David Gilmour Quotes
If you are in a band or in any situation with other people there are obviously brilliant aspects to it, but there are also things that you start finding yourself tied to.
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You are dealing with people who have taken the responsibility of killing their own because they think that they are right, they think that they are serving the interests of their people. They not going to give that up easily, just because you've shown up.
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'Skins' is about a group of teenagers in Bristol, and it's all about what they get up to and all the different things they do. I think it's a good show because it's come from a very real place, and there's a lot of young people involved in the writing.
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Coming to Nashville has been so motivating and inspirational. Just watching people live and breathe their music and create something that they can feel from start to finish.
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I changed the city of New York. I gave people back their morale.
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Surround yourself with people who provide you with support and love and remember to give back as much as you can in return.
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Don't get me wrong: there are some fantastic people who work at British Cycling who kept me together, who were there when I was struggling with it all. They were walking the same tightrope in many ways, because if you do speak up, your days are numbered.
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People really do not have time to read all the newspapers in the world and all the sites that we now commonly use on the web. There is no possibility of keeping up.
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People who have a sense of peace that their priorities are in the right place also have a sense of humility and a realistic view on life.
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The only thing I've kind of missed is finding a really good western that I want to do, because I watched westerns a lot.
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Our dream as actors is to tell interesting stories about interesting people.
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My stand-up is quite good now, people say. It's just like a big conversation each time. Every gig is a rehearsal.
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Contrary to all the blather we here about the unique goodness of the American people or our religious heritage or anything else, the one thing that set this country apart from all others was the Bill of Rights.
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The type of music we know as classical music began with rich people hiring musicians or owning them in a way. Without funding, it's very hard to have this experience. Be it state money or private money, there has to be someone dedicated to raising the money.
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People said I couldn't gig, and I proved them wrong.
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All my life, people have asked me what I was so mad about. 'Why you so mad?' And I was never mad. I'm not mad, I just look mad.
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The genuine truth, and I do think about this a lot, is that I'm one of the least competitive people you'll ever meet. Except with myself.
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Lots of people still don't think of golf as a sport.
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Dementia is such a terrifying thing for all of us, and we are particularly bad at coping with old people in this country.
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I came from a family of repairers. The spider is a repairer. If you bash into the web of a spider, she doesn't get mad. She weaves and repairs it.
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You can design a mortgage system that is different without a Fannie and Freddie, but there are principles you have to have, to have a good system.
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What I'm passionate about is telling stories which mean something to me.
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It's nauseating for me when I feel like I'm not growing or challenging myself.
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When I really have to push and grope and scratch and claw to make a story work, that's a telltale sign that maybe something conceptually isn't right.
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If you are in a band or in any situation with other people there are obviously brilliant aspects to it, but there are also things that you start finding yourself tied to.
