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“The reason I did the name change is simple. I wrote a bunch of autobiographical material and I was really enjoying myself doing it, and in two of the songs I quote two different people (referring to me as Mr. Stace). And it just hit me at some point that it was ludicrous for me to think of myself as Wesley Stace, publish novels as Wesley Stace, be Wesley Stace and not have it released as Wesley Stace.”

People Thinking Two Different Reason Song Names Enjoy Simple Novel Materials Bunch Publish Different Peoples Referring Name Changes

Author:John Wesley Harding

“The reason I didn't want to hear that tune again had nothing to do with memories of Shimamoto. The song just didn't do to me what it used to. Why, I can't say. The special something I'd found ages ago in that melody was no longer there. It was still a beautiful tune, but nothing more. And I had no intention of lingering over the corpse of a beautiful song.”

Song Melody

Author:Haruki Murakami

Source: South of the Border, West of the Sun

“The reason I didn't fly over from Maui at their beck and call is my wife was about to have a baby at any time. Those guys knew that. These guys would not compromise and meet me halfway.”

Reason Guy Family Wife Baby My Wife Compromise Halfway Maui Beck And Call

Author:Sammy Hagar

“The reason I didn't like cocaine is it made me do stupid things, have stupid conversations, and stay awake until 11 o'clock in the morning unable to think, read, sleep or speak.”

Thinking Made Reason Speak Sleep Morning Stupid Conversation Clock Awake Cocaine Stupid Things

Author:Moby

“The reason I didn't take the baseball route is because they don't have rankings for baseball players.”

Reason Player Baseball Routes Baseball Player Ranking

Author:Jim Courier

“The reason I dislike talking about the creative process is that I do have a creative process that is a winner and it's a sure thing.”

Reason Process Talking Creative Winner Dislike Creative Process Sure Thing

Author:Garth Hudson

“The reason I do interviews is because I'm protecting my songs.”

Reason Song Interviews

Author:Bjork

“The reason I do not wear a watch is because I am always on a watch. I just need to ask the person how long they have been watching me. - the irony of paranoia”

Paranoia Paranoid Being Watched

Author:Reshma Valliappan

“The reason I do photographs is to help people understand my music, so it's very important that I am the same, emotionally, in the photographs as in the music. Most people's eyes are much better developed than their ears. If they see a certain emotion in the photograph, then they'll understand the music.”

People Ifs Important Reason Helping Eye Certain Emotion Ears Photograph

Author:Bjork

“The reason I do Shark Tank isn't to try take make more money of the deals, even though every deal I want to make money off of and even more so I want the entrepreneurs to be very successful and make money, but Shark Tank sends a message to everybody that the American Dream is alive and well.”

Want Trying Wells Reason Dream Deals Successful Alive Messages Entrepreneur Making Money American Dream More Money Tanks Sharks

Author:Mark Cuban

“The reason I do small, independent movies is because I want to keep my soul intact and maintain some kind of integrity within this industry.”

Want Kind Soul Reason Industry Integrity Independent My Soul

Author:Jamie Bell

“The reason I do what I do is because I was influenced by Steve Martin, by Woody Allen, by Bob Newhart, by Carol Burnett, by Lucille Ball.”

Reason Balls Bob Woody Carols

Author:Ellen DeGeneres

“The reason I do what I do is that I find that Asian community gives me an endless source of humour. When I entered the filmmaking business, my whole purpose was to promote and make us visible because we were very much on the margins. So, I wanted to make us mainstream. My work has helped to mainstream-ise the Asian community.”

Giving Reason Purpose Community Humour Filmmaking

Author:Gurinder Chadha

“The reason I do workshops is so I can learn, and I am fortunate that I've probably gained more from the whole experience of teaching than any one participant has. It is all about asking.”

I Can Reason Whole Teaching Photography Asking Photographer Fortunate Participants Workshops

Author:John Sexton

“The reason I don't argue on social media. You will be arguing with criminals, and they would be calling you names and telling you are a bad horrible person for not allowing them to do as they please. Not allowing them to do crime or trying to stop them from doing their criminal activities . Then some influencers or content creators will join in and support them in their argument for engagement.”

Quotes Or Philosophy Life Lessons Or Life Coach Social Media Or Influencers Crime Or Criminals Facts Or Fiction Argument Or Engagement Content Or Internet

Author:De philosopher DJ Kyos

“The reason I don’t care about the approval and acknowledgment of my batchmates and colleagues is that most of them are basically losers. They will latch on to anyone famous in their circles, who can help them get jobs or with their business. They derive their importance and identities through association. These very people will latch on to me for the same, once the time comes. In short, they are irrelevant flies to me, looking for a turd to sit on. Once I become a piece of turd, the flies will come. A turd doesn’t care about the flies.”

