Clyde Edgerton Quotes
Music was a large part of my life. and it is a bit cliche, but it's a way people come together.
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Neither science, nor the politics in power, nor the mass media, nor business, nor the law nor even the military are in a position to define or control risks rationally.
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I over-scrutinize anyone new entering my life.
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Education is a way of empowering people; it opens up so many doors and is fundamental to everybody. And teachers are not often appreciated in the way that they should be.
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I think, initially, working on your own is really great because it allows you to just be really free and not worry about how things are perceived or if people are going to think you're an idiot. And once that becomes ingrained, at least for me, I think I'll feel really comfortable to work with other people and still feel that same freedom.
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During a game, it comes down to your mind - the pressure. There are loads of other aspects, too. Many people say taking penalties is easy, but when you're stood over one, that's not the case. It's in no way easy. The goal really does become a lot smaller.
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I guess my favorite artists are The White Stripes or Tom Waits. The more theatrical the music is, the more I get into it. I also like the quieter folk music, that kind of old-school rockabilly or country. I'm not really picky when it comes to music, as long as it's honest.
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When people connect to my work, it makes me feel great. A lot of that stuff is really deep, and when I play something and people feel what I feel, and use it in important situations in their lives, like at weddings or funerals, that's so powerful. It means I can connect with them on an important level.
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If you believe that the killing of innocent people is right, then you are not part of my future.
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I'm attracted to playing people who aren't necessarily straightforward.
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Yes, I believe the will is very important. It's how I have succeeded in life.
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People love coming on television, even if they have to show their miseries.
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We have morons representing us. People who go up and vote for a bill that they have never read - I mean, are we crazy? Are we insane to hand over our government to those kinds of people?
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I have two or three guys that I'm really close to. We have a great friendship, and I think that helps our songwriting relationship. It's hard to start... with new people and cover the ground that I've covered with those guys.
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When you rely on incentives, you undermine virtues. Then when you discover that you actually need people who want to do the right thing, those people don't exist because you've crushed anyone's desire to do the right thing with all these incentives.
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Having a child, particularly your first child, is such a life-changing moment. Nothing can really prepare you for that.
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There is a way to share an insight into your personal life without being classless, which is what I'm trying to do.
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You can't just take an image and randomly distort it and call it art - although many people in La Jolla where I come from do precisely that.
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There has to be a social commitment, a social consciousness that joins men together. On the basis of their coming together, they do not transgress against themselves and they do not transgress against others.
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When you make movies of based on real life, you try to exaggerate it.
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Wit is the appearance, the external flash of imagination. Thus its divinity, and the witty character of mysticism.
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'Honor in the Dust' is less about the freedom of the Philippines than the soul of the United States.
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The flower in the vase smiles, but no longer laughs.
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Music was a large part of my life. and it is a bit cliche, but it's a way people come together.
