Donald Fagen Quotes
I think of Steely Dan as being of its time, and it may be inseparable from its time.
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I did a film called 'Fire with Fire.'
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I have always had a sense of curiosity and aspiration.
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I like to go to my simple cottage by the ocean or, really, any beach!
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I want young people to be hesitant to glorify war and to demand of their leaders justification for the sacrifices they ask of our citizens.
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President Obama was deeply and clearly affected by the Sandy Hook disaster.
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The whole hardware industry has experienced the phenomenon in which every time computers get cheaper, they appeal to a new set of users; every time they get more powerful, old customers upgrade.
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Whenever my body heals and the pain and all the swelling goes away is when I'll be ready.
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If there's one thing I've learnt, it's that I don't think a man ever looks better than when he's in a suit. So I'm wearing them increasingly, not in my personal life, but in my professional life, and I'm really enjoying it.
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A final of a grand slam is always a matter of details. Maybe a point here, a point there will make the difference. Maybe someone who is a bit more gutsy than the other player, someone who is having a better day than the others.
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I play on the left hand side, and I try to do the best I can.
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The wave of the Islamic revolution will soon reach the entire world.
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At times, training at home is a distraction, so training in Big Bear was a really good change.
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Winter testing is essential but there comes a point where you have had enough of all the rehearsals and the pretend racing. You just want to get down to the real action.
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Something happens to a woman when she can't reproduce. I've not had to walk that path, but I can only imagine when your organs don't work and how that could make you feel.
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I think, no matter what, when you're writing songs, most people write about the extremes of their experiences.
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Music Box has proven itself in a few short years to be a cutting edge distributor with a sophisticated understanding of both the market and cinema.
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Working in a bar was a horrific idea for me.
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As a child or young adult going through an illness, it can be stressful at times and boring and extremely alienating.
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What a costume designer does is a cross between magic and camouflage. We create the illusion of changing the actors into what they are not. We ask the public to believe that every time they see a performer on the screen, he's become a different person.
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I used to do lots of independent films and for a while I was very content living in New York City and doing independent movies and off-Broadway theater. I loved it, I had a really good time doing that, and I worked on a lot of projects that are very dear to my heart, both plays and films.
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You can't force a movie to happen. Movies happen when they're supposed to happen. Everything happens in God's time. I really believe that.
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High school is the time to find yourself and to explore with fashion and create your own identity.
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There's enough dismemberment going on in the world without writing music about it.
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I think of Steely Dan as being of its time, and it may be inseparable from its time.
