, you gotta kiss some toads.
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But it is obvious that our fathers, whose efforts have planted these great and prosperous cities along the once lonely trails of our own broad land, received all the fundamentals of civilization as a heritage from their European ancestors.
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I miss having my mom and close friends around. Thank God for Skype and Face-Time, which keep me connected... but interacting digitally can't come close to the feeling of being hugged by my mom or getting together for a meal with my friends on the same table.
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I think that even knocking on the door allows you to understand a little bit of that kind of stuff. Mainly what Silicon Valley has taught me, in that respect, is the business side of it, with that gold rush element as opposed to creating software.
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My driving philosophy about making music is that you can reduce it all down to one note if that note is played with the right kind of sincerity.
