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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I profoundly feel that the art of living is the art of giving. You're fulfilled in the moment of giving, of doing something beyond yourself.
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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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Dance has always been my passion, and I love it.
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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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I like fashion, but I love, love, love music and film; they are my two passions. I would love to pursue my acting and my love of music more than anything.
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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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'What can your kids teach you?' Well, I believe something different about kids. We don't own them, they have their own knowledge. From the start you have to make the choice to listen.
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I still don't feel like I've made it. I can't imagine ever feeling like I've made it.
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I don't think that when Zionism began there was a claim that we were losing - even in part - our capacity to contribute to other peoples.
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Today 29-9-34 ion the garden, rockery side, looking up to the house where Bone was working, sky bluish, very gentle, I looked without theories or self consciousness. This happens very seldom, though I can prolong the delight if I prevent my engines from restarting.
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I'm what they call the love addict!
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The most important thing for poets to do is to write as little as possible.
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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.
