Mat Kearney Quotes

When my first record came out, it was in the middle of the real Muse, Keane, British thing, and that beat-driven thing wasn't really that cool at the moment.

Mat Kearney

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MomentCoolFirstRealMuseOut

Knowing who we are helps us plan for who we want to be and where we want to go.

Jim Gray

PlanGoWantKnowingWhereUs

The indie world changed when the economy went south. I was frustrated with doing something, then waiting for it to come out, and sometimes it never did, or would just play in New York for 50 people. So I really wanted to try something else.

Jeff Daniels

New YorkWaitingPeopleWorldDoing

I sometimes lament the fact that I do not have the benefit of a complete and ailment free body structure.

Amitabh Bachchan

FreeBodySometimesStructureFact

You hit a certain age and - especially because of TV - the young cooks coming up say, 'You're a sellout, because you're doing something other than what you should be doing.' 'Top Chef' is a double-edged sword for me: There's a whole group of people who will not come to the restaurants because they assume I'm not in them anymore, all I do is TV.

Tom Colicchio

AgePeopleMeChefDoingYou

I think Mr. Clarke had a tendency to interfere too much with the activities of the CIA, and our leadership at the senior level let him interfere too much. So criticism from him I kind of wear as a badge of honor.

Michael Scheuer

LeadershipThinkCriticismHonorHim

I've been on the road for four years. I won't recognise the place again, until I walk out on stage.

Louise Jameson

WalkRoadPlaceYearsStageOut

Goodwill is the one and only asset that competition cannot undersell or destroy.

Ludwig Borne

CompetitionDestroyCannotAsset

If I can show people how vulnerable and how flawed I am, maybe others will relate.

Jon Bellion

I AmPeopleI CanWillOthersShow

I had a reputation of being somewhat moderate, partly, I think, because I wasn't a 'bomb thrower' like some of my conservative colleagues, and partly because I got along with people all across the political spectrum.

Dick Cheney

PeopleColleaguesReputationThink

I've got a really hard election. If you had a really hard election and it was after Labor Day would you go to North Carolina to a bunch of parties and glad-handing or would you stay home and work as hard as you know how to convince Missourians they should rehire you?

Claire McCaskill

WorkHomeDayYouElectionLabor

Institutionalized racism is an imaginary enemy.

Bret Stephens

RacismEnemyImaginary

Telling purposeful stories is interactive. It's not a monolog. Ultimately, purposeful tellers must surrender control of their stories, creating a gap for the listener(s) to willingly cross in order to take ownership. Only when the listener(s) own the tellers' story and make it theirs, will they virally market it.

Peter Guber

ControlStoryOwnershipSurrender

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