Daryl Franklin Hohl (Daryl Hall) Quotes
Every artistic form has its golden age, and unfortunately I think the golden age for whatever I do probably ended about 1990.
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Nearly all government advice on terrorism sacrifices practical particulars for an unalarming tone. The usual guidance is to maintain a three-day supply of food and water along with a radio, flashlight, batteries and first-aid kit.
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I'd rather learn from one bird how to sing than teach ten thousand stars how not to dance.
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All the time I was writing hit songs with my partner David Porter, I always had the yen to perform. Sure did. And when the opportunity came, I took it. The first album, 'Presenting Isaac Hayes,' didn't do so hot, but it was like a prelude for what was to come.
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Everybody has their struggles.
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I've been to parties in L.A. that are mind-blowing. I mean, quite literally mind-blowing. People get cellphones in the party bag, that sort of thing. Fabulous, fabulous parties.
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Pure art is a noble pursuit. Applied art is a business. That's one reason design firms have been so eager of late to add consulting and manufacturing to their core aesthetic competencies.
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Life can be a bore if you're constantly walking sidewalks instead of a tightrope once in a while.
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I think it would have been a lot better for him to say, I did it and I'm sorry, McGwire was never one to show a lot of emotion on the field, not a player who sought attention and craved to be thought of as a nice guy.
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I have this really high priority on happiness and finding something to be happy about.
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There is only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.
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In my previous career as a chief executive of high-tech companies, I experienced firsthand the endless possibilities when people from diverse backgrounds work together. They get to know one another and quickly learn that they share more in common than they originally thought.
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If you're a psychologist, you can instrumentally change peoples lives for the better. But you can only do that for about 300 people to maybe a thousand people - if you're really prolific and you're working really hard.
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My first celebrity crush... I had a huge crush on 'Cheetara' from 'ThunderCats.'
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Delusional pain hurts just as much as pain from actual trauma. So what if it's all in your head?
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For me, comedy is richer and larger than anything else.
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Looking back, it puzzles me that my parents decided to stay in Shanghai when they must have known that war was imminent. But the cotton works were my father's responsibility, and duty then counted for something.
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We need money. We need hits. Hits bring money, money bring power, power bring fame, fame change the game.
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Drugs, were a symptom - they weren't the cause of anything.
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I worked from 12 to 17, six years in a bakery. I was a pastry cook.
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I think we all carry the seeds of our own destruction. You really have to be aware that just because something is good, it doesn't mean it's not going to trigger a self-destructive impulse.
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I kind of think I'm going to live a long life as a punishment.
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If you get to my age in life and nobody thinks well of you, I don't care how big your bank account is, your life is a disaster.
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This is the first age that's ever paid much attention to the future, which is a little ironic since we may not have one.
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Every artistic form has its golden age, and unfortunately I think the golden age for whatever I do probably ended about 1990.
