David Byrne Quotes

If anything, a lot of electronic music is music that no one listens to at home, hardly. It's really only to be heard when everyone's out enjoying it.

David Byrne

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HomeMusicEveryoneOutAnything

The conventional viewpoint says we need a jobs program and we need to cut welfare. Just the opposite! We need more welfare and fewer jobs.

Jerry Brown

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I've spent time in the coastal Carolinas and have seen what small business development has done to maintain the wetlands and reestablish the fisheries and secure jobs for the people that make their living off the water.

Andrew Zimmern

BusinessTimeWaterPeopleSmall

Whenever I see a Frans Hals, I feel the desire to paint; but when I see a Rembrandt, I want to give it up.

Max Liebermann

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Hollywood was not a place I dreamed of getting to. I never could take seriously the obsession people have about being a celebrity or getting to Hollywood - I was born next door.

Robert Redford

PeopleDoorBornPlaceSeriously

I would have 47 kids if I thought I could get away with it. I love children.

Shonda Rhimes

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I said I did not know enough about UNICEF to handle a press conference and she said they would not want to talk about it they would only want to talk about films.

Roger Moore

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In general, both in Spanish and English, the quality of the entertainment media is horrible.

Ruben Blades

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I'm not fond of kicking a man when he's down.

Mike Gallagher

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I just want to be proud of my work.

Miranda Rae Mayo

WorkProudWantJust

I've always wanted to play more comic parts.

Dominic West

PlayMoreAlwaysWantedComicParts

I had to drop a boulder to wake people up about the A.R.T. We've done that, and now we have audiences again who want cutting-edge work, who want to be challenged, but who also won't be falling asleep at the theater.

Diane Paulus

WorkPeopleDoneNowWantFalling

Divorce is not easy, but if you genuinely put your kids first, that dictates the civility you should show each other. What example are you otherwise?

Dawn French

DivorceEasyYouCivilityFirst

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