Rory Charles Graham (Rag'n'Bone Man) Quotes
The inspiration for 'Human' came from a conversation. We stumbled upon this question: sometimes you think a problem is a problem when sometimes it isn't. And it takes you to have a little step back and realize you might be a bit dramatic.
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The thing about inspiration is that it takes your mind off everything else.
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We have a problem. 'Congratulations.' But it's a tough problem. 'Then double congratulations.'
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I love Rihanna. I think her style just pushes a lot of boundaries. My tomboy side takes inspiration from her.
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That's the problem with having a bald head. It exaggerates the shape.
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In a completely integrated unit where you'd have white soldiers, particularly from southern states, serving under black noncommissioned officers or officers... I think you would have a problem definitely.
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In general, I don't know when inspiration will pop up.
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I have a constitutional weakness in which I am very easily distracted by flashing lights. If there is a TV on in the room, I can't have a conversation with you. I won't eat, I won't sleep, I'll just meld with my couch.
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Inspiration is some mysterious blessing which happens when the wheels are turning smoothly.
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The fact is that there is a serious problem of extremism with minority groups within Muslim communities.
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The prophets, who were very many, proclaim and declare the one God; for, being filled with the inspiration of the one God, they predicted things to come, with agreeing and harmonious voice.
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You can always make a film somehow. You can beg, borrow, steal the equipment, use credit cards, use your friends' goodwill, wheedle your way into this or that situation. The real problem is, how do you get people to see it once it is made?
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Bangalore now wants a person who doesn't only play politics. Bangalore needs a problem solver, and I am a problem solver. I will be the bridge between Bangalore and the Centre.
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It's not as if there's a noise problem, because they use the same circuits as Formula One.
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The first step in solving a problem is to recognize that it does exist.
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I could sit right here and have a 15-minute conversation with somebody and change their whole life.
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I feel that racial profiling may be a very complicated and long-standing problem. It will take a long time even to make tiny progress.
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Of course, there will always be those who look only at technique, who ask 'how', while others of a more curious nature will ask 'why'. Personally, I have always preferred inspiration to information.
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For inspiration I look to those great players who consistently found original ways to shock their opponents. None did this better than the eighth world champion, Mikhail Tal. The 'Magician of Riga' rose to become champion in 1960 at age twenty-three and became famous for his aggressive, volatile play.
Garry Kasparov
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The great minds, the great works transcend all limitations of time, of language, and of race, and the scholar can never feel initiated into the company of the elect until he can approach all of life's problems from the cosmopolitan standpoint.
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Life will end in death and unhappiness, but we do it anyway.
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Living in an age of advertisement, we are perpetually disillusioned. The perfect life is spread before us every day, but it changes and withers at a touch.
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Knowledge is not gained, it is there all the time. It is the "veils" which have to be dissolved in the mind.
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Defeat is worse than death because you live with defeat.
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The inspiration for 'Human' came from a conversation. We stumbled upon this question: sometimes you think a problem is a problem when sometimes it isn't. And it takes you to have a little step back and realize you might be a bit dramatic.
