Bernard Sumner Quotes

If I work on music, it'll be for 10 hours a day, so sometimes I'll feel stressed, and I'll go for a two-hour walk. That sorts me out.

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• I am telling you, if you ever wanted an ego boost, leave your job and then, six months later, come back for a day. People will treat you like you're a princess.

  

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• I was probably never going to get to do the kind of things dramatically that I really wanted to do, so I returned to theater from time to time, and to write, and produce. It's by no means sour grapes.

  

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• I've listened to female vocalists my whole life. That's what I love. I still listen to guys' vocals and don't get taken aback a lot.

  

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• I brought several national projects to Katihar.

  

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• I think as an actor you're used to having to travel, so wherever the work, is you're willing to go.

  

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• I have vowed never to take antibiotics again unless I really need them. I also learned to pay attention to my body, know the difference between indigestion, an allergic reaction to food, a parasitic infection or worms. It's incredible how well I know my body. I really love that.

  

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• I know I should be Wonder Woman. They need an international actress - a fresh face. They need a woman who's tall, athletic and dark-haired - and an actress who can play the part. That's me. So, I'm coming to L.A. to work hard and meet the industry. And if 'Wonder Woman' comes together, I want it.

  

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• Humor's always been the problem of my work, hasn't it? When working, I feel satisfied when I surprise myself. And when I surprise myself, I wind up laughing.

  

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• Indie movies got co-opted by the studio system. The studios insisted that only stars could make movies successful.

  

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• The American people know something is wrong as far as energy is concerned. They don't think they are being told the truth.

  

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• I don't think any actor can be satisfied. I am still in the learning phase and hope I am always in the learning frame of mind in acting or in anything else that I do. That's what makes life interesting and worth living.

  

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• I think one problem we've had is that people who are smart and creative and innovative as engineers went into financial engineering.

  

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• Our bombs are smarter than the average high school student. At least they can find Kuwait.

  

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• The deadpan brilliance of John McCrea has been underrepresented in music since 2004, when Cake served up 'Pressure Chief.'

  

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• I don't think I can play Mr. Bachchan.

  

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• Vice is a creature of such hideous mien... that the more you see it the better you like it.

  

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• They got word that the Japanese planes were coming back, so we sunk her ourselves so the Japanese wouldn't get it. We didn't want the Japanese to get it intact.

  

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• A religion that takes no account of practical affairs and does not help to solve them is no religion.

  

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• I was in Fort Lauderdale from about age 7 to 14. And that's where I learned the most about music. My favorite DJ was this guy named DJ Laz and the Miami bass guys. I was super into, like, Arthur Baker, that kind of stuff.

  

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• I would love to expose multiple younger generations to Frank's music. It's not an easy task because It's not ever going to be plastered all over the radio for the masses.

  

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• Weirdly, there have been a lot of critics of conservatism, but very few critics of innovation. As a culture, we are deeply paranoid about politics, but we gaze upon innovation with rapturous adulation.

  

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• The surprising thing about young fools is how many survive to become old fools.

  

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• I had to watch government fail for 25 years doing consumer reporting before I really saw it because intuitively, the reaction is problem, bring government and government will make it better.

  

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• If I work on music, it'll be for 10 hours a day, so sometimes I'll feel stressed, and I'll go for a two-hour walk. That sorts me out.

  

  Bernard Sumner New Order
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