Steve Rushin Quotes

I'm a product of the 1970s.

Steve Rushin

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Classical musicians do this all the time. They want perfection. So they piece things together. Eight bars of this and six bars of that. Glenn Gould said that with a recording he wanted to make perfect versions of pieces.

John Abercrombie

TimeTogetherPerfectionMusicians

The avoidance of taxes is the only intellectual pursuit that still carries any reward.

John Maynard Keynes

FinanceRewardIntellectualTaxes

The Berlin Wall fell because the East Germans saw the West had more. The Koreans don't like the Japanese and try to prove to them that they are worth more in the industrial arena.

Stef Wertheimer

WorthWallProveTryMoreSaw

Why waltz with a guy for 10 rounds if you can knock him out in one?

Rocky Marciano

YouWhyHimOutGuyKnock

Many of us have felt that sense of desperation - of urgency - when we learn that we or someone we love is fighting for their life.

Ron Johnson

LifeLoveLove IsFightingLearnUs

The respect for human rights is nowadays not so much a matter of having international standards, but rather questions of compliance with those standards.

Michelle Bachelet

RespectQuestionsMatterCompliance

I was the kid in class who was afraid to get called on.

Michiko Kakutani

ClassKidAfraidGetWho

I titled the album Reflections because I am reflecting on my music career.

Miriam Makeba

MusicI AmCareerBecauseReflecting

I know when things are going to get me a little nervous, because nervous to me feels good.

Misty May-Treanor

GoodMeKnowNervousLittleGoing

When I'm working on a Slipknot song, it's like a switch flips in my head. I can go there easily - it doesn't take a lot of soul searching - and it's a dark, almost sinister place. Stone Sour is more the way I've always written. It's a different tone.

Corey Taylor

SoulSongStoneDarkI CanPlace

Dancing was always part of my culture growing up in Barbados. When I shot my 1st video I worked really hard with my choreographer to perfect the routines.

Rihanna

CultureGrowing UpPerfectGrowing

I can cope with a smack in the face, or at least I should be able to after the number I have had. This one was just run-of-the-mill for me.

Richard Gough

MeFaceI CanNumberJustAble

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