Adam Schlesinger Quotes
Every year, there's some band that plays guitar-oriented pop music that has a single, but for the most part, it's kind of relegated to the sidelines.
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If you want to do stuff, you have to be able to handle controversy.
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For every reason it's not possible, there are hundreds of people who have faced the same circumstances and succeeded.
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I say the law should be blind to race, gender and sexual orientation, just as it claims to be blind to wealth and power. There should be no specially protected groups of any kind, except for children, the severely disabled and the elderly, whose physical frailty demands society's care.
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Part of the way the work world works is not so much creating a separation between your work and your free time, but creating the illusion of a separation between your work and your free time. Every day is the weekend for me, which means I'm always busy.
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The deadpan brilliance of John McCrea has been underrepresented in music since 2004, when Cake served up 'Pressure Chief.'
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When you're a war correspondent, the reader is for you because the reader is saying, 'Gee, I wouldn't want to be doing that.' They're on your side.
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I tend to write short, brief snippets - I lean toward the chamber music end as opposed to the symphony end of things.
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As an actor, you don't want to play a one-dimensional character.
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A dark poem is meant to redeem the dark part.
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I think I have to trust that you end up with the person you're supposed to end up with, and that everything in between is there to teach you stuff.
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I made a commitment... both to myself and to some supporters to carefully consider a run for the Liberal leadership for the Liberal Party of Canada.
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We have the American people properly concerned about the future of our country and the world.
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One knows less about one's own destiny than about anything else on earth.
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I like chords that are very lush with all the lush parts taken out.
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I love the produce section at the grocery store.
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I'm trying to have some longevity in this business. If that means not working for a while and just picking the right job, so be it.
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Anyone can be confident with a full head of hair. But a confident bald man - there's your diamond in the rough.
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I'm a prolific overanalyzer. And I can always use 15 words in place of three 3, no matter what.
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There is no question that I loved representing the people of South Florida.
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Either one lives 'for' politics or one lives 'off' politics.
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The world changed somewhat in form during its progress, but never in substance.
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Every change in a team can turn into an opportunity for players to show themselves.
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I like to think that if it hadn't gone as well as it has, if I wasn't able to make a living off of playing music, I would still be playing the music. But, of course, I wouldn't likely have had the opportunity to travel, and a lot of the places have inspired songs.
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Every year, there's some band that plays guitar-oriented pop music that has a single, but for the most part, it's kind of relegated to the sidelines.
