Carl Kasell Quotes
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I didn't even know I could sing or write songs. I didn't have that education. But people shouldn't think they can look down on someone like me, because I've had the same success as others, sold the same amount of records, if not more. They shouldn't think that because I'm just from 'The X Factor,' I'm not credible or respected as much.
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Be careful the environment you choose for it will shape you; be careful the friends you choose for you will become like them.
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I've always been fond of acoustic music.
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With Nine Inch Nails, it's all Trent Reznor. So when we get a new record from Nine Inch Nails, it depends on what side of the bed Trent's waking up on and what he's been eating lately and what he's been into. Because he's preparing the whole meal.
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'Macbeth' was a very lucky play for me.
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You can have religion with spirituality. You can also have religion without spirituality.
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When you know that people know who you are, you are always working - and not the work you want to do. You are sort of performing, because you know they are looking - or at least glancing - at you.
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I work with people like Spielberg and Abrams all the time.
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God and death kind of resemble each other, because the only time a lot of people will try and talk to God is when someone's died.
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I can be very difficult if people are not professional, or lazy - or the opposite, which is take themselves too seriously.
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For a long time, it was believed that war was waged by armies which could not be identified with the nation itself. Professional soldiers took upon themselves the job of defending national interests, and it was understood that the war affected only them; the country itself went on living and working.
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Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them - that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.
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Having the chance to walk at New York Fashion Week for Yeezy and Milan Fashion Week for Alberta Ferretti and Max Mara in a hijab is so significant. It sends a message to young women everywhere that you can be beautiful for just being you.
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It is a waste of money to help those who show no desire to help themselves.
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The Jews would have us believe that God had this bias to this little small tribe in the middle of the Sinai Desert, and all the rest of humanity is just rubbish. I mean, that is the basic doctrine of the Jewish religion, and that's why it is a most racist religion.
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A passion for politics stems usually from an insatiable need, either for power, or for friendship and adulation, or a combination of both.
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It's just this little comedy about this group of guys, and their local hangout is a pool hall, and it's starting to get taken over by this big corporate, evil kind of guy. And it's just about them trying to save the day and their little pool hall in the process of it all. It's called 'Think Tank.'
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I think politics is the biggest lever of change in India.
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When money was plentiful, I was the first one who told you to stack it. Live your life with it. Now that money slowed up, I'ma be the one telling you to save it like they ain't gon' make it no more.
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In the community, in the African-American community, one person ought to say something, and that is the minister. The minister is paid by the people. He doesn't work for a big company. He doesn't represent a particular special interest.
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Being a parent is not a reasonable thing. It is a very hard thing. I am a parent and I know.
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Music is supposed to create an associate level, wherein I and you and you and I can associate without any misunderstanding.
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Consistency, madam, is the first of Christian duties.
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'Wait, Wait' has been great. The humor is there, and we get to do a lot of action.
