Elvis Costello (Declan Patrick MacManus) Quotes
		
	 
	
		
	
	
	
		It's a petty thing, but I wouldn't join the Scouts when I was a kid, 'cause you had to swear allegiance to the queen. I'm just not a royalist. I think it's idiotic, a hereditary principle.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Elvis Costello 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		I personally see myself as a musician in the first place. You know, I don't want to say I will be a producer and DJ for the rest of my life. I can totally see myself being in another band in five years, if that's what my heart and soul wants to do, if that's what will make me happy. I'm totally happy to just not DJ anymore. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Anton Zaslavski 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		What's going on in the inside shows on the outside. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Earl Nightingale 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		There are a lot of competitive girls in the industry, so you just find the ones who share your mentality. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Barbara Palvin 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Many occasions I've sat down with Israelis to say, where do you see your country in 10 years time, and work me back, so we can figure out the synergies and the connections between Israel and the rest of the Arab world. No Israeli has ever been able to answer that question. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Abdullah II of Jordan 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I think ballet has influenced my personality a lot in the sense that I am very disciplined in all of my endeavours. I am always on time; I take things very seriously. I've built up my inner strength and self-esteem over time as I've improved as a dancer. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Yuan Yuan Tan 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'm quite British; I've got big, flat feet, and I can't wear heels. I've got very, very pale Celtic skin, so my legs are always a frightening blue color. So when you take out clothes that reveal your legs, shoes that have any kind of heel, no shop will actually take my money. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Caitlin Moran 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
		
	
	
	
	
		Pyrrhus said, 'If I should overcome the Romans in another fight, I were undone.' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
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		The great revelation of the quantum theory was that features of discreteness were discovered in the Book of Nature, in a context in which anything other than continuity seemed to be absurd according to the views held until then. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Erwin Schrodinger 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My first priority is to my wife, as hers is to me, and to our child. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Iain Glen 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Any song I do, I put my heart and soul into and, as an artist, you can only hope it makes other people feel the way you feel when making it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Camila Cabello 
			 
			
				Fifth Harmony  
			
			
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		It's a petty thing, but I wouldn't join the Scouts when I was a kid, 'cause you had to swear allegiance to the queen. I'm just not a royalist. I think it's idiotic, a hereditary principle. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Elvis Costello