Adam Schlesinger Quotes

As a writer, I find it very satisfying when a lyric suddenly ties together more neatly than you expected it to. But for the listener, hearing a good lyric is not generally as exciting as hearing a great beat or a great riff or a great melody or even a distinctive singing voice for the first time.

Adam Schlesinger

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Presidents have to learn how to adapt. Every president comes into the job; it's different than they expect. They must adapt.

John Dickerson

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I know my way around the WWE. I know at least a little bit about everything and our business model, and I feel comfortable there, although I still learn every day.

John Cena

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Life is what happens while you are busy making other plans.

John Lennon

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You can make the assumption that most human drivers are not out to kill pedestrians. Well, maybe in some parts of Boston they are. But with a person at the wheel who you can see, you behave accordingly. With the robotic car, how do you know what assumption to make?

Rodney Brooks

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You know, as you compose music, you're just off in your own world. You have no idea where reality is, so to have an idea of what people think is pretty hard.

Roy Lichtenstein

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The gloomiest way of describing the ancient world is it is misogyny from A to Z, really.

Mary Beard

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Beautiful? It's all a question of luck. I was born with good legs. As for the rest... beautiful, no. Amusing, yes.

Josephine Baker

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I know Russia well.

Chrystia Freeland

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You don't want to hear about how much money I donate to the Boys and Girls Clubs of America or to AIDS awareness or to give out scholarships. You don't want to hear about that.

Allen Iverson

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Socially, in most groups I tempered my conversations on my approach to health because those who entrusted their lives to allopathic, 'standard of care' Western doctors might not want to entertain the idea that they might have made the wrong choice or that their way wasn't the best way.

Suzanne Somers

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A man's true secrets are more secret to himself than they are to others.

Paul Valery

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When you turn professional, you become an entertainer, and like every other entertainer, you don't want to get a bad review.

Scott Hamilton

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