Bernard Sumner Quotes

We're all private people, but as a musician, I think that once you get to the point where there's more of your life behind you than in front of you, you owe it to your public to explain yourself.

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• As one grows older one becomes more critical of oneself and less of other people.

  

  Basil Rathbone
  • People
  • More
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• I chose to present myself as one who comes from among the people, and I can be touched by their pain because I have my own.

  

  T. D. Jakes
  • People
  • Pain
  • Myself

• Your friends will be as careless with your life as they are with their own.

  

  Vernon Howard
  • Life
  • Friends
  • Careless

• Hallucinatory - that's just the way everyday life is, in Colombia. All the time, you say to yourself, did I just see that?

  

  Barbet Schroeder
  • Life
  • Time
  • Yourself

• It's important that people come see our show, because we are performers. We wanted people to see that.

  

  Zac Brown Band
  • People
  • Important
  • Show

• Energy is necessary for economic growth, for a better quality of life, and for human progress.

  

  Mac Thornberry
  • Life
  • Energy
  • Quality

• I'm all about telling stories. I like people to picture the music video in their head when they're just listening to the song.

  

  Becky G
  • People
  • Music
  • Song

• Is there an equality of power between America and Iraq? Definitely not; however, the Iraqi people are standing fast and are defending their land courageously.

  

  Bashar al-Assad
  • People
  • Power
  • America

• The record business is dangerous to the health of bands and individuals, which is something I'm just now learning. But it's not dangerous in any of the ways people think; it's not that they try to make you compromise your art. That's not the problem.

  

  T Bone Burnett
  • People
  • Art
  • Business

• There must be right and wrong answers to questions of morality and values that potentially fall within the purview of science. On this view, some people and cultures will be right (to a greater or lesser degree), and some will be wrong, with respect to what they deem important in life.

  

  Sam Harris
  • People
  • Life
  • Important

• The chief internal enemies of any state are those public officials who betray the trust imposed upon them by the people.

  

  Dalton Trumbo
  • People
  • Trust
  • Internal

• Anything you put your mind to and add your imagination into can make your life a lot better and a lot more fun.

  

  Taylor Swift
  • Life
  • Mind
  • Fun

• After all, life hasn't much to offer except youth, and I suppose for older people, the love of youth in others.

  

  F. Scott Fitzgerald
  • People
  • Life
  • Love

• I have enjoyed every call. The ones involving direct contact with people have been most rewarding.

  

  L. Lionel Kendrick
  • People
  • Contact
  • Call

• If you stop and think about who was in the 'Lassie' movies, it's difficult to think who was in them, apart from Elizabeth Taylor. You remember the dog, not the people! So if you're going to be in a movie, and it's called 'Gremlins', it's going to be about Gremlins, and what people are going to remember are the Gremlins.

  

  Zach Galligan
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  • Movie

• I love playing in Germany. I love playing anywhere where people are going to enjoy the music. Germany is especially nice to play.

  

  Henry Saint Clair Fredericks
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  • Music
  • Love

• I'm very laid back, easy. There's nothing better in life than seeing your kids do well.

  

  Caitlyn Jenner
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  • Kids
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• Fifty-nine cents. For years, I wore a button - '59 cents.' Many of my colleagues wore it also. The purpose was so that people would come up and ask, 'What does '59 cents' mean?' One could then launch into a discussion about how women working full time in the U.S. earn 59 cents for every dollar earned by men.

  

  Karen DeCrow
  • People
  • Up
  • Time

• Buy less, choose well, make it last. Quality rather than quantity: That is true sustainability. If people only bought beautiful things rather than rubbish, we wouldn't have climate change!

  

  Vivienne Westwood
  • People
  • Beautiful
  • Quality

• Under your shoulders. Dear young people of the entire world, weigh the responsibility to transform tomorrow's world into a society where peace, harmony, and fraternity reign.

  

  Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo
  • People
  • World
  • Society

• Think about all of the non-entrepreneurial advice and resources you need when building a company. You need lawyers, accountants, financial experts.

  

  Jennifer Hyman
  • Advice
  • Financial

• 'Tempting the Best Man' centers around Madison Daniels, who's had a major crush on her brother's best friend since she was a girl.

  

  Jennifer Armentrout
  • She
  • Girl
  • Friend

• When you've been locked up in a mental institution, people are going to ask questions. It was OK, because I didn't have to act perfect all the time.

  

  Drew Barrymore
  • People
  • Up
  • Time

• We're all private people, but as a musician, I think that once you get to the point where there's more of your life behind you than in front of you, you owe it to your public to explain yourself.

  

  Bernard Sumner Bad Lieutenant
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