David Gilmour Quotes
I've never had any religion. I'd prefer it if I did, really. Even as a boy I just couldn't make myself believe.
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A long life in journalism convinced me many presidents ago that there should be a large air space between a journalist and the head of a state.
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Thanks to aid, a distressing number of African leaders care little about what their citizens want or need - after all it's the reverse of the Boston tea-party - no representation without taxation.
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I'm from New York, so I'm not a big driver.
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I played small forward on the basketball team. I also ran the 300 hurdles.
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Let us not forget that the greatest composers were also the greatest thieves. They stole from everyone and everywhere.
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You can't tag me as a regional actress.
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If I turn on the television, am I to believe that that is America? I'm sorry, I don't believe that's America.
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The history of business has shown that companies usually only regulate themselves if they're forced to by legislation, or out of self-interest - often in the shape of a marketable message that will help sell more products.
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You try to pull away the experiences until you get to the core of humanity, and you find that light that exists in everybody. It's that light that I'm searching for in all of my work - is that connective thing, that ether that enters all of us - you know what I mean? That's a part of God.
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Mankind's feeling of responsibility to create a decent life and make it worth living with dignity has always been stronger than the will to kill life.
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Being in a wheelchair for 30 years. I'm not whining about it because I don't dwell on things I can't do anything about, you know. I never really think about until somebody mentions it. I did take a bullet.
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Before every show, we get into a circle, hold hands, and someone makes a speech. Most bands are too cool for that.
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The shows at the Hilton are the most exciting shows I've ever done. The stage is huge, but the theater is intimate, so we can have a magnificent production and still connect with the audience.
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I chose films made by people I wanted to work with, about subject matter I thought was intriguing.
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I'd been brought up on musicals. Instead of cartoons, we watched videocassettes of musicals at home.
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For single women, admitting that you want kids when you're still unattached can feel like exposing a vulnerability. It did to me.
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I love performing in front of an audience. I like the questions; I like controversy.
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Why I got into music was James Taylor, so to see him be a real down-to-earth guy that's unbelievably talented... then to hear him sing those lyrics of 'What I'm Thankful For,' which is a song Ms. Yearwood and I got to write together, that was definitely a highlight of my recording life.
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I'm for people bettering themselves, no matter who they are and where they are, doing all they can to be all they can be.
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To reject practice by saying, 'it is conceptual!' is the path of fools. A tendency of the inexperienced and something to be avoided.
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Part of me is very shy.
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You got to realize that the vision, the image, according to 1964 U.S. rock and roll standards, was mohair suit and tie, and nicey-nicey ol' boy next door.
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I've never had any religion. I'd prefer it if I did, really. Even as a boy I just couldn't make myself believe.
