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  • Writing is really very easy. Tap a vein and bleed onto the page. Everything else is just technical. -- Derrick Jensen
  • I don't know if you have ever seen the Woody Allen film 'Annie Hall,' but it is, in a way, to Los Angeles and 'Hollywood' what 'This Is Spinal Tap' is to many musicians. -- Henry Rollins
  • You've got two options: Tap or SNAP !!! -- Daniel Bryan
  • There's a little Spinal Tap in all of us. -- Alice Cooper
  • Tap dancing all started with the old clog waltz. -- Sammy Davis, Jr.
  • I was in the pilot for Spinal Tap before it was a movie. -- Nina Blackwood
  • Tap into that one fear that drives greatness - the fear of regret. -- Betty Liu
  • Don't think of your goals - think FROM them. Tap into your genius. -- Robert G. Allen
  • I would love to do a comedy spoof, like a Spinal Tap kind of thing. -- Matthew McGrory
  • That was Embassy Pictures, they went bankrupt shortly after This is Spinal Tap came out. -- Harry Shearer
  • We lived the life with Keith Moon. It was all Spinal Tap magnified a thousand times. -- Roger Daltrey
  • Tap the energy of the anarchist and he will be the one to push your company ahead. -- Anita Roddick
  • I remember seeing 'Spinal Tap' at a young age and being like, 'That's how you perform comedy.' -- Bill Hader
  • Tap into people's dignity and they will do anything for you. Ignore it, and they won't lift a finger. -- Thomas Friedman
  • I could not do the film Spinal Tap because I was already at MTV and it was occupying all my time. -- Nina Blackwood
  • I don't find the business easy. The moment you start talking about the business, you start sounding like someone in Spinal Tap. -- Robert Wyatt
  • Good storytelling is harder than it sounds, but the easy part is that everyone has the ability to do it. ...Tap into it. -- Peter Guber
  • Tap into people's emotions. We've all been put to sleep by a speaker who just gives the facts. You must tap into people's feelings. -- Tony Robbins
  • Has there ever been an Inquisitor who didn't die a horrible death?" Simon wondered out loud. " It's like being the drummer in Spinal Tap. -- Cassandra Clare
  • Tap dancing is all about the feet; you put your head down and don't really engage with anything but the rhythm in your head. -- Jamie Bell
  • Tap into what you don't want to say. Tap into that secret place, despite the agony, despite the personal pain, over and above the fatigue. -- Arthur Penn
  • The movie Spinal Tap rocked my world. It's for rock what The Sound of Music was for hills. They really nailed how dumb rock can be. -- Jack Black
  • I've made movies that nobody saw initially, and then, all the sudden, people over the years pick up on it. Like 'Spinal Tap' and 'Princess Bride.' -- Rob Reiner
  • I remember once, years ago, I met Sting, and he told me that he had seen 'Spinal Tap' 50 times. He said: 'Every time I watch it, I don't know whether to laugh or cry.' -- Rob Reiner
  • I was really creative. I started to dance very young. I loved to dance. I begged my mother to put me into dance classes, and finally, in third grade, she did. Tap and jazz, but not ballet. -- Laverne Cox
  • I think 'Tap Dogs' has lasted so long because people have a natural interest in tap dancing. This form of dancing can't be dated, it's such an intriguing form of dance because the feet are also an an instrument. -- Adam Garcia
  • I was lucky enough to get to perform on stage in front of 20 million people on TV, and 150 thousand in concerts. For 15 minutes I got to be a rock star, the 15 minutes is great! It turns into Spinal Tap after 20 minutes. -- Mark Mothersbaugh
  • Compassion is like springwater under the ground. Your life is like a pipe that can tap into that underground spring. When you tap into it, water immediately comes up. So drive your pipe into the ground. Tap into the water of compassion. -- Dainin Katagiri
  • One day I got to meet him because he was teaching Broadway dance. It was a little after Tap came out and he was very young. He wouldn't remember me, but it was quite amazing. And now I've met him as an adult! -- Brittany Murphy
  • Chumps always make the best husbands. When you marry, Sally, grab a chump. Tap his head first, and if it rings solid, don't hesitate. All the unhappy marriages come from husbands having brains. What good are brains to a man? They only unsettle him. -- P. G. Wodehouse
  • When I was growing up, This is Spinal Tap [1984] was the ultimate comedy, and it was the kind of thing I wanted to do. But you get to a point with parody where you can't go much further because ultimately it's feeding off of somebody else's creativity. -- Ben Stiller
  • Everyone wants to be immortal. Few are. Margaret Thatcher is. Why? Because her values are timeless, eternal. Tap anyone on the shoulder anywhere in the world, and ask what Mrs Thatcher believed in, and they will tell you. They can give a clear answer to what she 'stood for. -- Maurice Saatchi
  • Everyone wants to be immortal. Few are. Margaret Thatcher is. Why? Because her values are timeless, eternal. Tap anyone on the shoulder anywhere in the world, and ask what Mrs Thatcher believed in, and they will tell you. They can give a clear answer to what she 'stood for.' -- Maurice Saatchi
  • There are people who think the film 'This Is Spinal Tap' is simply a very funny 'mockumentary.' Well, with Yes, we lived it. Take the hilarious scene in the film in which the bass player is trapped in a giant pod - that actually happened to Alan one night. -- Rick Wakeman
