- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being Quotes
On identity, openness and staying true to yourself.
This set of quotes explores what it means to simply be: holding onto a child's spontaneity, embracing honesty that feels inappropriate in creative work, or aging with flexibility instead of resistance. For more on self-belief, see our Able quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Impossible
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's impossible to have a favourite Shakespeare, since so many of the plays rouse and inspire completely different parts of your being.
- Fame
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- Nov 07, 2020
Nas has always been uncomfortable with being famous and accessible. Nas makes music because he loves music, not because he wants the trappings of music, such as fame.
- Personal
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- Nov 07, 2020
Often I think of personal behavior and judgment errors as being superficial wounds.
- Dragged
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- Nov 07, 2020
Yakima Canutt was famously John Wayne's stunt double, and in the Western movie 'Stagecoach,' there is a fantastic scene where there are some horses thundering along, pulling a carriage. He climbs out onto the horses and drops down underneath them, so he's being dragged along, and then he lets go.
- Guitar
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- Nov 07, 2020
Besides being a guitar player, I'm a big fan of the guitar. I love that damn instrument.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sometimes being a dad is like watching a ping-pong match.
- Nov 07, 2020
I think the notion of Sarah Palin being president of the United States is something that frightens me, frankly.
- Frankie
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was a kid, I never thought I would ever be able to make records and never really thought seriously about a musical career because a musical career was being Fabian or Frankie Avalon or something. It didn't make any sense. There wasn't any possibility to get into that world.
- Big
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- Nov 07, 2020
Separating out banks and investment banks right now under Glass-Steagall would have very big implications to the liquidity and the capital markets and banks being able to perform necessary lending.
- Economy
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've been focused on the West Coast economy and being a banker and lending in these markets.
- Nov 07, 2020
Being out of tune sucks.
- Education
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- Nov 07, 2020