Brian Fallon Quotes

I did the coffee house thing - we have coffee houses where people play, or we used to - and when I was 14, I started there. Just played all the time. Every weekend I had a show, or every Thursday. Open-mic nights, the whole thing.

Brian Fallon

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I do a little thing about the way people shake the sweetener packet. You know, like they're all excited. I want to get all the granules down to one end. I love all these rituals.

Jerry Seinfeld

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I wasn't the kind of kid who would get A's without even trying. I had to work to get good grades, but I was very organised about it because I always wanted to do well at everything I did. I'm very competitive.

Jessica Ennis-Hill

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The toppling of idols - even respectable, admired, best-practice, fastest-growing idols - is always the road to liberation.

John Ortberg

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I so wanted to perform, and I grasped every opportunity.

Trevor Nunn

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The cello is such a melancholy instrument, such an isolated, miserable instrument.

Ritchie Blackmore

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I like the sound of laughter. I was the guy in the group of friends that would always make the friends laugh. And everyone was like, 'You should do stand up,' so I gave it a shot, and ta-da! They were right.

Russell Peters

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I'm really influenced by '90s hip hop. A Tribe Called Quest and De La Soul were my heroes growing up.

Mat Kearney

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I think that's what makes my music different from other artists in my lane is that I write every word that's on my album, and every word comes from a real experience or a real feeling that I've either experienced or felt. And I'm very particular about that, and I take a lot of pride in it, so you know if I say something on a song, I mean it.

Mike Posner

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Do you think I am standing here, making this up as I go? I am sorry to disillusion you. I am not Robin Williams. I am the king of the pen.

Mitch Hedberg

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If the history of the Day of Atonement has anything to say to us now it is: never relieve individuals of moral responsibility. The more we have, the more we grow.

Jonathan Sacks

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So I want my kids to go to public schools because I think it's a better education overall.

Chuck Schumer

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I'm a true professional. I don't play no acting games, and I take pride in my work and being a professional.

Antonio Brown

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