Because Quotes
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I like writing for teenagers because they're not snobs.
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Everything I do today is because of what I did when I was 14.
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The first thing you realise very quickly when you decide to do an acoustic version of an electric song is your solo either becomes either very truncated, very different, or non-existent, because even if you play a clean solo, it's different with the Kryptonite... with the acoustic.
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When I was a boy, the neighbours all knew who I was because I'd take a ball with me everywhere I went.
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People think I'm kind and considerate and that I listen and evaluate and give each party a chance to talk. The public's perception of judges seems to be improving because of what I'm doing, and that makes me happy.
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We actually went public partly because we wanted companies to realise we were not going away.
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I probably have a hidden issue, because before 'La Misma Luna' in 2007, I hated working with kids. But after that, I learned so much about how to handle a kid that I liked it. And then came 'Instructions Not Included,' and it was like, 'OK, now I think I've got it.' Life just kept bringing me projects with kids.
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I give assists; I create chances, because I can't forget my position. I play still on the wing, not No 9. I play for the team, and everyone can see that.
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Work aside, I think would have ended up in the U.S. because I like being here a lot. I really do.
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My parents fled from a Cuban dictatorship in search of freedom. Growing up, I saw my parents struggle... I am here today because of them. My success is their success. Their sacrifice and perseverance made my education possible.
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My father is my best friend. Just growing up with him inspired me to appreciate music that much more because he appreciates music.
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I'm glad there are a lot of guitar players pursuing technique as diligently as they possibly can, because it leaves this whole other area open to people like me.
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Maintaining a relationship is easy when you both are in same profession because you understand the work pattern.
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I always hated perfect TV moms because I always thought that was unrealistic.
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I just want to tell stories that have an impact on people. Somebody needs to have an impact because people are lost. People are really lost.
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Doing the acoustic at Carnegie is basically advised because electric music tends to get, let's just say, acoustically unsound.
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My English is good because I have a good ear.
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Maybe it's because I'm English, but in terms of how people perceive us I only pick up on the negative side of it.
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The revolution of Saint Domingo was taking its course. I saw that the whites could not endure, because they were divided and because they were overpowered by numbers; I congratulated myself that I was a black man.
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I envy Jesus because he's dead.
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I'm particularly weird because I don't even like being looked at.
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I died. Which is fantastic, because I have died already; I have been there and come back. I am completely recovered, thank you.
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Our forefathers never envisioned that a handful of staff write a bill and you rush it through a committee without reading it and you rush it to the floor without reading it, and you pass it just because you're a Democrat and Democrats told you to do that.
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Rock pools, so-named because they have been hammered out of rocks at the ocean's edge, are one of Sydney's defining characteristics, along with the Opera House and Harbour Bridge, though not as well known.
