Elvis Costello (Declan Patrick MacManus) Quotes
It's what I do. I don't deserve any awards for this, it's just music. It's just writing songs. You sit down, you write a song, you record it. You tour and play the songs live, dress them up a bit differently, or dress them down.Elvis Costello
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We are two brothers: I am a doctor; my brother is an engineer.
Bassem Youssef -
The other actresses, who are called my contemporaries, they started with a megastar. They were superstars overnight and are the same even today.
Kangana Ranaut -
When I was in school, there was no such thing as girls' athletics.
Karen DeCrow -
You will never cease to be the most amazed person on earth at what God has done for you on the inside.
Oswald Chambers -
I was afraid I would see someone from my past who thought I was this big athlete, and then I end up being just normal.
Victor Cruz -
I have a preference for film just because of the familiarity. It's what I know, and I sort of have nostalgia for it.
Vince Vaughn
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All true happiness, pure joy, sweet bounties, and unclouded pleasure are contained within the knowledge and love of God.
Said Nursi -
A lot of hard work goes into making a film. It's not all fun time, as people tend to think. There are always stereotypes attached to every profession, but I found out this industry breaks them all.
Rakul Preet Singh -
I like junk food, French fries, hamburgers - I love it.
Rain -
Music is pretty intimate stuff and I can only work with very few people: Gonzalez being one, Mocky being another and, on a completely different level, Broken Social Scene. With Broken Social Scene it's not one-on-one, it's a one-on-12. It's very healthy, very comfortable, like a big pot luck supper among old friends.
Feist -
Don't try to be like somebody else. You'll be miserable. You need to be yourself, and don't ever get a big head.
Carlene Carter -
If an organization values innovation, you can assume it's safe to speak up with new ideas, leaders will listen, and your voice matters.
Adam Grant
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What I wear is constantly evolving. I am really big on comfortable clothes. I love soft, loose-fitting clothing that has some edge or something new/fresh to it.
Hannah Marks -
I'm confident and really optimistic.
Saku Koivu -
We are a total of our sum parts, right? I came from a family of very strong women - black women. And if I go back as far as my great grandmothers, there was always that love and the ability to be nurturing. Then I grew up in a household where my father was the one who was more affectionate with me.
Omari Hardwick -
When I write a goal down - and I truly write them down - it becomes a part of me. That's a contract that I sign with myself to say, 'I don't care what happens - I'm going to stay on this path. I'm going to try and see this through; I'm going to give it my best shot, my best effort.'
Gail Devers -
Sochi will be my third Olympics, and I'm coming into these games in a stronger position than I've been in years past.
Ted Ligety -
The NFL is my goal, not my dream. My dream is to have an impact on people.
Manti Te'o
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I want to live forever, and I know I won't. I'm not afraid of dying. I'm only afraid of one thing: not being able to raise my kids.
Kevin Costner -
I have not practiced saxophone since 1980. I mean, not one note. I do not pick it up in my house, and that's the end of it.
John Zorn -
We exponents of horror do much better than those Method actors. We make the unbelievable believable. More often than not, they make the believable unbelievable.
Vincent Price -
Change is no threat to culture.
Wade Davis -
It's what I do. I don't deserve any awards for this, it's just music. It's just writing songs. You sit down, you write a song, you record it. You tour and play the songs live, dress them up a bit differently, or dress them down.
Elvis Costello