Kenneth Blackwell Quotes
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Using phrases or mantras to encourage and comfort myself has been a powerful practice for me. For years, I would say to myself 'Remember the purple sky' when I was feeling anxious, which to me meant remember a sense of internal spaciousness and kindness toward myself.
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Through the history of rock n' roll, you see lots of bands making the mistake of putting on the tights when they get to arenas. Don't do that.
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The average celebrity meets, in one year, ten times the amount of people that the average person meets in his entire life.
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I was unbelievably lucky.
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I found out that there was this project called the 'Great Green Wall' where they wanted to plant trees across the Sahara desert, and the idea was born that I wanted to create a support structure for that initiative.
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I have to think about how to not spread myself too thin. It's a really great problem to have.
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Like the old Italian saying goes, 'It ain't rocket surgery.'
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A bad hair day for me is when it gets flat and greasy.
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I was under the false impression that I could sing in high school, so I did a lot of musical stuff. I can't sing or dance, so that was entertaining for everyone.
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Instead of hating, I have chosen to forgive and spend all of my positive energy on changing the world.
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I thank you for your kind invitation to introduce me to the president of the Republic. Since I have not been out of my atelier for two months, I have no appropriate costume for this circumstance. Please excuse me.
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What I find is that it's the middle-aged authors who have lived a life who have the most important, interesting voices. They just need someone to give them the key to unlock the door.
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From my own point of view, I hope everybody would realise that people who work in Scottish football - referees included - are always under terrific scrutiny.
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That's a rule in the business. No tongue. You can't really get into it, otherwise, it's weird. I think that particular scene made his (Adam Brody) girlfriend jealous. There were issues.
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For those who turn to literary biography for salacious details, 'Flannery' will disappoint. It is the biography of someone who had very little chance to live in the conventional sense, to experience events.
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I think I'll be single my whole life. It's entirely possible I'm going to end up alone. Because I don't want to make any sacrifices for my own development and achieving what I want to achieve, and I don't want a family to get in the way of that.
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I asked my mother could I have an instrument. She said, 'Well if you go out and save your money.' So I went and got - I made me a shine box. I went out and started shining shoes, and I'd bring whatever I made.
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I haven't looked for a golf ball since mulligans were free, which was a law I passed in 1995.
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Some songs are just going to be acoustic with just maybe some light background stuff going on and maybe violin or something like that. Or sax - I mean, I'm definitely having some sax. That's just what I love. It's going to be jazz-rock stuff. That's what I'm aiming for.
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The third rule of life is this: Everything you buy today is smaller, more expensive, and not as good as it was yesterday.
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The tunes, rhythms, and messages are drawn mainly from secular culture.
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I would really like to do a movie. Schedule-wise I don't know when exactly, but I think it would be great to do a Portlandia movie. Some of my favorite television shows have done it and they've been great. Like Monty Python. I think it would be great.
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If I'm playing higher up the pitch, it's important I don't get carried away and start dropping too deep and I stay in my position.
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I am running for Governor of the great state of Ohio and welcome your support.
