Ian Anderson Quotes
Why do the faithful have such a will, to believe in something? And call in the name they choose, having chosen nothing.
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How small a part of time they share, That are so wondrous sweet and fair!
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'Star Wars' was, I mean, it was the first time I remember seeing three movies that all kind of went together. It was just an amazing final understanding of what a trilogy was.
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Memorial services are the cocktail parties of the geriatric set.
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I sometimes read in a gossip column that I was at a party when I was in Europe at the time. It sometimes feels I've got a Doppelganger somewhere.
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When men or women make their work their top priority and become hostile to the normal, natural needs of their children and spouse - obviously, something is wrong.
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There is nothing, really, that I wouldn't write about, and I do write about a lot of grim things.
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I wrote my novel 'Bitter Greens' as the creative component of a Doctorate of Creative Arts and am now looking at the history of the Rapunzel tale as my theoretical component.
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I really do hope that the Millennium Summit gives new impetus to the work of the United Nations.
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For too long, Japan has been dragging its feet as it ignores the steps the U.S. has made to ensure a safe beef supply and shows a disregard for our prior trade pacts.
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One thing a lot of people don't know about Fun. was that the three of us all came from 10 years of touring with our own projects. That's how we met, actually.
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A good leader must be fair.
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I do want to finish my education. I just don't think that Boston has a big enough market for what I want to do.
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People say you should go out at the top but I was enjoying my football so much. Robbie Fowler's exactly the same: he's not playing for money any more, he's playing for enjoyment. Why go out at the top if it's going to make you miserable? I just wanted to play as long as I could.
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When I auditioned for drama college, they asked me to do my Shakespeare. I couldn't do it. They asked me to do my modern, and I couldn't do it. They asked me if I had a song prepared, and I said 'No,' so I sang 'Happy Birthday.' And I did a reasonable improvisation, a reasonable one, nothing special at all. I don't know how I got in, but I did.
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Often something more simple would be better. Sometimes I put things together - a shirt, a sweater, a jacket - and it's too complicated. I would have worn only a v-neck sweater, it would have been better. It's not the clothes but it's how you wear them sometimes.
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The kind of audience I'm speaking to is a very wide range of people.
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Who made the world I cannot tell; 'Tis made, and here am I in hell. My hand, though now my knuckles bleed, I never soiled with such a deed.
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The main thing that you have to remember on this journey is, just be nice to everyone and always smile.
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Ground zero for me is audio.
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My father was in Ataturk's closest group. They lived together during the War of Liberation in Turkey.
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I think self-education is the greatest and best thing you could ever make.
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The U.S. has dropped its role as the vanguard of free trade, they are looking for a new partner: the EU.
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It's always great when a defense is able to create turnovers and score. That's something we missed last year. We'd get some turnovers, but we never scored points.
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Why do the faithful have such a will, to believe in something? And call in the name they choose, having chosen nothing.
