Kevin Parker (Kevin Richard Parker) Quotes
I hate when bands make beige, middle-of-the-road music. I guess you can say 'Lonerism' is the war on beige music.
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It is obvious that we can no more explain a passion to a person who has never experienced it than we can explain light to the blind.
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We need leaders who will stand unapologetically in defense of marriage.
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One can not impede scientific progress.
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I think we in the Alpha Band, which was a strange group anyway, weren't dealing with any of these issues. They sneaked up on us and took us over, before we know what was going on.
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As a child, I wanted to go into advertising. I had a love affair with the advertising industry.
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There are more ways of outraging speech than contradiction merely.
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Fashion is unique. It's a leveler, not a divider.
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I won't be in gay parades - I don't think they need them. I believe in class - I believe that people should have a bit of class about them.
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My motto is: feel the fear and do it anyway.
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If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style.
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A lot of times, when you're the leading lady, you get to sing heartwarming songs and that's it, and people don't get a sense of who you truly are.
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Beethoven's music tends to move from chaos to order, as if order were an imperative of human existence.
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Nobody believed in the success of the Internet.
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I always joke that I want to be able to retire from boxing and still be able to look into the mirror without seeing scars all over my face. I love my sport, but I would rather not have to spend hours doing my makeup to cover up the memories once I retire.
Mandy Bujold -
I hate going to bed. I read scripts, clean, listen to the radio - I've fallen asleep to 'This American Life' more times than I can count!
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I was trying to be Mary Tyler Moore. I loved her in 'The Dick Van Dyke Show.'
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On YouTube you can tell what countries are watching and I've definitely noted a strong Australian following. You can plan your tours around where the love is on Twitter and YouTube - before, you couldn't tell.
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Dismissals of poetry are nothing new. It's easy to dismiss poetry if one has not read much of it.
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An increased push for energy efficiency, renewable energy technology, electric mobility - along with the growing digitalization movement and a universal carbon pricing structure - would speed up the carbon-free future and the rise of a global middle class we desperately need. We can and must all do our part.
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It was Noel Coward whose technique I envied and tried to emulate. I collected all his records and writing.
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You got to make the most of your second life. I was born Nayvadius, but now I'm Future. Should I dwell on what Nayvadius was supposed to be? I get a chance to experience life as something else. I wasn't supposed to be like this.
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People say you should do it this way, someone else suggests that, yes, there's financing, but maybe you should use this actor. And there are the threats, at the end - if you don't do it this way, you'll lose your box office; if you don't do it that way, you'll never get financed again... 35, 40 years of this, you get beat up.
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I think that music and visual arts can complement themselves nicely. They do different things - the music forces you into a different mood and perspective whilst the visual stuff can engage you in a more direct cognitive manner.
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I hate when bands make beige, middle-of-the-road music. I guess you can say 'Lonerism' is the war on beige music.
