R.L. Dunn Quotes

In baseball, it's tough to get up for every single game, every single moment. In football, you have 90,000 fans screaming and the band's playing. I do miss that adrenaline rush.

A great brand starts with a hero product.

Trump is, to some extent, redefining what we think of as polarization in this country. Where polarization has been seen as ideological, it is now being seen almost as behavioral.

Figure out how to do things that have never been done before.

I've been a comedian for a long time so writing and performing is a big part of what I do. If anybody's doing comedy they should also work on writing.

As far as a job, actors get treated a lot better than writers so I definitely prefer acting. A writer has to make his own coffee and an actor has somebody bring them coffee.

Figuring out a way to use humor to deal with important issues I think is very important. Laughter is a great diffuser.

The enjoyment that comes from our acts of kindness give us a glimpse of the world that might be, hopefully our future world. Good natured, friendly, human.

All human beings hunger for appreciation.

For any leftover inventory, publishers must have a program to maximize the sale of a book.

To praise is an investment in happiness.

I've always thought that having an attractive free agent is better than a guy who was picked in the seventh round.

I knew when I got to play with Al Jackson I would be a better bass player because he was the best drummer in the world. I worshipped him.

Most of my school friends and even a few of my teachers called me Duck.

I always look back and say I should have made more. It should have been more lucrative, but it wasnt.

Elvis wore a halo. Otis Redding did, too. You knew you were playing with a star when you played with them.

When I was a kid, I used to look in the mirror and pretend I was Elvis.

Plus, I grew up with Steve Cropper. There were so many good guitar players another one wasn't needed. What was needed was a bass.

You can't triple stamp a double stamp!

If you think your picture needs something, take something out.

To paint a mass simple and big you must keep out all the lights and darks that do not belong to its general value.

Do not have an important dark and important light in the same picture they will destroy each other.

Women need men like fish need bicycles.

I'm a sucker for a man who giggles-not a high-pitched serial-killer sort of giggle, but a lighthearted laugh.

Coldplay was unknown, and we played them over and over and over again, and they were really loyal to us. They went on M2 way after they had broken and become famous, because they remembered us.

If you were to share your workout playlist with the world, I guarantee there's stuff on there that wouldn't pass the cool test, and M2 helped in that way.

When I hear the Spice Girls, yeah, all that '90s stuff, like Limp Bizkit. Dandy Warhols! Whenever I hear them, it takes me right back, because they were friends of the channel, too.

We were really responsive. It was very personalized for the die-hards that did watch, and I thought that would be a big draw, too.

When you disclose something really personal in hopes that the person will then disclose something personal, too? It's all there on camera, your techniques that everyone can see through.

I can barely listen to my tapes when I'm transcribing, because I can't stand how I sound.

I don't look like a model; I'm a rock writer.

If I felt like not saying what was on the cue card, I would. We rarely did retakes.

I had this producer who became a friend, named Lou [Stellato]. Maybe it was a budget thing, but he never wanted to do any retakes. The more I would have a mental breakdown on the air.

You can see when that happens with bands when they do TV appearances; they just shut down. They get really irritated.

A few of the artists knew my name, because I have an unusual name, from Rolling Stone.

Sometimes we were really surprised. There were major artists that would come by because they wanted to.

I think America as a whole has come more to terms with separating war from the warrior.

Our baby is safe, and it's just a house.

For our part, the U.S. must act quickly to ensure Most Favored Nation status to China.

Recently, I haven't had too much time to read. But I love a good romance novel.

I'm really ambitious.

I love being around my family.

I always get so excited cooking chicken wings.

I find it weird when [model] agents say, 'You're the only black girl booked for the show. Isn't it great?' Why is it great?

I always have shoe trouble.

I don't like to attach myself to material things.

I like seeing how I can look in a photo.

I am hoping to be able to lend my support to a Sickle Cell charity in the near future, as I want to try and help raise money and awareness about this disease.

My favourite types of cuisine are Asian and Caribbean, and I love cooking new recipes for my family.

We survive until, by sheer stamina, we escape into the dim innocence of our own adulthood and its forgetfulness.