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It all starts from the lyric with me. If I work really hard on the lyric and get it right, then it will tell me whatever else to do, where to go.

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Scott Walker
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: November 2
Politician
Colorado Springs
Colorado
Scott Kevin Walker
Scott K. Walker
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I promised to empower the taxpayer - instead of a handful of big government union bosses.
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Now things have changed for the better. Our reforms end seniority and tenure so we can hire and fire based on merit and pay based on performance. That means we can put the best and the brightest in our classrooms - and we can keep them there.
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I have not made any plans for the future, and my wife would kill me if I announced anything before that.
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Matching sounds in your head is made a lot easier with all the technology. It is the nonelectronic noises that are challenging, as you have to find ways of communicating those to the people you're working with.
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In my teenage years I was as addicted to great pop as I was to free jazz, electronic music, and hardcore blues.
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It's time to put our differences aside and find ways to work together to move Wisconsin forward.
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The harder part of doing a real story is that there are real people and you have a responsibility to not just go crazy with their lives and have them do things which are not their character, that they then have to live with.
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You hear some people talk about border security and a wall and all that. To me, I don't know that you need any of that if you had a better, saner way to let people into the country in the first place.
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Washington, or as I like to call it, 68 square miles surrounded by reality.
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I just think this is people who are chronically looking for ways to be upset about things.
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I've often heard the complaint from both Democrat and Republican voters alike that they hate the fact that politicians get into office and they - and they're fearful, they're fearful to make tough decisions because they think more about the next election than they do about the next-generation.
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Governors should be defined not just by what they do and say, but who they surround themselves with.
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If I can take on 100,000 protesters, I can do the same across the world.
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You have phantom income each year. No money is being put in your pocket, but you have to take some money out of your pocket to pay Uncle Sam because the tax is paid based on accretion.
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The unions say 'last hired - first fired,', we say hire and fire based on merit. We want the best and brightest in the classroom.
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We are the ones looking out for the middle class. Who do think pays for the endless expansion of government? Its middle class taxpayers. Our reforms protect middle class taxpayers.
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But Mitt Romney understands, like I understand, that people - not governments - create jobs.
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Collective bargaining isn't a right, it is an expensive entitlement. Once and for all, we are giving the taxpayers a voice in this debate. We put the power back in the hands of the people.
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Chief executives that are successful make good chief executives.
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When I'm writing a lyric, I totally forget about the music. I'm just looking at the lyric and thinking about it almost as a separate entity. And then I'll go to my keyboard with all the lyrics printed out and try to think of how to make this a complete musical thing. I've got a very basic keyboard with some presets.
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