Mayer Hawthorne Quotes

Barry White, Smokey Robinson and Curtis Mayfield are big influences for me. But I'm also a metal head. I was in a bunch of punk rock bands. The Bee Gees, hip-hop and the Beach Boys are just as much of an influence on me as Smokey.

Mayer Hawthorne

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I think 'community,' in the sense in which politicians use, it is largely a cant term.

John Lanchester

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And there's some Latino music I like, and some reggae music.

Merle Haggard

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To those portions of the electorate fed up with politics as usual, Mr. Trump's willingness to say just about anything and to improvise as he goes seems more refreshing and trustworthy than disqualifying.

Anand Giridharadas

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Like most people, I've always felt using words like 'best' when applied to art is a fun way for critics to stay busy at the end of the year, and I guess a good way to help get ratings for awards shows, which is fine.

Steven Van Zandt

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I don't think you are ever really done working on something, especially if you can get back into rehearsal.

Tom Kitt

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'Emergency Contact' is about the anxiousness that is inherent in meat space interactions.

Mary H.K. Choi

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Savvy observers occasionally note television's resemblance to the weather: Everybody loves to complain about it, but nobody can do anything to fix it.

Michael Medved

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A journal is your completely unaltered voice - it's just for you. And if you know that voice, and you like it, you can bring it out to everyone else, and that's the most honest and vulnerable thing you can do.

Lucy Dacus

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It's very easy to confuse Sean Connery with James Bond. Sometimes in the entertainment industry, people believe the cake is more real than the baker.

Judd Nelson

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When you're 0-2 in the Super Bowl, they say unkind things about you. They say, 'He can't win the big one.' And that's the worst thing that can be said about you.

Don Shula

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Sometimes you have compulsions that you can't control coming from the subconscious... they are the dictator inside ourselves.

Denis Villeneuve

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All people - white, black, whatever - are tribal in the sense that we relate to that which is familiar to us.

Christopher Priest

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