James Iha Quotes
It's much easier to work on other people's music and play in other people's bands as a guitar player instead of being the main songwriter and singer. That's a really big job to do that.
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What was once underground is now coming to the surface.
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I'm not as goal obsessed as I am process obsessed.
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There is nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries than an agreement.
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Our built-in human system for mimicry explains why we humans can transfer our good and bad moods to each other - if we aren't careful!
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I am very emotional. It took me many years to recover from the death of my father. Even when I was playing cricket, I wasn't happy. I would just sit and cry. I was very young. He was too young; he shouldn't have gone. Cricket is all right. We all play sport. Good and bad days come.
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I'm the most Colombian of the Colombians, even though I've lived 47 years outside of Colombia. I've lived 13 years in New York, and I never did a painting about New York. I've lived in France more than 30 years, and I've never painted Paris.
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People don't buy for logical reasons. They buy for emotional reasons.
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You have your identity when you find out, not what you can keep your mind on, but what you can't keep your mind off.
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I have seen the future, and it is much like the present, only longer.
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Without doubt, machinery has greatly increased the number of well-to-do idlers.
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When you live in L.A., it is easy to stay fit, as the weather is amazing.
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I'm letting inspiration move me, in whatever direction it may, without concern if this sounds too rap or too indie, or there's too many words in it.
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I like to hike with my dog, Webster. It helps clear my mind.
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For years I've been hearing 20-somethings say they don't expect Social Security to be around when they hit 65. Eventually, I came to realize that they really mean that they just don't expect to be 65. Or 40. Neither did I, when I was 22.
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I'm not very good with stills. I get all twitchy.
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Even as empiricism is winning the mind, transcendentalism continues to win the heart.
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Japan learned from the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki that the tragedy wrought by nuclear weapons must never be repeated and that humanity and nuclear weapons cannot coexist.
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What the eyes perceive in herbs or stones or trees is not yet a remedy; the eyes see only the dross.
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I like to take music from everywhere and put it in my style and let it be accepted.
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I have only one loyalty - to my writing. I never wanted to be the head of a studio or a producer.
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Enjoyment of the landscape is a thrill.
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You can't make a character do something they wouldn't do.
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I think that's something people need to convey because you see all these celebrity moms out there, and the perception is they can do it all, but they have sooo much help. And it's kind of an unfair image to project for many women, because it is really hard, and if you have help, you should indicate you have help.
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It's much easier to work on other people's music and play in other people's bands as a guitar player instead of being the main songwriter and singer. That's a really big job to do that.
