Elvis Costello (Declan Patrick MacManus) Quotes
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I shall strive not to be guilty of adding any fuel to the flames of hatred and passion which, if continued to be fed, promise to burn up whatever is left by the war of decent human feeling in Europe.
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One of the things I took from my wartime experiences was that reality was a stage set... the comfortable day-to-day life, school, the home where one lives and all the rest of it... could be dismantled overnight.
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Listen, anybody who has a film festival has the right to show what they want.
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In seeking a lawyer, you are looking for an advocate, an expert advisor on the law and on your rights and responsibilities, a strategist, a negotiator, and a litigator.
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When you love somebody and they die young and you are young, too, it is very hard.
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Everyone tries to define this thing called Character. It's not hard. Character is doing what's right when nobody's looking.
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My doctors warned me repeatedly that if you don't stay positive, you don't do well.
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The Pakistani woman's image internationally is perceived to be regressive, which is not true.
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I've always said that Adele has turned so many people on to British singers - whether female singers or just like music from this country in general.
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My golf score is really bad. I don't know. I'm definitely not a good golfer. Off the tee box, I can drive it about 275, and I'm in the fairway about 99% of the time. It's my next shot that needs work.
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The only freedom that man ever has is when he becomes a slave to Jesus Christ.
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The world is filled with God's glory. You can't turn without bumping into it.
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Send me out into another life lord because this one is growing faint I do not think it goes all the way
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I know that my fans want to know who I'm sleeping with, but it's really none of their business.
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Life is overwhelming. Life is not easy. Life is tough and you need something that really works and helps you actually, not promises to help you, then fail.
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The meeting is called by the U.S. to give their vision of the interim Iraqi authority. It will be a one-day meeting. And the U.S. will present its vision, and there will be a statement after the meeting.
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I lost my brother when I was 22. He was only 24. I was always the kind of person to live on the edge, but after that, it made me feel like I could really die. It can really happen. Before then, I never thought it could happen to me or my family.
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Maybe crying is a means of cleaning yourself out emotionally. Or maybe it's your last resort; the only way to express yourself when words fail, the same as when you were a baby and had no words.
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I did not die, and yet I lost life’s breath.
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There are certain yoga laws and principles that are, shall we say, less tangible than others. For example, the law of karma. Science has proven what goes up must come down, but that's about as far as it's gone. To believe that for every action, word, and thought, there is an equal consequence takes something more intuitive, more personal; it's more metaphysical.
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I can't say anymore than I love you. Anything else would be a waste of breath.