People Life Humans Success Life Lessons Fame Success Quotes Human Behavior Fame Quotes Fame Fortune

Author:Abhaidev

Source: The Meaninglessness of Meaning

“The reason I don't Kill Myself is because I know I can.”

Suicide Mental Health Mental Disorders Suicide Attempt Bi Polar

Author:Stanley Victor Paskavich

“The reason I don't drink is that the drinking lifestyle robs me of my musical intensity and sharpness. I live a super-healthy lifestyle not because it's sensible or that I'm contrite, but because I need to keep my focus on the music I'm making. To do that, I need to be wide awake.”

Needs Reason Focus Drink Healthy Drinking Musical Wide Lifestyle Awake Intensity Sensible Healthy Lifestyle Sharpness Wide Awake

Author:Johnny Marr

“The reason I don't have a plan is because if I have a plan I'm limited to today's options.”

Ifs Reason Today Plans

Author:Sheryl Sandberg

“The reason I don't like interviews is that I seem to react violently to personal questions. If the questions are about the work, I try to answer them. When they are about me, I may answer or I may not, but even if I do, if the same question is asked tomorrow, the answer may be different.”

Ifs Trying May Different Reason Seems Answers Tomorrow Interviews Personal Question

Author:William Faulkner

“The reason I don't like realist, photorealist, neorealist, or whatever, is that I am as interested in the artificial as I am in the real.”

Real Reason Photography Photographer Artificial Realist

Author:Chuck Close

“The reason I don't play any of the old songs is because I really honor my old band, and I think that those songs are best served within the context of that band.”

Thinking Reason Play Song Honor Band Old Song

Author:Billy Corgan

“The reason I don't play golf is because I was a caddie when I was 13. Women never gave up a golf ball that was lost somewhere in the trees and thicket and down through the poison ivy. It was during one of these searches that I vowed to the Lord above that if I ever earned enough money I would never set foot on a course again.”

Ifs Reason Enough Play Courses Lost Lord Tree Feet Balls Golf Poison Gave Up Ivy Golf Ball Caddies Thickets Poison Ivy

Author:Art Buchwald

“The reason I don't retire is that I learn something new every day. The brain has to be exercised the same as the rest of the body. It's about expanding, constantly pushing yourself.”

Reason Body Growth Brain Personal Growth Pushing Something New Retiring Expanding Push Yourself

Author:Clint Eastwood

“The reason I don't tour is that I don't know how to front a band. What would I do? I can't really play anything well enough to deal with that situation.”

Knows Wells I Can Reason Enough Play Deals Situation Know How Fronts Band

Author:Brian Eno

“The reason I don't tweet as much as I used to, is because I'm sick of all the useless opinions and hate that I get daily. Goodbye Twitter.”

Reason Used Hate Opinion Sick Useless Goodbye Tweet

Author:Zayn Malik

“The reason I don't want anyone to control me is not because I want to be in control. I don't want anyone to control me because I don't want anyone to control anyone.”

Want Reason

Author:Lady Gaga

“The reason I don't want to say anything about it is it has a strange power to take over the conversation. Just like it's doing with us. I was asked to participate in a documentary about Richard Prince, and be the voice of someone who was appropriated, and I declined. The reason I did is I don't want it to be the subject of the discussion of my work.”

Want Reason Voice Subjects Strange Conversation Discussion Say Anything Documentaries

Author:Sam Abell

“The reason I don’t worry about society is, nineteen people knocked down two buildings and killed thousands. Hundreds of people ran into those buildings to save them. I’ll take those odds every f*cking day.”

People Two Reason Worry Building Ran Odds Nineteen Knocked Down

Author:Jon Stewart

“The reason I drink is because when I'm sober I think I'm Eddie Fisher.”

Thinking Reason Drink Sober Funny Drinking

Author:Dean Martin

“The reason I emphasize that is because that is exactly what happened when Mussolini was put in by the king of Italy.”

Reason Happened Kings

Author:Guido Calabresi

“The reason I entered politics was a belief that the people of this country - having achieved so much that was good and noble in our past - had the potential to do amazing things in the future.”

People Country Reason Past Belief Noble Our Past Amazing Things

Author:Michael Gove

“The reason I entered the election race was to promote reforms. For us who engage in business, we will be severely affected if financial and structural reforms don't proceed.”

