James Brown Quotes
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I talk every day about doing the right thing.
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I think computer science, by and large, is still stuck in the Modern age.
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It's a cliche, but there really is no handbook about the celebrity thing; you have to figure it out as you go along.
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I have many different sides; I can be the life and soul of the party - or a wallflower.
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The next day, I got a phone call from him and he told me to come and read for a movie called New Jack City. So I went over there and they told me I was gonna wear dreads and play a cop.
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If you ever meet an actor who's the child of actors, they'll never tell you that they wanted to be a star. But what I did realise early on was that I just wanted to be in that tribe.
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Risk comes from not knowing what you're doing.
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I do think that 'Pretty Little Liars' has raised the bar in how social media can tie into the fan base watching the show.
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I like things simple.
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Dreams are today's answers to tomorrow's questions.
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If people think they've found my biggest weakness, let them try to take advantage of it.
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I can't deal with someone flashy. That's so not me.
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I have great admiration for the way the Americans do business. They drive a hard bargain, but once they do it, they stick to their contracts.
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I'm not going to be lectured by Nathan Deal, who is a former Clinton Democrat. I will stack up my conservative credentials against his any day of the week.
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But, look, Washington is a town that creates myths for its own existence and its own amusement, and I was a subject of myth, sort of like Grendel in Beowulf - you know, not seen very often but often talked about.
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In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra.
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But the working I would always want to do.
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I find that the time that goes by is actually your best friend when you are making a record. The passing of time gives you perspective on what you recorded and what you wrote. If something sounds good to you 12 months after you recorded it then chances are pretty good that there's something valuable about the part or the song.
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You are going to have bad days and have good days.
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Growing up, I would have to watch the other children and learn from my mistakes. I would have to push myself to overcome the things most people don't have to think about. Brushing my teeth was very difficult because of the noise of the brush.
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Sound doesn't always have to be heard. Sound can also be created by how a pattern is set up on a surface- how it moves across the surface, how light reflects the surface [and] can generate a feeling. Sound can also be through feeling, through color, through texture.
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Writing is taking a risk, and it is actually fighting invisible and invincible enemies. They are over-confidence, stupidity, expectation and narcissism.
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I have always been drawn to child-related causes. I find that people listen to me more when I advocate for children now that I have my own.
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When I'm on stage, I'm trying to do one thing: bring people joy.
