John Oates Quotes

When the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame decided to open up the voting beyond their inner circle, to the actual fans, that's when I think everything changed.

John Oates

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ThinkRock And RollVotingCircle

Government by blackmail is incompatible with democracy.

Jerrold Nadler

GovernmentDemocracyIncompatible

Artists, writers and people in creative fields are entrepreneurs by necessity. Nobody gives them a paycheck or picks up their medical insurance. The ones who succeed learn to think and act like 'independent operators.' I think people who are technically 'employees' have to think this way as well. The company is not looking out for you.

Steven Pressfield

CreativeMedicalPeopleSucceedYou

There is nothing difficult about my work, and people get to hear it from me.

Tracey Emin

WorkPeopleMeNothingDifficult

I guess I didn't enjoy drawing very much. It was like homework.

Robert Crumb

HomeworkEnjoyDrawingLikeMuch

My job at Stanford is rather different from the ones I had held previously in that my own ambitions must take a back seat to the well-being of the students with whom I work.

Robert B. Laughlin

WorkJobBackWell-BeingMy OwnOwn

I'm not that guy that blows deadlines anymore.

Rob Liefeld

GuyDeadlinesAnymoreBlows

In times of tumult, voters are likely to forgive a president, if not reward him, for compromises made in service of solutions.

Ron Fournier

ServiceRewardPresidentHimForgive

I find putting oneself out there difficult. I think writing and sharing writing require different skill sets. I want to be read, but it takes courage to ask someone to read your work.

Min Jin Lee

WorkCourageWritingThinkSomeone

I'd think learning to play the guitar would be very confusing for sighted people.

Doc Watson

LearningPeopleThinkGuitarPlay

American violence is public life, it's a public way of life, it became a form, a detective story form. So I should think that any number of black writers should go into the detective story form.

Chester Himes

LifeStoryBlackThinkAmericanGo

It's true, you can lose weight on these high-animal-protein, Atkins-type diets, but you're mortgaging your health in the process.

Dean Ornish

HealthProcessYouLoseTrueWeight

Celebrity is ridiculous and silly and it's mad that people like me are listened to - you know, rap stars and movie stars.

Bono

StarsPeopleMeSillyYouMad

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