"I think that big, sort of theatrical relaunches tend to set you up for failure and hype."
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"Even though I'm a hype man myself, I like the practicality of it all. People who understand how to turn a profit. At the end of the day, this is still business so I'm looking for real practical knowledge of how to actually make money, not necessarily raise it."
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"I was never too keen on the British music press. They've called us a supermarket hype, and they used to suggest that we didn't write our own songs."
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"Behind all the hype shaping the electronic highway are corporate interests. These huge companies are doing the most natural thing in the world to them; following their own corporate interest."
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"Because of media hype and woefully inadequate information, too many people nowadays are deathly afraid of their food, and what does fear of food do to the digestive system? ... I, for one, would much rather swoon over a few thin slices of prime beefsteak, or one small serving of chocolate mousse, or a sliver of foie gras than indulge to the full on such nonentities as fat-free gelatin puddings."
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"Sade's stuff is real deceptive. She's got stuff about prostitutes, poverty and people on the streets."
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"Whatever they announce, they announce. They're in their honeymoon period, and anything they announce gets hype ... They will obviously branch out beyond Internet search, but I think the expectations won't live up to reality."
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"If you're an artist who's built on marketing and hype then most likely I won't listen to you."
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"I'm not a gay man, but I will say this: I get it now. I know what all the hype is about."
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"It is true, I worry about the hype. The only person more over-hyped than me is you."
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"I can say with confidence that I never bought into the hype, and I made sure that the people around me didn't buy into the hype, and I did not surround myself with people who fed me the hype. And I'm glad of that as well."
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"I can document this past week [of presidency] we've put out memos from every agency showing what did we do. Try to be as honest as possible. There's a little hype involved obviously. It's spin because it's our agencies. We feel some pride about it. But tried to be self-critical as well."
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"I don't buy the hype when everybody is saying how wonderful things are and how great I am, and I don't get too down when people say, "This is a disaster and he's done for.""
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"The pyramids are one of those things that live up to the hype. They're elemental in ways that are hard to describe."
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"Leadership is all hype. We've had three great leaders in this century-Hitler, Stalin, and Mao."
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"I don't believe my own hype, I just take each day as it comes. And I always feel blessed."
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"You become very known for being someone's girlfriend, and all of a sudden there's all this hype and buzz for all the wrong reasons."
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