Beth Gibbons Quotes
A lot of people question my image and why I do what I do, and the answer is because this is how I want to present myself.
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Experience is a legitimate issue when John McCain raises it about Obama, and it's also legitimate for us to raise it about Palin.
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New York is a field of tireless and antagonistic interests undoubtedly fascinating but horribly unreal. Everybody is looking at everybody else a foolish crowd walking on mirrors.
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I look at it this way: the WNBA is 13 years young. I think eventually women will get to that point, maybe in my daughter's generation, where their salaries will be similar to men's. But we're still starting off, like, where the NBA was back in the 1950s.
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I want to live in a country that is not just a place but also an idea, and Jerusalem is the heart of the idea. There may be practical considerations, but a country cannot exist without an ethos, and Jerusalem is an ethos.
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My parents and my brother instilled in me my sense of humor. That's kind of the way we communicate with each other, and it's always been a way for me to get to know people.
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What we have done, the result of that comes to us whenever it comes, either today, tomorrow, hundred years later, hundred lives later, whatever, whatever. And so, it's our own karma. That is why that philosophy in every religion: Killing is sin. Killing is sin in every religion.
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No, I am not a homosexual. If I were a homosexual, I would hope I would have the courage to say so. What's cruel is that you are forcing me to say I am not a homosexual. This means you are putting homosexuals down. I don't want to do that.
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I guess my main influences are Jesus, rock 'n' roll and ex-wives. In that order.
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My dad is always there for me, and no matter how busy, he always makes it a point to answer my calls. I think he knows what is best for me better than me and is very involved in planning my career. Feel blessed to have a dad like him.
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Insults are the business of the court.
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The Russians obtained a number of plants under Lend-Lease, which had been authorized by Washington, that I thought were not justified for their war effort. They wanted them for postwar use.
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Actually, my dog I think is the only person who consistently loves me all the time.
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Sin has many tools, but a lie is the handle which fits them all.
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The parts of graffiti I like are really antagonizing still - it's not something that a museum would really embrace.
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After working with clothes for so long, it seemed right to design them.
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I am an Anglo-Catholic in religion, a classicist in literature and a royalist in politics.
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The most expensive hobby a rich man could have is a boat, and the second most expensive hobby he could have is a very old house.
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California is a bellwether state. California was the first state in the United States to overturn the laws against interracial marriage. It took 19 years for the rest of the country to come around to that point of view.
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In real life, there are names that surprise us because they don't seem to suit the person at all.
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I see each project as an opportunity to grow as a person and as an actor.
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I always make the point that teachers are people too, and that they don't just want to be in front of kids all day and have children be their only feedback loop.
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Rank does not confer privilege or give power. It imposes responsibility.
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A lot of people question my image and why I do what I do, and the answer is because this is how I want to present myself.