  • Human kindness is like a defective tap, the first gush may be impressive but the stream soon dries up. -- P. D. James
  • I'm hardly digging trenches for a living. I'm getting to tap into my boyhood fantasies of being a larger-than-life character. -- Joel Edgerton
  • Social networks do best when they tap into one of the seven deadly sins. Facebook is ego. Zynga is sloth. LinkedIn is greed. -- Reid Hoffman
  • God, our Creator, has stored within our minds and personalities, great potential strength and ability. Prayer helps us tap and develop these powers. -- A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  • Mobile phones are one of the most insecure devices that were ever available, so they're very easy to trace; they're very easy to tap. -- Evgeny Morozov
  • I firmly believe in prayer. It is possible to reach out and tap the unseen power which gives strength and anchor in time of need. -- Ezra Taft Benson
  • I feel like I'm able to relate to all races of people because when you learn to tap into the raw emotion of a person, that goes past color. -- Big Sean
  • If there's a choice between tap water and bottled water, the consumer can make that choice. In a very large geography in the world, that choice does not exist. -- Muhtar Kent
  • I want to tap into different styles. Something definitely mature, sultry, sensual, easy listening that everyone can enjoy. Every one of every race and everyone that likes different styles. -- LaToya London
  • There are uses to adversity, and they don't reveal themselves until tested. Whether it's serious illness, financial hardship, or the simple constraint of parents who speak limited English, difficulty can tap unexpected strengths. -- Sonia Sotomayor
  • At least in Russia, you cannot just go and tap into someone's phone conversation without a warrant issued by court. That's more or less the way a civilized society should go about fighting terrorism. -- Vladimir Putin
  • Let both sides seek to invoke the wonders of science instead of its terrors. Together let us explore the stars, conquer the deserts, eradicate disease, tap the ocean depths, and encourage the arts and commerce. -- John F. Kennedy
  • I think as an actor you have to be open to your emotions - that's how you tap into other characters. Besides, by being so open I've come to terms with how screwed I am! -- Jake Gyllenhaal
  • The idea flow from the human spirit is absolutely unlimited. All you have to do is tap into that well. I don't like to use the word efficiency. It's creativity. It's a belief that every person counts. -- Jack Welch
  • There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of people you love. When you learn to tap this source, you will truly have defeated age. -- Sophia Loren
  • My voice went recently, never happened before, off like a tap. I had to sit in silence for nine days, chalkboard around my neck. Like an old-school mime. Like a kid in the naughty corner. Like a Victorian mute. -- Adele
  • There is a Fountain of Youth: It is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of the people you love. When you learn to tap this source, you will truly have defeated age. -- Sophia Loren
  • Online, you can become much more than a reactive donor - you can become a proactive, strategic, collaborative philanthropist, improving your giving every day by tapping into the wealth of philanthropic resources available at the tap of a keyboard or the click of a mouse. -- Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen
  • When I took office, Liberia began to recover from years of neglect. Our people have brought clean water into the heart of Monrovia to children who have never known water from a tap. Efforts are underway to expand water projects as much as possible throughout the country. -- Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
  • This life that has been given to us as a gift, as such a precious gift. To really try to understand it, really try to recognize it, is the greatest meditation. Through the media of this Knowledge we can tap into our inner sources that are so beautiful. -- Prem Rawat
  • Your body is like a piece of dynamite. You can tap it with a pencil all day, but you'll never make it explode. You hit it once with a hammer: Bang! Get serious. Do 40 hard minutes, not an hour and half of nonsense. It's so much more rewarding. -- Jason Statham
  • Whether I'm doing a routine where I want to move people, or if I want to feel moved myself, I definitely tap into those moments where it's not just dancing or movement. It might just be a hand gesture or just a slow look, or even just the way you slightly tip your head forward. These subtleties speak volumes. -- Derek Hough
  • I had a very simple, unremarkable and happy life. And I grew up in a very small town. And so my life was made up of, you know, in the morning going to the river to fetch water - no tap water, and no electricity - and, you know, bathing in the river, and then going to school, and playing soccer afterwards. -- Ishmael Beah
  • I love Jesus Christ with all my heart and everything He stands for. I think that sums up everything that I want for my life, everything I want for my family, everything I want for my career. I want it to be entertaining. I want people to smile and tap their toes, but I want it to be meaningful when the day is done. -- Josh Turner
