Elliot Knight Quotes
I love the story of Quasimodo, about someone who feels like they don't belong but is pure of heart and has good intentions. It's a great message for a younger audience.
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Picking up a guitar brought a lot of balance into my life.
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A drunkard would not give money to sober people. He said they would only eat it, and buy clothes and send their children to school with it.
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I'm not a really religious person, but those moments onstage feel like some sort of religious experience because no one holds back, especially 'Stay With Me' when I finish the show. It kind of turns into an anthem when I perform it live, and it feels like there's a lot of love in the room.
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I am also a drummer of sorts. I've got an electronic set sitting in my bedroom.
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Whenever I'm caught between two evils, I take the one I've never tried.
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If you're only going to give away 50 percent of your wealth... c'mon. I'm going to do much more than that.
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The term 'personal ambition' immediately puts me off. It feels like finding a sliver of onion in my ice cream. There's nothing wrong with a sliver of onion, but I don't want it in my ice cream.
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Relationships can be very traumatic. But being in a healthy relationship can be very empowering.
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I mean, the greatest athletes in the world are African-American.
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Playing the priest on 'Oz' was a fantastic experience. I was very lucky.
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Sex appeal is in the workplace every day of the week. I'm not saying that's the only calling card, but it's a whole crayon box.
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I had rather have a plain, russet-coated Captain, that knows what he fights for, and loves what he knows, than that which you call a Gentle-man and is nothing else.
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I tend to like simple music. And clever, succinct lyrics. Songs that don't try to be more than they need to to be effective, to stir up something emotionally within you.
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I get really tired of hearing of all these old rockers whine and complain about how hard life on the road can be. Just stop if you don't like it. I don't think of it as work. I love it all.
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Labor is the source of all wealth and all culture.
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My family and relatives alone could fill Shanmukhananda Hall in Bombay.
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The ultimate aim of all creative activity is the building!
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We all have hourglass figures; your sand just settles in different places.
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The words "Think and Thank" are inscribed in many of the Cromwellian churches of England. These words ought to be inscribed in our hearts, too: "Think and Thank". Think of all we have to be grateful for, and thank God for all our boons and bounties.
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My mum told me to have patience. It's about realising that when things aren't going the way you want them to, or you don't have inspiration, it will come.
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In a novel, you have space to develop a character or a scene. You don't have that luxury in a 700-800-word picture book.
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Certainly there are great men whose age circumscribes them so completely that we lose interest.
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Prudence is what makes someone a great commodities trader - the capacity to face reality squarely in the eye without allowing emotion or ego to get in the way. It's what is needed by every quarterback or battlefield general.
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I love the story of Quasimodo, about someone who feels like they don't belong but is pure of heart and has good intentions. It's a great message for a younger audience.
