Elvis Costello (Declan Patrick MacManus) Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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Sugar is the new tobacco.
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"Be the change you want to see in the world"...and, if you can't be that change, then either get out of the way of the person who wants to be that change or support the individual with your financial resources.
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Self sufficiency appears to be a worthy goal, but it's now impossible if you want to actually get anything done. All our productivity, leverage and insight comes from being part of a community, not apart from it. The goal, I think, is to figure out how to become more dependent, not less.
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Cheating is not an accident. It's a choice.
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What can you conceive more silly and extravagant than to suppose a man racking his brains, and studying night and day how to fly?
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My parents fled from a Cuban dictatorship in search of freedom. Growing up, I saw my parents struggle... I am here today because of them. My success is their success. Their sacrifice and perseverance made my education possible.
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Many roads lead to the path, but basically there are only two: reason and practice.
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When you are old enough to... play powerful parts, who cares if you are 45, 55 or 65?
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One thing alone not even God can do,To make undone whatever hath been done.
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I 'gin to be aweary of the sun, And wish th' estate o' th' world were now undone.
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Sometimes, things need to come undone for better things to come together.
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If the end of one mercy were not the beginning of another, we were undone.
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As time goes on, thing do get made up.
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Better to have bad news that's true than good news we made up.
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Music is always my great escape... I get to be that wild child and do whatever the hell I want on stage.
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Your mind is made up but your mouth is undone.
