John Oates Quotes

My guitar playing is a synthesis of traditional American acoustic style and Urban Pop and R&B.

John Oates

Recitation: by Male by Female

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StyleGuitarAmericanPlayingUrban

Being wrong on facts, that's something you have a real responsibility to correct. But being wrong in the fun sports way is part of the interplay.

Joe Posnanski

SportsResponsibilityFunFactsYou

The place of my birth, and residence for nearly sixteen years, in the early part of my life, became endeared to my feelings and affections; and more especially so after I had quitted it for an unknown place, and to associate with strangers.

John Britton

LifeMy LifeStrangersEarlyPlace

As a writer, you have to believe you're one of the best writers in the world. To sit down every day at the typewriter filled with self-doubt is not a good idea.

Jo Nesbo

GoodBestDayWorldBelieveYou

I love the fact that tomorrow never comes. You can never wake up and say, 'It's tomorrow.' It's always today.

Michael Beasley

LoveTodayTomorrowWake UpYouSay

I do believe that when your child does poorly on a test, your first step should not necessarily be to attack the teacher or the school's curriculum. It should be to look at the idea that, maybe, the child didn't work hard enough.

Amy Chua

WorkTeacherSchoolStepChildLook

I like doing things in a very minimal, unconventional way as a personal way of saying, 'Look, I made a career out of carefully and craftfully, though unconventionally, making records on laptops and blown speakers.'

Skrillex

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I used to steal my father's cologne, and it was so strong. My mother would always know when I did because it was so intrusive. That's why I like Evolution - it's a strong yet subtle scent.

Trey Songz

FatherMotherStrongEvolutionKnow

Ma Ying-jeou tends to use cross-strait policy as an election tool and a political tool, too, and my position is that we don't use that as a political tool because that is an issue that is critical and essential to the interests of the Taiwanese people.

Tsai Ing-wen

PeoplePoliticalElectionPolicy

Rock bands were never newsworthy. In the '60s and '70s, rock bands weren't in the newspapers because they weren't considered mainstream; they wouldn't sell papers.

Roger Taylor

RockNeverBecauseSellNewspapers

My whole life is an interracial relationship! It's inescapable. I am who I am.

Ruth Negga

LifeRelationshipI AmWholeWhoAm

It's quite a pure relationship, designer and muse. I think a beautiful dress on the wrong woman could mean nothing. It has to be the right woman and the right clothes. That's why you need that personal touch.

Jason Wu

RelationshipBeautifulWomanDress

It was a sort of weird, troubled road into acting because I had been a bit naughty in school until I did my Highers, and then I was like, 'Oh, I think I'm going to apply myself and surprise everyone.'

Chloe Pirrie

MyselfSchoolRoadThinkSurprise

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