"A lot of people... kind of make heroes that are separate from us, people who are, you know, like... John Wayne and Errol Flynn and, you know, Denzel Washington... people who are different, who are larger than life."

-- Walter Mosley

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“The touring thing is such a huge time commitment. I'm really feeling like I want to start writing and recording music again. But I have to leave for tour tomorrow. That's kind of frustrating; at the end of the day, you're plugging into this lifestyle. It's the "band lifestyle," and that's weird! I would like for touring to be creative in its own right.”
“The deserts of the Middle East are in need of water, not bombers.”
“I'd like to thank my parents for always stressing, be an individual.”

Source : "U2 wins three Grammys" By Jamie Allen, www.cnn.com. February 21, 2001.
“Every thing, even the so-called timesaving device and energy-efficient machine, comes these days with an elaborate set of instructions for its care and feeding. Buying a machine has become more and more like buying a pet. ... We are time-crunched. Not just by the number of things we have to do, but the number of things we have. In the late twentieth century, things have become our new dependents.”
“Affiliate marketing has made businesses millions and ordinary people millionaires.”
“I was an art history major, but never specifically contemporary. I would say where I really stopped were the abstract expressionists in the New York school.”
“The fundamental goal of Buddhism is the realization of the peace and happiness of humankind.”
“I was a really crazy kid. I'm still a crazy kid. That's the nice thing about being in a rock band. You can feel 14 forever.”

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