Elvis Costello (Declan Patrick MacManus) Quotes
You think you're alone until you realize you're in it. Now fear is here to stay, love is here for a visit.
Quotes to Explore
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God is like the sun. When the sun shines, it shines for everyone. God is for everyone.
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Declaring the San Gabriel Mountains a national monument will make this natural wonder more accessible. It will welcome people from all walks of life and maintain the mountains' wild character at the same time.
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I'm an artist at heart.
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Brands like Starbucks came along and talked about their brand as itself being a community, the idea that Starbucks is what they like to call a 'third place,' which is not their idea; it's the idea of basic citizenry needing a place that is not work, that is not home, where citizens gather.
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I want people to remember me as a full on entertainer and a good person.
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Design needs a new relationship with the world, one that is more focused on our planet's needs.
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Creation destroys as it goes, throws down one tree for the rise of another. But ideal mankind would abolish death, multiply itself million upon million, rear up city upon city, save every parasite alive, until the accumulation of mere existence is swollen to a horror.
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To prosper and advance, the American business sector is going to need a financial system oriented toward business, not 'home ownership.'
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The more work I do and the more I put myself out there publicity-wise, it's gonna be less and less chances of me being able to just walk around without being noticed.
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If you're going to sing on stage, wear lip stain.
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I was a guinea pig for some hoodlums who thought they could hurt me and frighten me and keep other Negro entertainers from the South.
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It was Nate Monaster who encouraged me to be a writer.
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The question of modernization is central to disturbances in the Middle East and in Africa. Everyone is after modernization, no matter where they come from. But you have to be careful about it, and more importantly, you have to have sense about it.
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I would love to rent a little cottage or cabin in Colorado and learn to ski or snowboard. And on the warmer side, I also want to rent a house in Hawaii and learn to surf!
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I am the same on camera as I am off. I can't imagine being any other way.
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I know I can act. There aren't too many other jobs I know how to do.
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It is not productive to see things in simple black and white, and talk in either anti-nuclear or pro-nuclear terms.
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I make all my decisions on intuition.
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I thrive with high-performance challenges in front of me.
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I'm not vain, I'm insecure.
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I was seen dancing at school by a director, who asked me to be in a TV play. And it had a huge impact. So I think that's what really started me off.
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Most men will not swim before they are able to.' Is not that witty? Naturally, they won't swim! They are born for the solid earth, not for the water. And naturally they won't think. They are made for life, not for thought. Yes, and he who thinks, what's more, he who makes thought his business, he may go far in it, but he has bartered the solid earth for the water all the same, and one day he will drown.
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I have many good friends, but I tend to keep to myself anyway. It's odd, doing things and having no one to share them with.
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You think you're alone until you realize you're in it. Now fear is here to stay, love is here for a visit.
