Billy Bragg Quotes
Were it not for the Clash, punk would have been just a sneer, a safety pin and a pair of bondage trousers.
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Why is it so unutterably beneficial, the thought that someone besides myself knows me?
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I've concentrated for a long time on English films because I've got two kids but my oldest son is 11 and I think I'm going to be away for about four months of year now.
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Chavez made a compete fool of himself in front of the entire world while giving the U.N. a black eye. But the real losers are the Venezuelan people who have to put up with this unstable character every day.
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Don't get me wrong, magic is cool. But a nervous mother singing to her child at night while something moves quietly through the dark outside her house? That's a story. Handled properly, it's more dramatic than any apocalypse or goblin army could ever be.
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I haven't fallen that much, but when I have, it's usually in the attempt to do something worthwhile. As for recovery, you just have to get up!
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I like to do my own make-up.
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Everywhere in the world, whether manufacturing, trade or whatever, it is controlled by one apparatus and one policy perspective. Here we have one prime minister with good intentions, and six ministries running their own empires. This creates problems including the import culture.
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Lend your ears to music, open your eyes to painting, and... stop thinking! Just ask yourself whether the work has enabled you to 'walk about' into a hitherto unknown world. If the answer is yes, what more do you want?
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The Tea Party represents stakeholders in the American system; people who were never involved in politics or thought they had to be, yet realized that political corruption and incompetence threatened not only their families, but the future of the nation itself.
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Prior to joining NSD, I was briefly associated with a small theater group in Delhi called Sakshi. Saurabh Shukla, Manoj Bapayee were my seniors in that group. I performed a few supporting roles in Sakshi plays.
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Living the past is a dull and lonely business; looking back strains the neck muscles, causing you to bump into people not going your way.
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My daughter Lila loves the smell of gasoline - she always says, 'Mummy, keep the door open,' when I'm filling up the car. I've heard it is one of the most preferred scents in the world - maybe that's something to study for my next fragrance!
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Music has to change. I don't want to stay the same forever.
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You should always feel confident in everything you wear, no matter what trend you fit or don't fit into.
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Have common sense and stick to the point.
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Most companies don't have the luxury of focusing exclusively on innovation. They have to innovate while stamping out zillions of widgets or processing billions of transactions.
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If I ever had to be on an amusement park ride, I probably wouldn't get on one; I'm not a very adventurous person!
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The lesion is in the area of my brain that is responsible for motor function, so I have continual chronic pain in my left arm from elbow to fingertips and the right side of my body from my ear to my breast area.
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I try to see interviewing as performance art, and just take it as it comes.
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It's very important to know that we packed it right because it is a safety issue for coming home.
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The ultimate of being successful is the luxury of giving yourself the time to do what you want to do.
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World War II was a decisive time in our history and June 6, 1944, marked the decisive moment of the war.
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People are really into on-demand consumption. I watch everything myself on demand.
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Were it not for the Clash, punk would have been just a sneer, a safety pin and a pair of bondage trousers.
