Brian Wilson Quotes
I wanted to write joyful music that made other people feel good. That’s what I tried to do for the past 27 years.Brian Wilson
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Many people believe the whole catastrophe is the oil we spill, but that gets diluted and eventually disarmed over time. In fact, the oil we don't spill, the oil we collect, refine and use, produces CO2 and other gases that don't get diluted.
Carl Safina -
Iranians defend and present their Islamic and Iranian identity to other people worldwide.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad -
I started acting almost on a whim to help my music career.
Lance Reddick -
Music history has flowed under the bridges for many years.
Gavin Bryars -
The entertainment medium of film is particularly tuned to the present imaginations of people at large. A lot of fiction is intensely nostalgic.
J. G. Ballard -
Thou must be emptied of that wherewith thou art full, that thou mayest be filled with that whereof thou art empty.
Saint Augustine
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The only people that have ever fought ISIS in Syria is not the regime; it is the Free Syrian Army.
Jack Keane -
When I was a kid - 10, 11, 12, 13 - the thing I wanted most in the world was a best friend. I wanted to be important to people; to have people that understood me. I wanted to just be close to somebody.
Fiona Apple -
I'm really obsessed with the past.
Fisher Stevens -
I fantasise about what the future could be in terms of aesthetic and psychology. It's the most difficult thing to do because you have to start from the past - your favourite architect, your favourite song - you take it all with you.
Raf Simons -
I always try to put something personal on my albums just to give people out there a little piece of my history and how I got where I am and who I am.
Randy Houser -
It'll be interesting to raise kids in New York City. I'm from suburbia, so I don't really have any experience with what it's going to be like here.
Aaron Lazar
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I think it's important for people of colour to have similar opportunities to white people; that's what is most important.
Mahershala Ali -
I love figuring out a stranger, sitting down and learning about their loves and struggles and everything. People are my jam.
Cara Delevingne -
People listen to me, and they hear about a government they want, a government... that will cut spending, cut taxes, that will focus on private-sector job creation.
Carl Paladino -
Fashion is always seen as somewhat frivolous and self-indulgent. And I think people on the inside maybe don't see or understand how exciting and diverse a business it is.
Imran Amed -
The idea of a streaming service, like Netflix for music, I'm not totally against it. It's just we won't put all of our music on it until there are enough subscribers for it to make sense.
Patrick Carney The Black Keys -
Storytelling is storytelling. Good stories need compelling characters and interesting conflicts. That's the bottom line no matter what medium you're writing for.
D. J. MacHale
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I like to have songs with me that have substance. That's missing from a lot of today's music. You might hear a song with a catchy beat, but what's it about? It's not empowering or helping anyone.
Jennifer Hudson -
Skydiving - I love to do that.
Antonio Sabato, Jr. -
Sometimes, I tell them more than they wanted to know.
Marjory Stoneman Douglas -
I was a Swedish guy who listened to Too Short.
Joel Kinnaman -
Iran is a state sponsor of terrorism. And for them to be able to provide nuclear technology to non-state actors, that's unacceptable.
Barack Obama -
I wanted to write joyful music that made other people feel good. That’s what I tried to do for the past 27 years.
Brian Wilson