Walter Becker Quotes

It was the 'Gaucho' album that finished us off. We had pursued an idea beyond the point where it was practical. That album took about two years, and we were working on it all of that time - all these endless tracking sessions involving different musicians. It took forever, and it was a very painful process.

Walter Becker

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Author Biography

  • Author Profession: musician
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 20, 1950 - September 3, 2017

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I love a good party.

John Cameron Mitchell

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It was a simple question any employee should ask: 'Oh and by the way, how do I get my health insurance to be seamless?'

Andrew P. Harris

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In the United States three new methods of transportation made their appearance at almost the same time - the steamboat, the canal boat, and the rail car.

John Moody

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Man maintains his balance, poise, and sense of security only as he is moving forward.

Maxwell Maltz

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When I need to see the president, I make a request directly to his scheduler. I don't have to ask anybody's permission to see the president except the president. Some weeks, I see him multiple times. Some weeks, I don't see him at all.

John Holdren

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'Betchya Got A Cure' is my gut response to the media wars in this country, which are driving a wedge between citizens. It's about taking a stand for individuality and being brave instead of being accepted.

Sophie B. Hawkins

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Metaphysical thinking will always no doubt be a strong element in her mentality, and it is to be hoped that she will never lose her great, her sovereign powers in that direction.

Sri Aurobindo

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Oftentimes you read scripts, and you get to one and you think, 'OK, is this good, or is this just better than all the other ones that I have been reading?'

Sissy Spacek

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The most gloomy prognosis about Jewish life is that it will disappear between the two extremes of ultra-Orthodoxy on the one hand and total assimilation on the other. But those are very exaggerated scenarios.

Simon Schama

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Sometimes you hear that many politicians vote for a bill in various forms before they vote against it, or vice versa. The conflict, negotiation, and eventual compromise involved in this process form the essence of the democratic process.

Jared Polis

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Woody Allen asked me to improv once. I said no.

William Hurt

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There's always a sense of playfulness in terms of what I do for a living.

William Fichtner

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