Chuck Berry Quotes
It used to be called boogie-woogie, it used to be called blues, used to be called rhythm and blues...It's called rock now.

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Art is an invention of aesthetics, which in turn is an invention of philosophers... What we call art is a game.
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Let me go to hell, that's all I ask, and go on cursing them there, and them look down and hear me, that might take some of the shine off their bliss.
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Only four secretaries of defense served longer than Robert M. Gates. Many others were as dedicated; many sacrificed a great deal. Alone among them all, however, Mr. Gates had the task of turning around two wars that the U.S. was losing.
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In the military I could exercise the power of being automatically respected because of the medals on my chest, not because I had done anything right at the moment to earn that respect. This is pretty nice. It's also a psychological trap that can stop one's growth and allow one to get away with just plain bad behavior.
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I'm not confident in my own ability to resist the titanic force of my own ego.
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I like Noah from 'The Notebook.' One - hundred percent. I fall in love with him so hard.
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Being able to breathe underwater would be sweet.
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Museums are not normally presenting the works on the walls as provocations to work. It's more like going to a Jacuzzi.
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When you are clinically diagnosed with depression as a teenager, sometimes people don't understand it. You feel like you should be happy, especially when you have a very lucky upbringing, and you blame yourself.
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I believe people should live full lives and not settle for anything less.
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I get a great high from writing.
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There are many kids in and out of baseball who think that just because they have some natural talent, they have the world by the tail.
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Do you know how many companies have wanted me to do an energy drink for them because I named my book 'Crush It!'? It might be fun one day, but right now I think it would undermine the personal brand I've built.
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I love reading; I really enjoy it. I read books quite fast, which kind of annoys me, but I like it at the same time because I can read a book in a day.
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Cuba never had advisors in Vietnam. The military there knew very well how to conduct their war.
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There is no real agreement among scholars as to whether Homer and Hesiod were contemporaries or whether Homer came a hundred or so years later or earlier. How could there be, given that both poets recited and sang in an oral culture.
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I'm trying to work, be diverse and multi-talented.
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In general, people are comfortable sharing their music. There are two exceptions, though - Lady Gaga and Britney Spears.
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I write with a Uni-Ball Onyx Micropoint on nine-by-seven bound notebooks made by a Canadian company called Blueline. After I do a few drafts, I type up the poem on a Macintosh G3 and then send it out the door.
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Rock 'n' roll... but I also like sporting events a lot. I love Mike Piazza.
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If I opened a record store, it wouldn't be all punk rock and esoterica.
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It used to be called boogie-woogie, it used to be called blues, used to be called rhythm and blues...It's called rock now.