Bernard Sumner Quotes
I've realized that I owe people a look behind the scenes of my own story, because I don't think anyone can have a true understanding of the music without an insight into where it came from.
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As for my diet, I try to eat lean, clean and healthy - nothing too surprising. And I avoid too much meat or dairy because they slow you down.
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Prior to the Civil War, most libraries were either privately owned or housed in universities or churches.
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I know what feels good to eat and what doesn't. I try to err on the side of choices I know will leave me feeling more energized and ready to go, because it's always better to feel healthy.
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I feel like I flunked at adolescence really badly. I found it really difficult.
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I want to make music that I like; not something that I have to make because I think it's going to sell.
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To be honest, if it wasn't for my daughter, I don't think I would have gotten out of the situation that I was in before 'Idol' because I am a domestic violence survivor.
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Actors don't have real value.
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It's the irrational things that interest me.
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I have had someone ask me to sign their 'Team Taylor' panties. She wasn't a teenager. She was in her 40s.
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I have reached the conclusion that those who have physical courage also have moral courage. Physical courage is a great test.
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I don't want to hear about my death.
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Justice is like a train that is nearly always late.
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People care more about being thought to have taste than about being thought either good, clever or amiable.
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I know about the sweet home. I went to school with 'em boys, what became Lynyrd Skynyrd; I knew Allen Collins, the skinny girl-beautiful guitarist. I put Allen Collins in every travel piece I do. Travel writing is harrowing, going to Bermuda with a banjo on my knee.
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I've never been strong with my time-management skills.
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I can not stay at the place when a stranger starts talking to me. I will try to cut the speech as quick as possible and move away. I had to break this inhibition before becoming an actor.
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I always felt that anorexia was the form of breakdown most readily available to adolescent girls.
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Speaking purely from a musical standpoint, I think I am a great performer.
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That man is truly free who desires what he is able to perform, and does what he desires.
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In my opinion, right up there with free public schools, our free public library system is what makes citizenship possible, even what makes America great.
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Every day there are homeowners in California who will either receive relief so they can stay in their home, or will be in the foreclosure process and potentially lose their home. And that always weighed heavily on my mind.
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I just wanted to tell good stories that helped explain the world to people.
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I've realized that I owe people a look behind the scenes of my own story, because I don't think anyone can have a true understanding of the music without an insight into where it came from.
