Tape Quotes - Page 29

• Big L scared me to death. When I heard that on tape, I was scared to death. I was like there's no way I can compete if this is what I gotta compete with.

  Nas

  Way, Scared, Bigs

  "NaS Talking About Big L". Interview, www.youtube.com. 2006.

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• After waiting four long years since the Lost CHIC Tapes were recovered, I'm finally putting out our first record. I'm like a child waiting for Christmas morning.

  Nile Rodgers

  Morning, Children, Years

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• Told me my tape taught them to swear. What about the make-up you allow your 12 year old daughter to wear?

  Eminem

  Daughter, Art, Media

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• Another thing to do with the blues is how they were recorded. They were done on the quick, and some of that stuff was made on wire, not even tape, let alone digital.

  Keith Richards

  Wire, Done, Stuff

  "'I loved rock'n'roll - but then we found the blues'" by Keith Richards, www.theguardian.com. April 30, 2009.

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• There are all kinds of mix tapes. There is always a reason to make one.

  Rob Sheffield

  Music, Kind, Reason

  Rob Sheffield (2007). “Love Is a Mix Tape: Life, Loss, and What I Listened To”, p.17, Crown Archetype

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• It would be inappropiate, undignified, at 38, to conduct friendships or love affairs with the ardour or intensity of a 22 year old. Falling in love like that? Writing poetry? Crying at pop songs? Dragging people into photobooths? Taking a whole day to make a compilation tape? Asking people if they wanted to share your bed, just for company? If you quoted Bob Dylan or TS Eliot or, god forbid, Brecht at someone these days they would smile politely and step quietly backwards, and who would blame them? Ridiculous, at 38, to expect a song or book or film to change your life.

  David Nicholls

  Song, Falling In Love, Book

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• It is never too late to turn on the light. Your ability to break an unhealthy habit or turn off an old tape doesn't depend on how long it has been running; a shift in perspective doesn't depend on how long you've held on to the old view. When you flip the switch in that attic, it doesn't matter whether its been dark for ten minutes, ten years or ten decades. The light still illuminates the room and banishes the murkiness, letting you see the things you couldn't see before. Its never too late to take a moment to look.

  Sharon Salzberg

  Running, Dark, Meditation Practice

  Sharon Salzberg (2017). “Real Happiness: A 28-day Programme to Connect with the Power of Meditation”, p.94, Hay House, Inc

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• When I want your opinion, I'll remove the duct tape.--T-SHIRT

  Darynda Jones

  Want, Opinion, T Shirt

  Darynda Jones (2012). “Fourth Grave Beneath My Feet”, p.186, Macmillan

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• I just tape four Tylenols to it.

  Boris Mironov

  Hockey, Nhl, Four

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• MCs get a little bit of love and think they hot,
  Talkin bout how much money they got...all y'all records sound the same.
  I'm sick of that fake thug, R&B-rap scenario, all day on the radio,
  Same scenes in the video, monotonous material.
  ...Y'all don't hear me though:
  These record labels slang our tapes like dope.
  You can be next in line and signed, and still be writing rhymes and broke.

  Stic.man

  Rap, Writing, Thug

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• People focus too much on weight, dress sizes, and tape measurements - and those aren't motivating. What gets me going is: I'm 52, and because I work out, I know my fitness will improve and my immune system will stay strong, and my body will prevent injuries. I like being fit, strong, coordinated, and agile.

  Tony Horton

  Stay Strong, People, Work Out

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• A cool & diversified version of a mix tape. The BreakBeat Poets is a thorough and complete summation of Golden Era writers who continue to build the scene of literary and performance poetry.

  Chance the Rapper

  Golden, Eras, Poet

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• You have no idea how crazy I am, I should be wearing yellow Caution tape, I'm that bonkers.

  Robin Benway

  Crazy, Ideas, Yellow

  Robin Benway (2010). “The Extraordinary Secrets of April, May, & June”, p.79, Penguin

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• Values are tapes we play on the Walkman of the mind: any tune we choose so long as it does not disturb others.

  Jonathan Sacks

  Play, Long, Mind

  "Islam and us" by Timothy Garton Ash, www.theguardian.com. March 6, 2003.

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• The danger lies in forgetting what we had. The flow between generations becomes a trickle, grandchildren tape-recording grandparents' memories on special occasions perhaps-no casual storytelling jogged by daily life, there being no shared daily life what with migrations, exiles, diasporas, rendings, the search for work. Or there is a shared daily life riddled with holes of silence.

  Adrienne Rich

  Memories, Lying, Grandchildren

  Adrienne Rich (2003). “What Is Found There: Notebooks on Poetry and Politics (Expanded Edition)”, p.71, W. W. Norton & Company

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  Personally, I just think rap music is the best thing out there, period. If you look at my deck in my car radio, you're always going to find a hip-hop tape; that's all I buy, that's all I live, that's all I listen to, that's all I love.

  Eminem

  Love, Music, Rap

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• A good compilation tape, like breaking up, is hard to do and takes ages longer than it might seem. You've got to kick off with a killer, to grab the attention. Then you've got to take it up a notch, or cool it off a notch…oh, there are a lot of rules.

  Nick Hornby

  Age, Attention, Might

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• I'm not interested in creating a book that is read once and then placed on the shelf and forgotten. I am very happy when people have worn out my books, or that they're held together by Scotch tape.

  Richard Scarry

  Book, Scotch, Creating

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• God never measures the mind... He always put His tape measure in the HEART

  Corrie Ten Boom

  Heart, Mind

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• Life should be lived on the edge of life. You have to exercise rebellion: to refuse to tape yourself to rules, to refuse your own success, to refuse to repeat yourself, to see every day, every year, every idea as a true challenge - and then you are going to live your life on a tightrope.

  Philippe Petit

  Exercise, Years, Ideas

  "Man on Wire", www.imdb.com. 2008.

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• Most things can be fixed with duct tape and extension cords.

  Jase Robertson

  Dynasty, Fixed, Extensions

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• Opinions are like demo tapes. I don't want to hear yours

  Stephen Colbert

  Want, Opinion, Demos

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• You will have to look at the tape. Actually, you could burn the tape. It's not even worth looking at... We just have to move on to next week. If we just get the next one we will be fine.

  Terrell Suggs

  Moving, Next Week, Looks

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• You can't get rid of it with exercise alone. You can do the most vigorous exercise and only burn up 300 calories in an hour. If you've got fat on your body, the exercise firms and tones the muscles. But when you use that tape measure, what makes it bigger? It's the fat!

  Jack LaLanne

  Sports, Exercise, Use

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• Bob Dylan has always sealed his decisions with the unexplainable. His motives for withholding the release of the magnificent 'Basement Tapes' will be as forever obscure as Brian Wilson's reasons for the destruction of the tapes for 'Smile.'

  Jon Landau

  Decision, Forever, Bob

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