John Oates Quotes

When my song came on the radio for the first time, that was one of the heaviest things I remember.

John Oates

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TimeSongRememberFirst TimeRadio

When you go out on a football field, you are responsible for taking care of yourself. The more rules you get, the less players truly take care of themselves.

Jim Brown

FootballYourselfCareTake CareYou

I wear glasses, have a big scar, I sing loud, and I am blond. I'm sorry!

Anastacia

I AmGlassesSorryWearBigSing

When I really started just giving them the truth of who I was, that's when my fan base really started to grow.

Anjelah Johnson

TruthGrowGivingStartedJustFan

I was born in the U.S., my wife was born in Mexico and emigrated here when she was in college, and my daughters were born in New York City. That makes them passport-carrying, natural-born, eligible-to-run-for-president Americans. But they're also Mexicans and they like that just fine.

Jeffrey Kluger

WifeNew YorkCityCollegeBornNew

My father was a jazz tenor sax player. He played in a lot of big bands. So I had that sound around me all the time. The first record that really caught my ear was Clifford Brown's 'Brownie Eyes.' I grew up listening to John Coltrane and Illinois Jacquet. This is where I come from... I love improvisational music.

Meshell Ndegeocello

LoveFatherMusicEyesTimeMe

We don't think only men can be powerful and strong. Behind the heads of the Mafia, the leaders of culture, there are always very strong women. European culture is a matriarchy, especially in the south. The women have a lot of power.

Stefano Gabbana

WomenPowerCultureMenThinkMafia

As long as Palestinian violence exists, but not a Palestinian state, Israel is in danger, because it cannot obtain assistance from the international community against an entity that is not subordinate to international law.

Stephane Hessel

CommunityLawViolenceLongAgainst

I'm the field producer whose job it is to manipulate the contestants to get them to do what we really want them to do to get the footage to make the show.

Shiri Appleby

JobWantProducerShowGetWhose

Lev Nussimbaum was born in October 1905, the moment when the tolerant, haute capitaliste culture of Baku began to fall apart.

Tom Reiss

MomentCultureFallBornApart

When you shoot a movie, the camera is always taking, taking, taking and not giving anything back.

Rodrigo Santoro

GivingCameraYouBackAnything

In terms of sustainability and what we eat and what its footprint is on the environment and the consequences of eating one thing versus another, obviously it makes a lot of sense to be eating insects. They're incredibly plentiful. They've got a very short turnover rate. You could be eating termites.

Mary Roach

EatingShortEnvironmentYouEat

People here don't identify themselves by their sports team.

Michael Wilbon

SportsPeopleTeamHereIdentify

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