Kevin Parker (Kevin Richard Parker) Quotes
When I try and extract what it is about my music that I do or love or try to create, I'm never aware of it at the time. I just make something.
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My view is that life is too short. I'm not being melodramatic or anything, but when your mother dies in your arms - just you and her, and it's one o'clock in the morning, and you're waiting for her to exhale - you just think, life's too bloody short to argue about the little things.
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I want to do roles that take women a step farther. I don't want to be slotted into anything. But if I get a brilliant role which requires me to be a mother, then I will do it. But I want people to see that a woman could be anything at whatever age, even if she is married or has two kids.
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I kind of found a niche for myself after 'Firefly'. I found something that I enjoyed doing and that I did well, but as far as how I seek out a part, it's always different. It's always something that lights you on fire when you read it. It might be just one scene, it might be one line that defines the character for you.
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Hollywood can be a really tough environment for anyone trying to make a living. Unfortunately for actors of color, namely Asian Americans, opportunities have been and remain substantially limited. One place this is not the case is on 'Hawaii Five-0,' where we have three Asian American series regulars and a landscape rich with diversity.
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In my novels, there are twelve ancient 'memory tools,' all now lost. Each of the 'Reincarnationist' books revolves around a different tool.
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Although he's no longer with us, Steve Jobs is still inspirational to me, as he managed to find the balance between right brain/left-brain thinking that is crucial to building a creative technology business.
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I'm excited that I get to do what I love, and I'm benefiting through projects that speak to me.
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I have got prostate cancer, and I have to keep monitoring that. It's no problem, it's under control and I'm very cool about it, but other people are dying from it.
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Working with Bruno Mars would be really awesome. I'm such a fan of his, and I love that he's a real artist.
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I've been married twice. Most women would rather not be married to a traveling blues singer.
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If my company spends money, it should be disclosed to the shareholders and how it was spent. With my personal money, I can do anything I want. But company money should be disclosed.
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Sometimes a woman's looks or sensuality are too readily wrapped up in their power.
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I always wanted to be the person to whom people looked forward to give opportunities. As opposed to always being the person who wants to work with others and who is always the backup: where it's like, 'If nothing works out then OK, let's get this person.'
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One knows less about one's own destiny than about anything else on earth.
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I think management and technology all come into play in building a super-yacht. It is a challenge - a serious challenge.
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Every day, you have to get up with new energy and new ideas to contribute to pushing the organization forward.
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I've been into every doo-wop there is. I think I went to the university of doo-wop-ology.
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I haven't had that many weird encounters with fans, thank God.
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We had a party with the rest of the skaters in our trailer and then the next day we were off to see Jimmy Carter. And then we had the World Championships the next weekend, so not a lot of chance to catch up.
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Broadway is really my life.
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Knowing that we can be loved exactly as we are gives us all the best opportunity for growing into the healthiest of people.
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People forget how outcast 'They Might Be Giants' can be. They have a reputation for writing really deft, funny, clever melodies, and they also make a lot of music for kids, which is terrific, but when you see them in concert, they can rock the house.
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The world political system is till based on the concept of the national sovereign state. For the first time therefore, in three hundred years economy and sovereignty are becoming divorced from each other.
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When I try and extract what it is about my music that I do or love or try to create, I'm never aware of it at the time. I just make something.
