Paul Kantner Quotes
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I've basically worked as a journalist and a writer.
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In the back of my mind, I can never forget this could be gone tomorrow - and at this point I think the odds are against me... the chances of succeeding in this business are slim to none; there's only a handful of people that have long careers. You have to put in the work, you can never be satisfied, never take it for granted.
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I was raised in Harlem. I never found a book that took place in Harlem. I never had a church like mine in a book. I never had people like the people I knew. People who could not find their lives in books and celebrated felt bad about themselves. I needed to write to include the lives of these young people.
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I have a really great show jacket from Lavalliere that's really well made, and I have a great pair of Gucci jodhpurs, which is hilarious.
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If we're going to go really deep, we're all trying to live forever. My music is my way of doing that.
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The idea of the European community is never face a war again.
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There are always new places to go fishing. For any fisherman, there's always a new place, always a new horizon.
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Be strong, believe in freedom and in God, love yourself, understand your sexuality, have a sense of humor, masturbate, don't judge people by their religion, color or sexual habits, love life and your family.
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I'm not interested in a film about deceit anymore. I think I was always invested in deceit on some level. But it no longer compels me the way it did for so many years.
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I love the simple poetry of theater, where you can stand in a spotlight on a stage and wrap a coat around you, and say, 'It was 1860 and it was winter...'
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By thinking through the grilling process while still in the kitchen, you can easily gather all of the items that you might need and conveniently carry them to the outdoors area.
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My gut feelings and my faith tell me that until God shuts a door, no human can shut it.
Olusegun Obasanjo
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Your soul either feels lifted by something that you read, or it feels squashed by it.
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Everybody always wants to rebel against their parents' music, but nobody listened to music louder than my dad.
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Even the holy men who lived before the coming of Christ understood that God had in mind plans of peace for the human race.
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'Alien' is one of my all-time favorite horror films - that has a great monster.
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I really like Lady GaGa and everything she is for her fans.
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I was in this public high school in Princeton, and it had this topnotch jazz program - if you were a musician of any kind of caliber, your holy grail was to be in that orchestra. It was that claim to fame of the school, of the town, other than the university. But it was better than the university band.
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No matter how bad someone has it, there are others who have it worse. Remembering that makes life a lot easier and allows you to take pleasure in the blessings you have been given.
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I refrain from blaming anything on my parents.
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After decades spent in rewrite rooms surrounded by other shouting writers, I discovered that I work best alone. I like being in charge of my time, working out the problems according to my own rhythms and being able to nap. That's a big one, the napping on demand!
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Sometimes I think life's only mission is to bring us to our knees...the perfect position to seek God.
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You couldn't have fed the '50s into a computer and come out with the '60s.
