Bernard Sumner Quotes
I think that if you're on the same team, you should be pushing in the same direction.
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A long life in journalism convinced me many presidents ago that there should be a large air space between a journalist and the head of a state.
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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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What really makes it fun for an actor is when the script is good.
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When I was a kid, I didn't know how I got into acting.
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And as long as people want to hear me sing, I don't know why I'd retire.
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If you think that by threatening me you can get me to do what you want... well, that's where you're right. But - and I am only saying this because I care - there's a lot of decaffeinated brands on the market that are just as tasty as the real thing.
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When you go back and really listen to the legendary rappers, this is timeless music. Guys like Biggie, guys like Pac, timeless music.
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When governments become large, voters cannot exercise close oversight, otherwise known as political power.
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Cultures, along with the religions that shape and nurture them, are value systems, sets of traditions and habits clustered around one or several languages, producing meaning: for the self, for the here and now, for the community, for life.
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We made more money feeding molasses, urea, and corn cobs to cattle than we ever did feeding dent corn.
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God bless McNally, it's got some fantastic stuff in it, but it's no easy task to make a movie out of.
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Born Berlin 1931, Germany, father a British diplomat, mother an American artist. Educated at various schools all over the world. 1958 Settled down to live in London. 1966 Became interested in photography through photographing my young children. No formal training.
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Trent likes to record guitars direct, whereas I've always preferred playing through an amplifier.
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The process of writing a book is so removed in my mind from the process of publishing it that I often forget for great stretches that I eventually hope to do the latter.
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I go on stage with what God gave me - and that's a natural high. I don't need nothing to perk me up. The audience picks me up enough. That's the total God's truth.
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Has this world been so kind to you that you should leave with regret? There are better things ahead than any we leave behind.
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To lovers of the truth, nothing can be put before God and hope in Him.
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Vegetarian and frugal it may be, but the chickpea is one of the most versatile ingredients you could keep in your cupboards.
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Lee Ann Womack is from near where I grew up in East Texas, so I've always looked up to her. I sang a lot of Dolly Parton as a kid and a lot of traditional western swing, like Patsy Cline and Roy Rogers.
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I think copyright has its right to exist, absolutely, and I think that it's up to copyright creators to come up with new solutions that deal with the reality of the world we're living in today.
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I travel around the world, and there are so many beautiful girls, but that's not going to make you a supermodel. You have to have something more than just a pretty face.
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My dad used to sing in a quartet. He loved everything: adult contemporary, anything smooth. He'd listen to the quartets.
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We have never in human history seen a run-up in credit of the kind we have just witnessed in advanced economies since 1970, and we have never observed modern finance-capitalist systems operating over a sustained period at this kind of credit-to-GDP leverage ratio.
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I think that if you're on the same team, you should be pushing in the same direction.
