David Gilmour Quotes
The band? It's over. Reunited because of the good cause (Live 8), to get over the bad relationship, and not to have regrets.
Quotes to Explore
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If even in science there is no a way of judging a theory but by assessing the number, faith and vocal energy of its supporters, then this must be even more so in the social sciences: truth lies in power.
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I liberate minds with my music. That's more important than liberating a few people from apartheid or whatever.
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There is a triangular relationship between poverty, child labour and illiteracy who have a cause and consequence relationship. We will have to break this vicious circle.
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I'm such a happy, easygoing person.
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There's a lot about the character. It doesn't always happen, but there are some characters you really create a relationship with, almost as if they were your friend. And you never get into their heads again or think like them.
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I want to stop transforming and just start being.
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I like to have fun, but I don't think of myself as being funny. But I'm a big jokester, so I make fun of myself a lot!
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When I was singing Jamie's Cryin', people were going out of their mind because it was the first time they got to see Eddie, Michael and Alex play those songs. That was a thrill.
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I don't watch television. I'm not a TV guy.
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Once your IQ is 150 or over, it stops beings ability and becomes a disability.
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On the one hand, the rich look askance at our continuing poverty - on the other, they warn us against their own methods.
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You can oppose reparations all you want, but you got to know the facts. You really, really do.
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To win the cause we all believe in, the spread of true democracy all over the world, we need to win by example, not just with speeches but by example; not just with military might but by gaining the respect of the world.
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I have every single Ferrari that came out. I have all the Mercedes they came out with, all the Jaguars they came out with, all the Porsches they came out with.
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Happiness is a mysterious concept. It seems to work best as futurity: at that point I will be happy, et cetera. I feel like I experience small pieces of joy day to day.
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If we get a few solid festival shows then I will have no problem booking the lads for as many quality club shows around them to make a nice tour come together.
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If we want to talk about freedom, we must mean freedom for others as well as ourselves, and we must mean freedom for everyone inside our frontiers as well as outside.
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My profession has helped me to grow up.
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Debased men, but they all had something in common: They showed a keen regard for virtue, and tried to dress themselves in that costume. Hypocrisy, for all its bad reputation, at least showed a decent respect for goodness.
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Geffen was never supportive of the band.
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We live fragmented, compartmentalized lives in which contradictions are carefully sealed off from each other. We have been taught to think linearly rather than comprehensively, and we do this not through conscious design or because we are not intelligent or capable, but because of the way in which deep cultural undercurrents structure life in subtle but highly consistent ways that are not consciously formulated.
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He wanted me to learn to stand on my own feet, and to make it impossible for me to thank him.
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The band? It's over. Reunited because of the good cause (Live 8), to get over the bad relationship, and not to have regrets.
