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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Listen, anybody who has a film festival has the right to show what they want.
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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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Those who know are wise. Those who know themselves are enlightened.
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It's kind of a tradition that you get a rookie, put him in the middle, wrap your arms and legs around him, then douse him with everything you can get a hold of - shaving cream, ketchup, mustard, everything. It's kind of like a pie in the face after a guy is successful.
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Seldom, very seldom, does complete truth belong to any human disclosure; seldom can it happen that something is not a little disguised, or a little mistaken.
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This bud of love, by summer's ripening breath, May prove a beauteous flower when next we meet.
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You can't have the legislative and executive branch working in a parallel universe...the partisanship that has gripped Washington has prevented us from dealing with the issues that this country needs to grapple with to determine its future.
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It's sort of frustrating. I've been at this for 12 years, and you'd think all the work means something. Well, not necessarily.
