Adam Schlesinger Quotes
If you're sitting in a place like Martha's Vineyard, I don't think you're going to write a song about a ski resort.Adam Schlesinger
Quotes to Explore
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Knowledge is knowing that we cannot know.
Ralph Waldo Emerson -
Born with blue spectacles, you would think the world was blue and never be conscious of the existence of the distorting glass.
T. E. Hulme -
Not all my work features black actors. I mean, it's funny: someone was reading back to me all the languages that have appeared in my films, whether they were shorts or features. They span Arabic, French, Mandarin, Cantonese - all kinds of languages. I think it's really cool.
Barry Jenkins -
Captain Cook discovered Australia looking for the Terra Incognita. Christopher Columbus thought he was finding India but discovered America. History is full of events that happened because of an imaginary tale.
Umberto Eco -
It's not that I don't want a fast car. I like the speed. I'm just not the type of person who finds a sports car a sexy car.
Inga Cadranel -
Historically, the Balkans have been an incubator of war.
Pat Buchanan
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It would be nice to be on the charts again, nice to be recognised.
Nancy Sinatra -
In film, you're so much in the hands and at the mercy of the editor, so sometimes it's good to watch it just to see how it turns out - it can be so different than how you imagined it. But sometimes it's better to just let it go for your own sense of self worth.
Finn Wittrock -
Baking is my pastime. I just love creating things. But it's not what I want to do for a living. Acting is what I want to do.
Ed Oxenbould -
I have managed to infuriate the bank bosses; acquire a fatwa from the revolutionary guards of the trades union movement; frighten the 'Daily Telegraph' with a progressive graduate payment; and upset very rich people who are trying to dodge British taxes. I must be doing something right.
Vince Cable -
I used to listen to 'Perfect Day' by Hoku every single day in high school! 'On this perfect day, nothin' standin' in my way... Don't you try to rain on my perfect day.' It pumped me up when I was feeling down or defeated, whether it was from the cool kids making me feel left out or feeling overwhelmed with homework and mean teachers.
Kara Lindsay -
If you have a great-sounding guitar that's a quality instrument and a good amp, and you know how to make the guitar talk, that's the key. It starts with the guitar and knowing what it should sound and feel like.
Eddie Van Halen Van Halen
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Producing should be a creative responsibility.
Harold Prince -
Low interest rates are a big opportunity for investment. But the issue is that this money should go to the real economy, not the financial economy.
Carlos Slim -
The value of an arts education is widely accepted, especially in California.
Gavin Newsom -
I like being married. I'm at home with my wife and kids all the time now. I don't go out for wild nights.
Jack Black -
I joke that my niche in Hollywood has been naked foreigners.
Hank Azaria -
Entrepreneurs and rowers show characteristics of curiosity and wanting to learn.
Cameron Winklevoss
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I think there's a time in your life where you don't feel like you fit in. I think everyone has that when you're a teenager, especially, and especially in the society we live in.
Matthew Vaughn -
It has always been important to me to be a creative artist, not to be a star, not to be rich, not to be famous.
Donna McKechnie -
Our Cuba policy didn't make much sense during the Cold War and makes even less sense now.
Stephen M. Walt -
Working with a company like LIDS just makes sense for us. Every night, we play a song we wrote that has now become a hit and was inspired by seeing so many of our fans wearing Snapbacks. Our fans are LIDS customers, and we are excited to partner up and bring them into the Old Dominion family.
Matthew Ramsey Old Dominion -
I don't have certain kinds of fatigue. My focus stays strong - I can work on a song for six or seven hours in one day and not get bored or tired of it.
Jason Isbell -
If you're sitting in a place like Martha's Vineyard, I don't think you're going to write a song about a ski resort.
Adam Schlesinger