Ian Anderson Quotes
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Violin playing is a physical art with great traditions behind it.
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It's difficult to talk about, you know, my inadequacies, my inability to stay sober when I'm a relatively bright man and I've had a lot of great blessings and a lot of great opportunities.
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In battle it is the cowards who run the most risk; bravery is a rampart of defense.
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The mystery of government is not how Washington works but how to make it stop.
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In my opinion - in Georgia, there's a town called Lula. And Lula, Georgia, has the best peaches.
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Phrases that have historical significance or become headlines don't just magically appear in the moment. They are mindfully planned.
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Illegitimacy is something we should talk about in terms of not having it.
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I'm not shy about trying to find what truth there is in any genre, whether that be an action piece, a sci-fi piece, a small indie film, or a play. I'm open to it all.
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If you're not careful as an actor, you can find yourself, at a certain point, a little bit bored.
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People are entitled to the presumption of innocence.
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During my captivity, I felt abandoned by everyone apart from my family and supporters, because there was no part of the political spectrum that would want me released.
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Our party never tolerated those who use violence for political ends. Our leaders lost their lives standing against terrorism.
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One morning I woke up and was plunged into psychological shock. I had forgotten I was free.
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I'm the kind of person whose clothes are all hung up and color-coordinated, to the point where my whites don't touch my creams.
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I've always been extremely physical. I was a gymnast for 15 years, and then I was a dancer for nine, so I was kind of looking for these parts. But we have a tendency in Denmark not to do many action films.
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I'll tell you, I never thought I'd ever be going into law, and certainly not the same kind of law as my dad.
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Contrary to popular belief, I'm not always trying to stand out.
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Vegetarians in general don't like me.
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I write what I write in the way that I write it. I'm not being abstract, you know. I'm talking about something that, you know, is a part of my life.
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I am passionate about music and my work to the bottom of my very soul, but I also very much enjoy good clothes and some of the finer things in life. Rappers do, too, and perhaps it's one of the reasons I've been welcomed so warmly into their world.
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In order to achieve great things in your life, you have to be consistent in what you are doing.
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To continue living, we have to die. That's the story of humanity - generation after generation - that we are going to die. There's nothing dramatic about death except that one loses one's life.
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I kept looking to do songs that were written years ago and would live or outlive all of us, and the one thing they had in common was Sinatra.
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Seek that which within lies waiting to begin the fight of your life that is everyday.
