Ben Folds Quotes

It's a tough thing to know that when you're making your album, you're going to end up collaborating with, say, Wal-Mart, on your artwork. That just sucks. And the pressure behind getting the numbers real fast is, to me, dizzying.

Ben Folds

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Man, coaching is a hard job, and it requires a lot of time... I hear stories from coaches who tell me that players call them in the middle of the night not knowing where they parked their car.

Joe Montana

CarTimeJobManMeNight

Most writers can write, most rock 'n rollers cannot.

Andrew Eldritch

RockWriteCannotMostWriters

I always try to bring a certain masculine presence to what I do. That is part of the dynamic.

Mekhi Phifer

TryAlwaysPresenceBringDynamic

I'll never be the biggest kind of star; I'll be like Bob Duvall, respected as an actor but a lot of people can't identify the face. I don't have the personality of a big star, or the looks of a Mel Gibson or a Paul Newman, or the style of a George C. Scott.

John Malkovich

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If Confucius wasn't born, the long night would have no bright lamp.

Mencius

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Trust is an amazing commodity. The Afghan people often talk to me about having to develop trust in America, because they believe that we deserted them in 1990 and 1991.

Stanley A. McChrystal

TrustPeopleAmazingMeBelieve

Beyonce has set the tone as an aunt. I've set the tone as a mom.

Solange Knowles

MomAuntToneSetBeyonce

You read a book, write a detailed review as proof you've read it, and they give you a badge. That's where my competitive nature came out. Give me the badges! I would sit in the library all day, not 'cos I loved reading, just because I needed those badges.

Stormzy

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Energy, energy? Energy is, is, it's nothing more than a lot of new age hokum masquerading as religion.

Tony Wilson

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I think the Internet is going to open up a lot of possibilities with music, and the shake-up of power is exciting to me.

Trey Anastasio

MusicPowerMeThinkInternetOpen

Behind every great man is a woman rolling her eyes.

Mike Pence

EyesGreatWomanManGreat ManHer

When people think of Mozilla, they generally think of the browser, but Mozilla is really much more than that. Mozilla is of interest to people who want an end-user application like our browser that's not tied directly into the Windows platform.

Mitchell Baker

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