Elvis Costello (Declan Patrick MacManus) Quotes
Why can't a man stand alone? Must he be burdened by all that he's taught to consider his own? His skin and his station, his kin and his crown, his flag and his nation They just weigh him down.
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I really like looking at what's new in my favourite designers' stores, even if I don't buy anything.
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Sometimes the only way you can feel good about yourself is by making someone else look bad. And I'm tired of making other people feel good about themselves.
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I think it's a tough transition. It's easy to go from comedian to rapper, but to go from rapper to comedian is tougher.
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In the U.S., search engines are king. That is because everyone already knows what they are looking for. Brands have been around for a long time.
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Economic progress and better education have directly resulted in the birth of a class of voters who are better informed, very demanding and highly critical.
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My intention throughout has been to write, to create literature, and to be able to look people in the eye after I'd done it - the people I'd written about.
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I had heard that Robert Duvall was interested in doing 'Lonesome Dove,' and he's one of those actors with whom I'd work on any project. So I tracked down the script and started to bug the producer, Dyson Lovell, to get in there.
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I don't want to be on anyone's board. I just want to have good investments.
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It's like, I don't think you understand, Michael Jackson's bedroom is two stories and it has, like, three bathrooms and this and that. So, when I slept in his bedroom, yes, but you understand the whole scenario.
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With bundled machines you can throw away the hardware and keep the software, and it's still a good buy.
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Hamish is worried about ending up like my parents, who each spend time in their two homes in Bundanoon and Sydney. But that's how their marriage has lasted.
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I believe that the only way that the human race is gonna survive is to start colonizing space and setting up colonies on the moon, and then space stations.
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My writing became more and more minimalist. In the end, I couldn't write at all. For seven or eight years, I hardly wrote. But then I had a revelation. What if I did the opposite? What if, when a sentence or a scene was bad, I expanded it, and poured in more and more? After I started to do that, I became free in my writing.
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I once said some mean things about someone, and they were standing right behind me. That experience taught me to never talk bad about anyone.
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We are not afraid to be entertainers.
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... the current of time slowing down in the gravitational field of oblivion.
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The secret of getting on the shortlist is doing your best work fearlessly for a long time before you get on the list.
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The thing we tell of can never be found be seeking, yet only seekers find it.
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I was an easygoing guy, and school was pretty much people trying to challenge me to a fight, y'know, saying, 'Rambo! Rocky!'
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A daily creative project is like a marathon. It's a ridiculously daunting task, but making an original creation every day gives you an incredible sense of accomplishment. It also forces you to push beyond your mental and physical barriers (especially the ones you've erected for yourself). You'll be amazed at what you produce and what you learn about yourself in the process.
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Why can't a man stand alone? Must he be burdened by all that he's taught to consider his own? His skin and his station, his kin and his crown, his flag and his nation They just weigh him down.