  • I took tap classes growing up. -- Jon M. Chu
  • I can tap dance a little bit. -- Ansel Elgort
  • New York has the best tap water. -- Cary Elwes
  • I'm still tap dancing. I'm still going. -- Terence Stamp
  • A tap dancer is really a frustrated drummer. -- Eleanor Powell
  • The emotional people...You tap into people's hearts. -- Johnny Hunt
  • Science should be on tap, not on top. -- Winston Churchill
  • I make an ass clap like tap shoes. -- Driicky Graham
  • I've done everything but tap dance across the table. -- Rod Paige
  • Laughter is a powerful way to tap positive emotions -- Norman Cousins
  • If the guy's a cutie, you've gotta tap that booty. -- Betty White
  • If you feel like tapping your feet, tap your feet. -- Art Blakey
  • Poverty has many roots, but the tap root is ignorance. -- Lyndon B. Johnson
  • The best shows succeed because they tap into a national conversation, -- Damian Lewis
  • The best shows succeed because they tap into a national conversation. -- Damian Lewis
  • My dream role would be anything where I get to tap-dance. -- Dule Hill
  • My dad taught me about music. He used to tap dance. -- Ray Davies
  • The place of the expert is on tap not on top. -- Albert Einstein
  • Black people playing tennis, next white people will be tap dancing! -- Will Smith
  • A skilled listener can help people tap into their own wisdom. -- Richard Rohr
  • I need different people to tap into different energies for different things. -- Nico Tortorella
  • The topic of working moms is a tap-dance recital in a minefield. -- Tina Fey
  • I liked tap, because I liked hearing the results of my movements. -- Suzanne Farrell
  • The topic of working moms is a tap-dance recital in a minefield." -- Tina Fey
  • When people tap into this politics of resentment, it usually ends ugly. -- John Avlon
  • Leaders tap into the emotions of their people by getting excited themselves -- Brian Tracy
  • We have barely begun to tap into the genius of our humanity. -- Jean Houston
  • There probably aren't a lot of actors my age who tap dance. -- Christopher Walken
  • Turn the damn tap off when you brush your teeth - Aargh! -- Claudia Black
  • I'm bored," she said. "Learn how to tap-dance," he suggested, without turning around. -- Neil Gaiman
  • To this day she could make tap water boil just by kissing him. -- Sarah Addison Allen
  • Mix with positive-minded people as a means to tap into your unexploited potential. -- Steve Backley
  • My nervous energy is usually the easiest form of energy to tap into. -- Heath Ledger
  • I was thinking Im going to die but I'm not going to tap -- Lyoto Machida
  • Okay, I'll strip. I'll tap dance. I'll sing 'La Cucaracha' in C minor. -- Darynda Jones
  • A tap-in is a putt that is short enough to be missed one-handed. -- Henry Beard
  • I think vampires are a timeless powerful archetype that can tap into people's psyches. -- Alan Ball
  • Books permit us to voyage through time, to tap the wisdom of our ancestors. -- Carl Sagan
  • I was a tap dancer as a child, so I understand precision and repetition. -- Elliott Gould
  • There is no likelihood that man can ever tap the power of the atom -- Robert Andrews Millikan
  • I will not be held like a drunkard / under the cold tap of facts -- Leonard Cohen
  • We tap into a lot of things from musical history when making the songs. -- Chris Stein
  • I'd like to be able to tap with my action this low without buzzing. -- Stanley Jordan
  • I never wanted to be a painter; I wanted to be a tap dancer. -- Andy Warhol
  • The ethics laws do not let us tap out the truth in Morse code. -- Ron Wyden
  • You tap in to this oneness and become part of the universe as a whole. -- Stephen Richards
  • Let's be honest: Isn't a lot of what we call tap dancing really just nerves? -- Jack Handey
  • I love horror movies because they're really fun. They tap into those wonderful primal emotions. -- Margot Kidder
  • If a dishonest creep wants to tap dance, give them the spotlight and a mirror -- Vanna Bonta
  • If a dishonest creep wants to tap dance, give them the spotlight and a mirror. -- Vanna Bonta
  • I love dancing, actually. My mother taught children's dance, ballet, tap, jazz...I'm very flexible. -- Michael Angarano
  • I started with ballet and then my cousin Sarah introduced me to her tap teachers. -- Adam Garcia
  • Prayer enables you to tap into God's wisdom anywhere, anytime, no matter what's going on. -- Elizabeth George
  • Youâ??re just jealous of me because Iâ??m a tap-dancing ballerina fairy princess veterinarian! -- Daniel Handler
  • We were tap-dancers but we put more style into it, more bodywork, instead of just footwork. -- Harold Nicholas
  • I'm a firm believer in utilizing celebrities because they tap into people on an emotional basis. -- Daymond John
  • If you play a tune and a person don't tap their feet, don't play the tune. -- Count Basie
  • Your feelings will guide you if you have the courage to tap into them and listen. -- Marie Forleo
  • I think you really have to tap into your sense of humor in order to survive. -- Taylor Swift
  • We think computing ought to be like a telephone or a water tap or a light switch. -- Scott McNealy
  • If, by chance, you find that you are losing hope, tap back into those who inspire you. -- Mehgan Heaney-Grier
  • Everyone is born with psychic abilities. It's just a matter of knowing how to tap into it. -- Julien Offray de La Mettrie
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