Adrian Belew Quotes
I was left with an urge to make the guitar sound like things it shouldn't be able to sound like.
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All of my friends, I consider childhood friends because we met when I was probably 13, and I'm still friends with them today. It's really nice that I have that core group.
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I cannot control what goes on in another lane and this is how I focus on the Games. There is no point in being nervous of other swimmers. It's just about focusing on yourself and what you need to do in order to perform at your best.
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I have dedicated many years to economic study, up to the Ph.D. level, to analyze and understand the inherent weaknesses of aid and why aid policies have consistently failed to deliver on economic growth and poverty alleviation.
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All of these mechanisms we have for celebrating are so double-edged. So much sorrow comes out of joy.
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I don't want to make games for 12-year-olds. I have no interest in that. I haven't been 12 in a long time.
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I predicted in 1950 that in five years, manufacturers the world over would be screaming for protection. It took only four years.
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Not long ago I made a list of Doc Ford books I would like to do, and I came up with 11 pretty easily. I like to let the characters go their own ways and see what happens. I find them fascinating.
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My message is: You don't have to give up being popular, fun, or fashionable in order to be smart; they can go hand and hand. Doing math is a great way to exercise your brain; being smart is going to make you more powerful in life.
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My first day on the set of 'John Adams', I was just supposed to fly to Virginia for a costume fitting. But the director figured, why not shoot it, too? So they threw me into a dress that didn't fit, gave me lines I hadn't seen, in a dialect I didn't know, and two screaming, arching infants.
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My hobbies include maintaining my physical and mental health. It's a full-time job. Yoga definitely helps for both of them. I'm a big fan of relaxing and not having a schedule. That's my best way to keep from going crazy.
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When I got to college, I was intending to study film. But I found that my brain was feeling mushy, so I took a few math classes. I started doing really well at them, and solving equations was this, like, drug rush.
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One of the most important things that teachers teach students is you, you can work harder. You are mentally tougher than you think.
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I feel grateful for the Puerto Ricans who created this genre that has inspired me to have such a beautiful career. Reggaeton has allowed me to continue evolving and growing musically, and I have been able to make it mine as well.
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The truest wisdom is a resolute determination.
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I wanted to be a decorator. I wanted to interior design homes and do everything myself.
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Try to devote the percentage of time for each club that you're going to be using on the golf course. I like to have two or three different clubs that I practice with, not four or five.
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I had never seen 'Vogue.' I didn't read fashion magazines, I read 'Time' and 'Newsweek.'
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Improvising things is always changing. A lot of momentum.
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When I started to write realistic, real fiction, the voices that were the strongest for me - the characters that I heard, the people that I knew - were the ones from my childhood.
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All nations are more tolerant of their own mistakes and weaknesses than of the mistakes and weaknesses of others.
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When I was a kid, I did martial arts because boxing wasn't really available on Long Island. I think now kids are able to begin boxing earlier. So it's great and whatever can promote the sport on a whole is a good thing. And if we can do it on Long Island, where I am from, it's a beautiful thing.
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I'm a pretty upbeat person. I think I sometimes get cast as these brooding types because I bring light and joy, which hopefully makes them more likable.
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When you want to win, and you want to go to work every day, you want to work with high character people; you want to work with classy people.
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I was left with an urge to make the guitar sound like things it shouldn't be able to sound like.
