That person who's going to a concert for a nostalgic reason, we're not really going to placate. We still play three or four hits every night. Now, we don't play them like the record. We try to find new ways to do it.
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It's very frustrat... NOLAN NORTH I think we dream so we don't have to be apart so long. If we're in each other's dreams, ... BILL WATTERSON That's what I was trying to say when we were talking about sound. I think that every person, whe... ORNETTE COLEMAN I think so. It varies. Like one game, one person will score high and (opponents) are like (next time... CYNTRELL ROBINSON Every employee needs to know that there's somebody out there that they serve. And when we don... PATRICK LENCIONI The first record was basically a quick, fast record. The second record, we were going for more of a ... TOMMY RAMONE On 'Late Night,' it's like we're all in on the joke. That's what I wanted it to ... JIMMY FALLON If we do nothing, as the Republicans suggest, we're going to see health care costs reach a point... DICK DURBIN Our intent of how we're going to play doesn't change. DAN QUINN I think the audience for Limp Bizkit is probably not going to be particularly interested in what we&... WALTER BECKER Each of us views life through a different lens. What we think is colored by the baggage we carry, an... LAURIE BUCHANAN, PHD I did Chekhov's 'Three Sisters' once. Two months in, I remember going, 'Human beings... JUSTIN THEROUX We may claim to believe in God, but we don't want to believe so much that it makes us different. CRAIG GROESCHEL So we're living by that sword, and we're going to cut every now and then from it's backl... VINCE MCMAHON Because the Internet is so new, we still don't really understand what it is. We mistake it for a... DOUGLAS ADAMS Usually, like, on 'Mean Girls,' the task that Tina Fey and I set for ourselves was we wanted... MARK WATERS I auditioned for 'The Office,' and I don't know if it was a role I could do, but I liked... NATHAN FIELDER It's like real life: We don't get a preview of what's coming up, thank God, and we don... FRANCES CONROY We give you this story. It is for the audience to be moved and gut wrenched, not us. It isn't as... LINDA LAVIN If we don't fear God, it's because we don't know God. CRAIG GROESCHEL If you love someone you must set them free like the wind and give them the respect they deserve.If y... GARY F EVANS... I don't say that I'm going to be like every other comic that's blue, or gratuitous use o... GALLAGHER See the world as it is, not as you wish it would be E. LOCKHART It's a lie to think that you are not good enough. It's a lie to think that you are not beautiful. It... DISON ARNIBAL You're not going to find a man whose socks don't get dirty or who doesn't snore. HELEN REDDY It's not easy waking up every single morning knowing what you're going to put your body thro... BRYAN CLAY If we are going to save this country, if we are going to reestablish that belief in God, it's up... BOB RILEY Our team loves a challenge and I don?t think we?re a team that?s going to back down from anything. I... JAMIE ROUPP People really criticize professional athletes going into the Olympics. People don't like change.... LARRY ELLISON I think we're quite unique in that we do have our own sound and approach and we don't really... ALEX LIFESON The real challenge is if you don't look super sexy, like a Brad Pitt, you're going to have t... JACK BLACK People are attracted to who we are more than what we do. LORRIN L. LEE With a face like mine, I'm never going to play a character who conquers the universe, I'm go... EDDIE MARSAN You don't know what's going to happen in our business a year from now... so you have to be f... BRUCE NORDSTROM We don't have to stand on a soap-box and preach because hopefully we're channelling it throu... THOM YORKE People try to make a big deal, like I don't want to play my old songs. That's not it. I don&... BILLY CORGAN It's a tribal state, and it always will be. Whether we like it or not, whenever we withdraw from... JON HUNTSMAN, JR. When we start to write for a new record, we never really know what we're doing. We don't com... VINCE CLARKE We played one warm-up gig at this bar that was kinda like that bar in 'The Blues Brothers' w... LAUREN AMBROSE I think that's what we're supposed to do is play a wide range of characters - or it's ju... GARRETT DILLAHUNT By loving yourself, you're going to be a happy person. A lot of people don't like themselves... JOHN PAUL DEJORIA Every game, we're going to go for it, so when we get into playoff time, it's not like, '... DAN QUINN It's a rare and precious thing to be close to suffering because our society - in many ways - tel... SHARON SALZBERG Pro wrestling is not fake; it's sports entertainment. We go out there and we perform, and a lot ... KURT ANGLE That's the difference between the NCAA and the NFL right now. They've got to step up and say... TONY DUNGY I don't play anymore, because I know I'm not going to be a pro golfer. So there's no rea... ZACK GREINKE I mean, we just started, it's a new thing. We're doing this for fun and we're going to s... BILL KREUTZMANN Thursday night football is here to stay. So we're looking at ways to make it safer. Now they'... JOHN MADDEN I know Elon, we're very like minded in many ways. We're not conceptual twins. One thing I wa... JEFF BEZOS If we're going to be getting treated like that, why can't we treat the clubs like that? I ju... SONNY BILL WILLIAMS We're losing our way as a society. If we don't stand up, if we don't say what we think t... EDWARD SNOWDEN We're not writing songs to solve a cultural problem. The goal for us is to express what we'r... BEN HOPKINS If we have a situation where a man is particularly graceful in a sport that rewards grace - say, for... ALICE DREGER The way that I look at it is that, when we film for eight months straight for a new 'Jackass'... BAM MARGERA When I'm not acting, I try to be normal, play golf, play hockey. It's funny because you'... TAYLOR KITSCH We're all just playing our own game. I don't see it as a rivalry. We're just trying to p... MICHELLE WIE Some are pre-taped interviews because maybe we can't get that person live or maybe we're not... BOB EDWARDS If the music in a groove fits with what you're playing, then play it; if not, then you can play ... CHRISTIAN MARCLAY Putting on a movie is like going to war - for me, at least. It's all about time; time is money, ... LEE DANIELS It's OK for China to invent cancer drugs that cure patients in the United States. We want them t... BILL GATES It's the moms of this nation - single, married, widowed - who really hold this country together.... ANN ROMNEY That's why we seize the moment try to freeze it and own it, squeeze it and hold it. EMINEM Ultimately, it's not my job to judge the 'Housewives' - we don't editorialize on the... ANDY COHEN I don't really like politics, to be honest. But it's other people making decisions about my ... LAURA RICKETTS Curiosity is the essence of human existence. 