Dave Matthews Quotes
The saddest part of the human race is we're obsessed with this idea of 'us and them,' which is really a no-win situation, whether it's racial, cultural, religious or political.
Quotes to Explore
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Music is always there, but if you're asking me my first love, it's film.
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I can't change everything by myself but I can be one of the people who are trying to change the situation.
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We all look at ourselves in the mirror and think, 'Am I good?'
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You can understand why good publicists go on to run distribution companies: because the creativity involved is complex and nuanced.
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I wish I'd gone to music school or just started playing in bands sooner.
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The migration wave can be stopped.
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My Alma mater was books, a good library... I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity.
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Why did I elope with my husband after knowing him for only four months? I wish I could show people the picture of the two of us that night and have them feel what I felt. But it's just a picture. It can only capture how things looked, not how they felt.
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All fashion brands are about looking good. Being Human is also about doing good. And you can do good by the simple act of slipping into a t-shirt or a pair of jeans.
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Over 120 Aboriginal communities run their own health services - some have been doing so for 30 years. They struggle with difficult medical problems. They also try to deal with counselling, stolen generations issues, family relationships, violence, suicide prevention.
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I started making music for fun, but I had two parents who were very much in the business. I didn't run around trying to get the spotlight. I was very shy. I never sang in front of people 'til I was about 17 years old.
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Gospel music rhythms are not African in origin, although I know that's what the jazz experts say.
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I don't need drugs to make my life tragic.
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The balance of private good and general welfare is at the bottom of civilized morals; but the morals of the Heroic Age are founded on individuality, and on nothing else.
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Dealing with the government does not mean you have to give a bribe.
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If you're looking for immediate rewards, you're only looking for the money.
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There is nothing so unthinkable as thought, unless it be the entire absence of thought.
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I like 'The Three Musketeers.' I like those kind of cool things where they were having a robe and a sword.
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I do write a lot from personal experience, but I also embellish a bit.
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I am travelling half the year around the world, every year, so coming home is one of the most beautiful things.
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I defer to all these other American poets who, for some reason, I both envy and admire.
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We must recognize and keep in the public consciousness the significant contributions and sacrifices Americans of every community have made that have helped forge the greatest country our world has ever known.
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Of all influences that cause men to choose wrong, selfishness is undoubtedly the strongest. Where it is, the Spirit is not.
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The saddest part of the human race is we're obsessed with this idea of 'us and them,' which is really a no-win situation, whether it's racial, cultural, religious or political.
