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As far as pleasures, you've got to have limits. You shouldn't have too much of good things, so you'll always have a desire for more and you won't get bored.
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I'm profoundly lucky. I really like it. I really like my work. I've liked it since I was 5 years old.
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There are a lot of films that are drug dramas, and we didn't want to tell Scarface again.
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The experience of being on a show that is very much in the center of popular culture is exciting. You really feel like you're reaching people.
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The natural flights of the human mind are not from pleasure to pleasure, but from hope to hope.
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No, I got my web site going and said I have the record out. People were just falling on the floor - they couldn't believe it - after all that time. You know, it wasn't a compilation, it was new songs.
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I'm a sucker for any band named after a work of literature. Los de Abajo take their name from Mariano Azuela's famous novel 'The Underdogs,' and that says a lot about who they are and the music they make.
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They all hope I will go broke and I wouldn't like to cause them displeasure.
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I'm liberal on every social aspect, probably. More liberal than people would even believe. But there's still some of that Texas in me, as far as the gun debate. I wish there were no guns; I'm all for gun restrictions. But I'm also of the mind-set, if nothing changes, I'm getting a gun.
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The idea that I could push the envelope using dedication and research and endless curiosity has propelled me in my life's work.
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I've been brought up with the Christian faith with my family.
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I know where I want to get to, and I know where I want to be still in my career.
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Nobody can tell you how the blues feel unless they have the blues. We all take it differently.
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When I went to school, there were no Black philosophers, at least none that I was aware of, who were recognized by Western universities.
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My idea of artistry has always been 'try everything until you find out what works.'
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I don't believe in politics; I don't understand any of it.
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It's all about learning your craft and honing it in and really paying attention to people who are doing it and what their advice is. It's like anything: it takes years and years and years. A lot of it comes down to work ethic.
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My father wasn't a very good lawyer. He thought the law was sacred and something that was meant to help people. He didn't charge people like he should have... which is why I was allowed to play bars and strip joints when I was 14.
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Each day, you can awake and focus on small, easy goals you can accomplish in the short term - goals that, over time, will lead you to your long-term goal.
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Skeptical scrutiny is the means, in both science and religion, by which deep thoughts can be winnowed from deep nonsense.
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I'm a performer. I've tried everything there is.
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As far as pleasures, you've got to have limits. You shouldn't have too much of good things, so you'll always have a desire for more and you won't get bored.
