Ahmet Ertegun Quotes
If anybody asks me where I'm from, my first inclination is to say, 'Washington,' because that's where I grew up meaningfully.

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Some things are so tragic that you don't know what's funny in it, and some things are so ridiculous you don't know if it's worth talking about it.
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Imperfection is perfection.
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I don't care about revenues.
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If you write a novel alone you sit and you weave a little narrative. And it's O.K., but it's of no account.
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Our goal definitely isn't to sell Stripe.
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Every child should at least grow up in family rather than without one.
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One day, I'll be listening to a bunch of Ray Charles, the next day it's nothing but Red Hot Chili Peppers. The next day it might be Tupac all day.
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I won't leave any unfinished manuscripts.
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I was in Vietnam, and I was exposed to Agent Orange. And there's a high relationship between people that were exposed to Agent Orange and the kind of lymphoma that I had. The prostate cancer was genetic in my family. My father had prostate cancer, my - three of my four uncles had prostate cancer.
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I enjoy my food. I like to grill; I do that a lot. I like meat and have big dinners - steak, red meat splurges, prime cuts.
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The clash between Popper and Kuhn is not about a mere technical point in epistemology.
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To become a mother is to learn a whole language - to relearn it, perhaps, as it was the tongue to which we were born - and hence gain entrance to a forgotten world of comprehension.
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Costa Rica, with its tourist-based economy and lack of a national army, has focused on keeping safe its beaches, parks and other public draws. It is one if the safest countries in Central America based on the number of homicides.
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The Irish job was something that had to be sorted out.
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I don't like family stories forcefully mixed with commercial elements.
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I used to a lot. I used to go dancing.
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Working on 'Austin and Ally' has been an absolute dream! We literally have fun every single day! Whether it's scaring each other or singing together or just hanging out in each other's dressing rooms, the cast and I are super close! I feel really lucky to be with everyone on our set!
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I'm definitely low maintenance, but I do have a lot of massages, and I have this girl who comes to my house to do my nails. My friends will come over ,and we'll all get our nails done or have waxes.
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I like to see a driven kid: somebody who wants to come from the ground up. I love to see somebody who wants to be the best they can be.
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I'm not sure I could write a straight urban fantasy any more than I could write a straight contemporary story. I would end up being intimidated by all the small details.
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It doesn't really feel like it's got anything to do with me. I mean, I know I wrote it, and all that and invented the characters and made it up, but it's Mike's film, so doing the press and stuff, it feels a little bit inauthentic. I was just one component of it.
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Music and the music business are two different things.
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If anybody asks me where I'm from, my first inclination is to say, 'Washington,' because that's where I grew up meaningfully.