Iain Sinclair Quotes
I got interested in the contradiction between people who are understanding the city by not moving a single inch, by remaining in the same place all the time, and people like me who are constantly roaming around.
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I guess hip-hop has been closer to the pulse of the streets than any music we've had in a long time. It's sociology as well as music, which is in keeping with the tradition of black music in America.
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Christmas is, of course, the time to be home - in heart as well as body.
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I am hopeful that no one will forget what happened in Bosnia.
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I went from being an ailing child to a public enemy.
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Pride is pleasure arising from a man's thinking too highly of himself.
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It's an honor to live in and serve the great City of Los Angeles. I'm also immensely grateful for the support I've received from Ireland.
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I love being a father. It's one of my big jobs is just being a parent. It's one of my favorite things I do.
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Some artists get so comfortable now after even one or two albums and think, 'I'm the biggest artist in the world,' but it's like, yeah, you are for now, but you've gotta work so that you're remembered further, and that's what I'm trying to do.
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When I was a kid, I wanted to be a baseball player.
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A lot of movies are made to make us dream.
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You can never quit. Winners never quit, and quitters never win.
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No good opera plot can be sensible, for people do not sing when they are feeling sensible.
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My appetite for public policy and changing it, and not only being a part of the conversation, but affecting it in a positive way, never diminished after 10 years in Congress.
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My father was dark skinned because he was Tatar. Sometimes Tatars can look Brazilian.
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Yes, there's a luck in most things; and in none more than being born at the right time.
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I grew up in a very Catholic family. Up until puberty, I would go to a Catholic church every week.
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Jack Nicklaus is the greatest winner I've ever seen.
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'Jihad' can mean holy war to extremists, but it means struggle to the average Muslim.
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As a DJ, it's my job to break new music. And instead of it just being the stuff that's coming from the major labels or the big pop records, I've always gravitated to something that's just different, you know?
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Sorrow has its life just like people. Sorrow is born and lives and dies. And when it's dead and gone, someone's left behind to remember it. Exactly like people.
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The blood will follow where the knife is driven,The flesh will quiver where the pincers tear.
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Every record is a portrait of the band at that time.
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I recently reread an article of mine written in 1964, and I think it is still valid. There is not much difference. Many of the items on the agenda 37 years ago are still there.
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I got interested in the contradiction between people who are understanding the city by not moving a single inch, by remaining in the same place all the time, and people like me who are constantly roaming around.
