Billy Bragg Quotes
I was in a little punk band and we put out a few punk records that weren't very political, at all.
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It is wonderful what strength of purpose and boldness and energy of will are roused by the assurance that we are doing our duty.
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We ended up New Year's Eve playin' a show. My date had stood me up, and I remember walkin' back to my friends with, like, two minutes before midnight and thinkin', 'I'm not gonna have anybody to kiss on New Year's.' And there she was, standin' right there, and I remember kissin' her, and then that was game over.
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I will never sign to a major record label again. If, by some mega fluke, a record of mine looked like it might break big, I'd try and do it via an indie or somehow license it. I'm not having my music owned by those corporate bastards again.
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If Mr. Bush and Mr. Forbes don't get most of the votes, they should be arrested for wasting money.
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And there is no trade or employment but the young man following it may become a hero.
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The usual fortune of complaint is to excite contempt more than pity.
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The people, and the people alone, are the motive force in the making of world history.
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I'd rather be hated for who I am than loved who I am not. Even if you're not accepted, at least you are still yourself.
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The numerous evils to which individual persons are exposed are due to the defects existing in the persons themselves. We complain and seek relief from our own faults; we suffer from the evils which we, by our own free will, inflict on ourselves and ascribe them to God, who is far from being connected with them!
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I think tattoos are horrible. It's like living in a Pucci dress full-time.
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We must adjust our value systems and work to modify today's societies, in which economic interests are carried to the extreme and irrationally produce not merely objects, but weapons of war. These societies don't care about the destruction of the planet and mankind as long as they earn profits - it can't go on like this.
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As long as I'm not selling out the people that ride or die with me, I'm glad I'm not an MC. I'm a motivational speaker. I'm not that rapper dude.
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I don't think there's anything worse than your parents being alive and telling you to go give them some money and just act like they're dead.
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Someone has to stand up for wimps.
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If I wanted to know what a certain future would feel like to me, I would find someone who is already living that future. If I wonder what it's like to become a lawyer or marry a busy executive or eat at a particular restaurant, my best bet is to find people who have actually done these things and see how happy they are.
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We have the American people properly concerned about the future of our country and the world.
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My best decision was to choose to go to Wall Street over law. I learned a lot and focused on the expanding software industry at a time when the independent software industry was just beginning.
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People used to say I'm weak in comedy. But, with 'Mahesh Khaelja' and 'Dookudu,' I have proved that I am good at comedy.
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Reforming PERA will strengthen and improve Colorado's all-important long term standing with credit rating agencies.
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I had no future with the Dodgers, because I was too closely identified with Branch Rickey. After the club was taken over by Walter O'Malley, you couldn't even mention Mr. Rickey's name in front of him. I considered Mr. Rickey the greatest human being I had ever known.
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I listen to Helmet - and I love Helmet, they're a great band - but every song sounds the same.
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'The Globe' is one of the most terrifying theatres in London. It's that mob element - everyone packed in and staring up at you.
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I'm well-travelled so I can see places coming up. I went to St. Croix in the West Indies at Christmas and it had been hit by a really bad tornado. Values there have gone down but I guarantee they will be up again in eight years. So I'll get in now while it's cheap as chips.
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I was in a little punk band and we put out a few punk records that weren't very political, at all.
