John Oates Quotes

Dick Clark's 'American Bandstand' spread the gospel of American pop music and teenage style that transcended the regional boundaries of our country and united a youth culture that eventually spread its message throughout the entire world.

John Oates

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MusicStyleCultureYouthWorld

I'd hate it if everyone in the world liked me, my music and what I wore. It'd make it boring, and I wouldn't have anything to work towards. It's not to everyone's taste, but I can only be me.

Jessie J

WorkMusicHateMeWorldI Can

All the guys that entered The Groundlings, like Will Ferrell, already had incredible confidence, but I watched shut down women that didn't even have a personality completely become different human beings because of the training.

Jennifer Coolidge

ConfidenceWomenPersonalityTraining

As governor, I learned the importance of having an agenda.

John Engler

AgendaImportanceLearnedHaving

I've always giggled like a 13-year-old girl at a Justin Bieber meet and greet. There's nothing I can do about it but I've never not been able to stop.

Anderson Cooper

GirlI CanStopMeetNothingNever

Self-knowledge is essential not only to writing, but to doing almost anything really well. It allows you to work through from a deep place - from the deep, dark corners of your subconscious mind.

Meg Rosoff

WorkMindWritingDeepDoingYou

We are an important check on the powers of the executive. Our consent is necessary for the president to appoint jurists and powerful government officials and, in many respects, to conduct foreign policy. Whether we are of the same party, we are not the president's subordinates. We are his equal!

John McCain

GovernmentPowerfulPartyImportant

Austin Pettis can make plays.

Jeff Fisher

MakeAustinPlays

I have a strong, inspiring, and professional group of women around me with Boels-Dolmans. We race and train incredibly hard as a team.

Lizzie Armitstead

WomenMeTeamStrongProfessional

I did the whole non-dairy thing for a year.

Lizzy Caplan

YearWholeDidThing

I'm a huge electronic-music fan.

Joseph Kosinski

FanHuge

The first serious applications were in triterpenoid chemistry.

Derek Harold Richard Barton

SeriousChemistryFirstWere

Many people believe that our lives end not when we die but when the very last person who knew us dies. Memory is part of it, yes, but I think it's much more than memory.

Douglas Hofstadter

MemoryPeopleBelieveThinkEndDie

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