Elvis Costello (Declan Patrick MacManus) Quotes
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I think America has a brilliant future.
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Please know that being 80 is not a scary thing. When you're 80, your life is much freer.
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No matter what his crimes were, Alton Sterling did not deserve to be executed for them. Look, guys, the punishment for resisting arrest shouldn't be death. The punishment for selling bootleg CDs shouldn't be death. The punishment for having a gun in an open-carry state shouldn't be death. The punishment for being a black man shouldn't be death.
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I love the science-fiction genre because there's always so many endless possibilities! It's a limitless genre and can be fun playing around with otherworldly ideas.
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Let me be the first to say I can't remember ever having a conversation about the definition of consent when I was a kid. I knew that 'no' meant 'no,' but that's it.
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Being black, Latino, or Asian is not a genre. Romantic comedies, thrillers, action - those are genres. I think there's a lot of people who want to have the conversation. I don't think people are afraid of it, I just think it's the time to have that conversation. Race is not a genre.
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The most valuable thing you can make is a mistake - you can't learn anything from being perfect.
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I wish - I wish the peace and good for the Syrian citizen and the Syrian regime.
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I think vestigially there's a synesthete in me, but not like a real one who immediately knows what colour Wednesday is.
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The bee collects honey from flowers in such a way as to do the least damage or destruction to them, and he leaves them whole, undamaged and fresh, just as he found them.
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If you spend a week at a casino you will very easily see that people have a certain way of behaving in a casino.
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When you think of bike couriers, you think of hyper speed. They get paid by how fast they can drop stuff off. The faster you go, the more chances you take. And the more chances you take, the greater the war between cyclists and cars.
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The Church does not pretend to be scientists. It teaches based upon what science tells it.
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I get a feeling about where a teammate is going to be. A lot of times, I can turn and pass without even looking.
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I certainly felt like my life had been enriched and had also changed forever when I took 'In A World...' to Sundance.
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I think I was a Japanese schoolgirl in another life. That's how much I love Hello Kitty.
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Judging from the main portions of the history of the world, so far, justice is always in jeopardy.
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I really do think artists are the most important people on the planet, and if what I do is a utility and helps them, then that makes me happy. I want to be helpful.
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If one man can be allowed to determine for himself what is law, every man can. That means first chaos, then tyranny. Legal process is an essential part of the democratic process.
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I think people should know more of Africa in terms of its joie de vivre, its feeling for life. In spite of the images that one knows about Africa - the economic poverty, the corruption - there's a joy to living and a happiness in community, living together, in community life, which may be missing here in America.
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I'm not Mr. Mom, but there's just certain things I won't say anymore.
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Well, actually I don't care what surface I'm playing on.
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There's no money back guarantee on future happiness.
