Joe Cocker Quotes
Once you get into entertaining a quarter of a million people, it's a very weird place to be.
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When I first came out with my fans and the wind hit me, I almost took off.
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You don't stay married for thirty-nine years because of sex or even because of love, but because your partner is a real friend to you, because they respect and regard you.
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The reason a poet is a poet is to write poems, not to advertise himself as a poet.
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The mind is but too naturally prone to pleasure, but too easily yielded to dissipation.
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I grew up playing basketball and baseball. I've always been active because my dad played professional football, so sports and working out have always been a part of my life.
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I like to be underdressed rather than overdressed. For an event or a premiere, it's fun to dress up more - then I like to experiment.
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Sometimes I'm happy - you can tell via Twitter. Sometimes I'm pissed off - you can tell via Twitter. I just think, at the end of the day, I don't want them to see me as a celebrity; I just want them to see me and say, 'He's like a regular person at his job right now who's mad.'
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Anytime I'm involved with anything that's well-received, it's a surprise to me.
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Why not a space flower? Why do we always expect metal ships?
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Let the path be open to talent.
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The more research you do, the more at ease you are in the world you're writing about. It doesn't encumber you, it makes you free.
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As a race, the Negroes are not lazy.
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Nobody can write better jokes putting me down than me.
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I have a friendship with Hezbollah, and I also have contacts outside of Lebanon, but it doesn't mean I follow anyone's agenda.
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Contemporary architects tend to impose modernity on something. There is a certain concern for history, but it's not very deep.
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I am an arm hitter. When you snap the bat with your wrists just as you meet the ball, you give the bat tremendous speed for a few inches of its course. The speed with which the bat meets the ball is the thing that counts.
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I live in a small world of gouache and brush and pen and ink. I'd like to explore the world of multiples - etching and prints.
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We must recognize and keep in the public consciousness the significant contributions and sacrifices Americans of every community have made that have helped forge the greatest country our world has ever known.
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I'm not the type of person that just needs to feel concrete and like nothing's going to change. I revel in the change.
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Most of us don't spend any time knowing ourselves. We just keep reacting.
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I discover that my friends think only of my apparel, and those upon whom I have conferred acts of kindness prefer to remind me of my errors.
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People can be so apathetic. They continue to ignore the real people trapped in poverty and homelessness. It's almost maddening.
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For many people, the reluctance to embrace Christianity is as practical as it is intellectual. They want to know what the benefits of Christianity are, or what's in it for them.
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Once you get into entertaining a quarter of a million people, it's a very weird place to be.
