Jimmy Buffett Quotes
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Prog didn't really go away. Just took a catnap in the late Seventies. A new generation of fans discovered it, and a whole new array of bands and solo artists took it on into the new millennium.
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Religions do a useful thing: they narrow God to the limits of man. Philosophy replies by doing a necessary thing: it elevates man to the plane of God.
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That attitude and toughness that we want to play with, that, to me, is the most critical thing.
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I have a general sense of mission, and I intuitively know when something is influencing that mission. I think this is what I'm supposed to be doing. Doors keep opening. In the end, it's the best use of my skills. I've finally consented to the idea that I'm an artist.
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From success you get a lot of things, but not that great inside thing that love brings you.
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You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.
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History is a race between education and catastrophe.
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It's totally mistaken to suppose that an armed escort is going to give a journalist any protection - on the contrary, journalists who turn up surrounded by armed personnel are just turning themselves into targets and in even worse danger.
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I'm tired of malicious articles slandering me.
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The vision must be followed by the venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps - we must step up the stairs.
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You can blow on the dice all you want, but whether they come up 'seven' is still a function of random luck.
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There are regulators at the SEC and elsewhere who are really excited about the potential of the blockchain. They understand you can build a robust financial system - it would solve all your black swan problems. All kinds of mischief and games that are played in the current system become impossible in this system.
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I never see things I make in the same way that the audience does. You can never do that.
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We do take pride in how we look, but it's really just like, take a couple minutes, and you're ready to go.
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Well, a younger woman is a type, but not necessarily a type for me. And what is a younger woman? I mean, I'm pretty old. Almost everyone is younger.
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When I first got to L.A., I thought every person in a limo was a star.
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When I was a 7-year-old girl, in my bedroom, on my karaoke machine, I would sing 'On My Own' or do a one-woman version of 'Les Miserables.'
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I offer originality: you don't know what my films are like until you go to them. I think that's the reason I've been getting all this attention.
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To interest is the first duty of art; no other excellences will ever begin to compensate for failure in this.
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Nicki Minaj is a very strong woman who knows exactly what she wants. As an artist, I understand her, and I could see how she could be misunderstood by a lot of people, but she is really passionate about her art, and that's something I really admire about her.
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The world is not a rational place.
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It's funny when people ask an actor what they want to play next, because you don't get to decide what you play. I don't know. I can only say this: I don't want to and have no interest in playing a plastic surgeon. That's for sure. I'm open to anything else.
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After doing 'Pitch Perfect,' I didn't expect to do other musicals, but then I was offered 'The Last Five Years' and 'Into the Woods,' which are two of the greatest pieces of theater that I can think of. So obviously I wasn't going to be like, 'Oh I'm trying to really stay away from musicals right now, so thanks, but I'll pass.'
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Bryl-cream, a little dab will do you.