'Who are we? Where are we? Where do we come from? W... EUGENE CERNAN Curiosity is the essence of human existence. 'Who are we? Where are we? Where do we come from? W... GENE CERNAN And it comes from saying no to 1,000 things to make sure we don't get on the wrong track or try ... STEVE JOBS Vegas is definitely a new challenge, but I wanted to be able to put on a different type of show. You... BRITNEY SPEARS We're not a political band. We don't want to tell people what to do or what to think. We jus... BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG It's incredibly fun to play someone that you don't like. It exorcises your own demons in a w... ED HELMS This notion that we're going to prop up foreign governments, that we're going to invade othe... MATT GONZALEZ There are a lot of teams that don't want to play, that only want to defend against Barcelona, an... XAVI I think it's a mistake to try to pin down one particular reason for a person's personality. ... GARY FRANK At Tesla, we don't go into a community and think we're going to sell one or two cars. 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It is always present. And you better reckon with it in your life and in ... BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN When it comes to luck, you make your own. BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN The best music, you can seek some shelter in it momentarily, but it's essentially there to provi... BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN A good song gathers the years in. It's why you can sing it with such conviction 40 years after i... BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN Somebody who can reckon with the past, who can live with the past in the present, and move towards t... BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN I always wanted my music to influence the life you were living emotionally - with your family, your ... BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN You can't be afraid of getting old. Old is good, if you're gathering in life. Our band is go... BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN Talk about a dream, try to make it real. BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN It's a sad man my friend who's livin' in his own skin and can't stand the company. BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN Blind faith in your leaders, or in anything, will get you killed. 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It gets up and drops its trousers. BRUCE DICKINSON I always felt that my greatest asset was not my physical ability, it was my mental ability. BRUCE JENNER Most successful men have not achieved their distinction by having some new talent or opportunity pre... BRUCE MARTON To learn to get along without, to realize that what the world is going to demand of us may be a good... BRUCE CATTON In his first years in the White House, Mr. Roosevelt apologized for each annual deficit. Each new bu... BRUCE BARTON Circumstances hell! I make circumstances! BRUCE LEE Concentrate your strengths against your competitor's relative weaknesses. BRUCE HENDERSON To me, the definition of focus is knowing exactly where you want to be today, next week, next month,... BRUCE JENNER If you want to take your mission in life to the next level, if you're stuck and you don't know how t... BRUCE JENNER Man, the living creature, the creating individual, is always more important than any established sty... BRUCE LEE If you always put limit on everything you do, physical or anything else. It will spread into your wo... BRUCE LEE If I wasn't dyslexic, I probably wouldn't have won the Games. If I had been a better reader, then th... BRUCE JENNER I'm not in this world to live up to your expectations and you're not in this world to live up to min... BRUCE LEE Ever since I was a child I have had this instinctive urge for expansion and growth. To me, the funct... BRUCE LEE Take no thought of who is right or wrong or who is better than. Be not for or against. BRUCE LEE Start early and begin raising the bar throughout the day. BRUCE JENNER I learned that the only way you are going to get anywhere in life is to work hard at it. Whether you... BRUCE JENNER You just wait. I'm going to be the biggest Chinese Star in the world. BRUCE LEE I won't say ours was a tough school, but we had our own coroner. We used to write essays like 'Wh... LENNY BRUCE The future looks extremely bright indeed, with lots of possibilities ahead -- big possibilities. Lik... BRUCE LEE Satire is tragedy plus time. You give it enough time, the public, the reviewers will allow you to sa... LENNY BRUCE Sometimes when I consider what tremendous consequences come from little things. I am tempted to thin... BRUCE BARTON When a load of bricks, dumped on a corner lot, can arrange themselves into a house; when a handful o... BRUCE BARTON If you're going to dedicate every second to winning the decathlon, what are you doing wasting your t... BRUCE JENNER If you can give your son or daughter only one gift, let it be enthusiasm. BRUCE BARTON The reason I'm in this business, I assume all performers are -- it's Look at me, Ma! It's acceptance... LENNY BRUCE The notion that big business and big labor and big government can sit down around a table somewhere ... BRUCE BABBIT I used to think that cyberspace was fifty years away. What I thought was fifty years away, was only ... BRUCE STERLING All my humor is based upon destruction and despair. If the whole world were tranquil, without diseas... LENNY BRUCE