Johnny Rivers Quotes

When I came back to California in the early '60s I was hanging out with Jimmy Bowen, Phil Spector, and I wanted to be a record producer and work with other artists.

Johnny Rivers

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WorkBackEarlyCaliforniaOut

I thought it was quintessentially American - very hip, very late-'60s. I was absolutely stunned when a German production company asked me if I could do a 'Sesame Street' in Germany. It was absolutely the happiest surprise.

Joan Ganz Cooney

MeThoughtSurpriseAmericanStreet

For me the march was a labor - a labor of love - but I was busy handing out flyers for the National Association of Black Social Workers, so I really wasn't standing in the crowd listening and observing. I was busy.

Andre Braugher

LoveMeListeningBusyBlackLabor

Reality is, you have to work harder the older you get.

Matt Hasselbeck

WorkRealityYouGetOlderHarder

You can certainly draw a picture of 2016 which makes it look like the 1930s, which, of course, is what everyone is doing.

Angus Deaton

PictureDoingYouLookEveryone

These days I'm mostly familiar with two parts of L.A.: one is movie culture, and the other is Asian culture. The Westside is work, and the Eastside is Chinese - which means my friends.

Ang Lee

WorkCultureFriendsTwoAsianDays

I was the worst-dressed person in Scranton. I was a total nerd. Obviously, I got picked on, but I was also able to find my own cluster of friends, and I think when that happens, you get by just fine.

Stephen Karam

ThinkFriendsYouFindPersonOwn

It's funny, but to me, when you go to a concert hall and hear electronic pieces from the '60s, I think they sound really dated. But when an orchestra plays a piece from that period, and it's going to sound different every time, it feels more modern to me.

Jonny Greenwood

FunnyTimeMeThinkYouGo

I've never been interested in self-promotion and that side of politics; and if that means people judge that you're less prominent than others, that's a choice I've been willing to make.

Douglas Alexander

PoliticsPeopleJudgeYouChoice

I know you are here to kill me. Shoot, coward, you are only going to kill a man.

Che Guevara

ManMeYouKnowCowardGoing

The beauty of having your ego checked as many times as my ego was checked in Newark made me recognize how much I needed other people who were very different than me in order to get big things done.

Cory Booker

BeautyPeopleMeEgoDoneBig

I don't need plastic in my body to validate me as a woman.

Courtney Love

BeautyWomanMeBodyNeedPlastic

History is just littered with problems that were solved that were supposed to be impossible.

Paul Wolfowitz

HistoryImpossibleProblemsJust

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