Elvis Costello (Declan Patrick MacManus) Quotes
I'm just the mere shadow of my former selfishness. I crave the silhouette of your kiss.
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It's difficult to talk about, you know, my inadequacies, my inability to stay sober when I'm a relatively bright man and I've had a lot of great blessings and a lot of great opportunities.
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I just write what I think is funny. I don't care who watches it.
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We began as restless and radical. Remember the spirit of 1997, but by the end of our time in office we had lost our way.
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My father was a pioneer in so many ways. He was fearless, and I think that I kind of picked that up from him as well.
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Back in those days intimidation was the greatest tool the drill instructor had. Without that tool, he would not have had control.
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If we go to Chihuahua we must be considered as prisoners of war?
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Virtual reality is inevitably going to become mainstream - it's only a question of how good it needs to be before the mainstream is willing to use it.
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We need to honor our troops who served and show our support by giving our men and women who served the best health care, the best educational opportunities, and the best job training available. They deserve nothing less.
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I worked in a restaurant and in a nightclub cloakroom.
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I'm definitely a Polaroid camera girl. For me, what I'm really excited about is bringing back the artistry and the nature of Polaroid.
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And then we watched an amazing number of movies from the late '60s and '70s, which is my favorite time, and we studied their camera movements, their stocks, the way they lit stuff, the colors they used.
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I was going to college to be a doctor.
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If you have a job without any aggravations, you don't have a job.
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I'm very obsessed with not being perfect.
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I love everyone over at Netflix. They're all fantastic and an absolute joy to work with.
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For me, the most indispensable tool for wrapping presents is a wife.
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If one watches whence the notion ‘I’ arises, the mind gets absorbed there; that is tapas. When a mantra is repeated, if one watches whence that mantra sound arises, the mind gets absorbed there; that is tapas.
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A political system seeking to function amongst ignorant, illiterate and barbaric people could have marvelous principles but could only succeed in being ignorant, illiterate and barbaric unless one addressed the people one by one and cured the ignorance, illiteracy and barbarism of each citizen.
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He would not anticipate those counsels which are rather bestowed by circumstances on men, than by men on circumstances.
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When I was 6, I opened my mouth and didn't stop singing. I had a voice and wanted to use it.
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It's important for me who is at the table with me; the moment when everyone speaks to each other and everyone listens. If there's good food, it's much better.
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The great thing about training/exercise is it is non-bias. It changes from person to person, but everyone can still enjoy the benefits.
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All the power of the universe is with you. Feel it, know it, and then act as though it were true.
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I'm just the mere shadow of my former selfishness. I crave the silhouette of your kiss.
