Bernard Sumner Quotes
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The world is always in movement.
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Like success, failure is many things to many people. With Positive Mental Attitude, failure is a learning experience, a rung on the ladder, a plateau at which to get your thoughts in order and prepare to try again.
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No secret that for some years - long before my time - Komen was dealing with a controversy regarding Planned Parenthood grants.
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Most regular superhero books are designed to go on forever; of course, very few of them do, but the point is they are trying to throw mud against the wall and hope it will stick, and most of it slides off.
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World War II has always been of great interest to me. I've known for decades that it was just one more war the politicians suckered us into.
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While I now own more guns than the 82nd Airborne, my first gun is still the most important gun I've ever owned.
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I am very much a Republican.
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The intersection of political analysis and Internet theory is a busy crossroad of cliche, where familiar rhetorical vehicles - decentralized authority, emergent leadership, empowered grass roots - create a ceaseless buzz.
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If there is no criticism, you become lazy. But it should be constructive, and it should be the truth. If it's biased and there's no truth in it, then I don't care about it. If it's true, it helps me grow.
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Deep breaths are very helpful at shallow parties.
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I knew that it was my only shot to be taken seriously in the recording industry, because it's fast and broad.
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I'm still at the beginning of my career. It's all a little new, and I'm still learning as I go.
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'Sairat' is a film I absolutely loved. I have great regard for the movie and its film-maker. The movie blew my mind.
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I kind of just stumbled into producing. It was more that I was a writer, and the only way you were going to get your songs done was to do them yourself.
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Liam Smith was a resilient fighter. He was tough, has a lot of heart. He thinks before he attacks.
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Good architecture should be a projection of life itself, and that implies an intimate knowledge of biological, social, technical, and artistic problems.
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Jupiter from on high smiles at the perjuries of lovers.
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The American people have a right to know the source of the money that is being spent. They should be told who is behind the millions of dollars in campaign ads, and they should receive this information before they vote.
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Some might complain that nuclear disarmament is little more than a dream. But that ignores the very tangible benefits disarmament would bring for all humankind. Its success would strengthen international peace and security. It would free up vast and much-needed resources for social and economic development. It would advance the rule of law.
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A novelist has a specific poetic license which also applies to his own life.
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I used to watch Oprah Winfrey, and whenever she used to lose weight, I used to be like, 'How's she losing it? What is she doing?' But it's all about education and knowledge, feeding yourself and knowing that too much carbs is what gets us fat.
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The sound of the orchestra is one of the most magnificent musical sounds that has ever existed.
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There's a difference between 'glamour' and 'glam rock'. Glam rock, to me, is a bunch of straight, hairy, football-liking lager lads dressed up in mother's castoffs and glamour is a certain sophistication, a certain other-worldliness, a certain unattainableness, which I think we certainly calculate. We believe that a band should be slightly larger than life - you should be transported to an alternate reality. I'm giving you some really good answers here, I'm very proud of myself.
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I'm very proud of New Order and Joy Division, that heritage of songs.