Ifs Reason Change Business Race Election Financial Finance Reform Affected

Author:Takafumi Horie

“The reason I exercise is for the quality of life I enjoy.”

Reason Enjoy Quality Health Exercise Lifestyle Healthy Living Quality Of Life Healthy Lifestyle Healthy Life Exercise And Health Exercise Health Living Healthy

Author:Kenneth H. Cooper

“The reason I feel bad for Steve Kloves is because he doesn't enjoy cutting things out. He's not sitting there with scissors, just laughing maniacally, going, "Ahahaha." He doesn't like doing it. The stories mean so much to him. But it had to go. And David kept saying, "We're gonna try, we're gonna try, we're gonna try" all the way into the shoot until the very last days, when he said, "Sorry, it's just not gonna work."”

Trying Mean Reason Enjoy Laughing Cutting Sorry Last Day

Author:Matthew Lewis

“The reason I feel like I act is because you get to live a million different lives in one. I don't have to go about my life.”

Feels Different Reason Millions Different Life

Author:Rose McIver

“The reason I gained so much weight in the first place and the reason I had such a sorry history of abusive relationships with men was I just needed approval so much. I needed everyone to like me, because I didn't like myself much.”

Men Firsts Reason Needed Weight Sorry Like Me Approval Abusive Abusive Relationship

Author:Oprah Winfrey

“The reason I go for the designers is because they make me feel good. It's about finding clothes that make you feel good as a woman. If I like it, I'll wear it. You have to go with your instincts and not be led by trends.”

Ifs Feels Reason Findings Clothes Instinct Feel Good Designer Trends Make You Feel Good

Author:Cheryl Cole

“The reason I got a break in Hollywood when I moved here a few years ago is my good buddy, who I was on the beach with when he was a publicist, is now the chairman of HBO.”

Years Reason Break Years Ago Hollywood Moved Beach Buddy Chairman Hbo Publicists

Author:Russell Simmons

“The reason I got into acting was the audience is right there and if you did something great they were right there and you knew it.”

Ifs Reason Acting Audience

Author:Alan Tudyk

“The reason I got into this business was for the privilege to exist in different genres and different worlds and play out different realities.”

World Different Reason Play Reality Privilege Genre Different Worlds Different Genres Different Realities

Author:Lake Bell

“The reason I got involved in public service, by and large, if I had to credit one thinker, one person, it would be Ayn Rand. The fight we are in here, make no mistake about it, is a fight of individualism versus collectivism.”

Ifs Persons Reason Would Be Fighting Mistake Involved Credit Thinker Individualism Versus Public Service Collectivism

Author:Paul Ryan

“The reason I had unfaithfulness in one of my marriages is because I was too patriotic.”

Reason Patriotic Unfaithfulness

Author:Chris Matthews

“The reason I hate publicists is because I think if we got rid of them everything would be on equal footing.”

Ifs Thinking Reason Would Be Hate Equal I Hate Publicists

Author:Adam Carolla

“The reason I have entered into bodybuilding and weightlifting is to inspire everybody to pray and meditate so they can bring to the fore their own inner strength. If everybody brings to the fore his own inner strength, the world will eventually be inundated with peace.”

Ifs World Reason Inspire Praying Inner Strength Bodybuilding Weightlifting

Author:Sri Chinmoy

“The reason I have managed to get so many shows on television is because I've tried to be authentic. When you're gonna spend millions of dollars to see that come to life, they better believe it's a good idea, A. B, they better believe that the person who's telling the idea is gonna put themselves into this.”

Believe Persons Ideas Reason Shows Millions Television Dollars Good Ideas

Author:Scott Raab

“The reason I haven't been writing in this book for so long is partly that I haven't had one decent coherent thought to put down.”

Writing Long Book Reason Havens Decent

Author:Sylvia Plath

Source: The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath

“The reason I haven't had kids yet is because I was so focused on my acting career, hoping I could get something to break.”

Reason Kids Acting Careers Break Havens Focused

Author:Katharine McPhee

“The reason I introduced sex - or erotic imagery - to Purple is not only because I don't want sex to be hidden but because also I consider it as an extension of fashion, the way the body expresses seduction and beauty. It's very artificial to put sex in a ghetto. Plus, sex sells.”

Reason Fashion Seduction Imagery Ghetto

Author:Olivier Zahm

“The reason I invest in technology is it's the only work humans do that actually is creative. All other types of economic activity are just moving money from one pool to another, whereas technology is what allows us to create value out of thin air.”

Humans Reason Moving Values Technology Creative Air Economic Type Activity Pool Thin Air

Author:D.A. Wallach

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