Elvis Costello (Declan Patrick MacManus) Quotes
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Derivatives are financial weapons of mass destruction.
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As soon as street art got popular, I was just like, 'I'm out of here.'
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This country wants to laugh. We want to, and we need to. I'm happy to oblige.
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For me, I never, never, from the moment I started acting, had a desire to be famous.
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I don't believe in writer's block.
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My target is to give everything, and only if we win the trophies will I be relaxed.
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If it is a mistake of the head and not the heart don't worry about it, that's the way we learn.
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When the 'New York Times' revealed the warrantless surveillance of voice calls, in December 2005, the telephone companies got nervous.
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My goal? To test out every diet and exercise regimen on planet earth and figure out which work best. I sweated, I cooked, I learned to pole dance. In the end, I lost weight, lowered my cholesterol and doubled my energy level. I feel better than I ever have.
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There was a lot of hype about social media in President Obama's first campaign. It was important, but it wasn't as important as I think people let on.
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In general, I would say I'm probably a little more conscious of looking after my skin since I moved to L.A.
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Ukraine must once again be revered and respected by its citizens as well as the East and the West.
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An intelligent hell would be better than a stupid paradise.
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It costs a great deal of money to do a musical, and the more money involved, the more big business influences the artform.
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There are no major cities I haven't been in - at least once. I'd be just as happy not to go out of town for a couple of months and play with toys.
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My mom is super fabulous, and I remember her telling me at 13, 'You can start wearing makeup now.' And the funny thing is, I didn't take her up on it!
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There is a lot of stuff I like. I love backpacking. I love going to an island where I can just sit on the beach and read or scuba dive and sail. I do a lot of that. I still go backpacking around Europe in the summers and staying in hostels. I love that.
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I wouldn't have made it past the first round of American Idol auditions. It was months before our first song was recorded. The guys were like, 'Just seeng!' And I was like, 'I don't know how to seeng! Can't I just play the triangle?'
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I was never really good in school.
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I think if I'd ever had any skeletons in the closet, they'd have been out a long time ago.
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Every time you make a film, you create a world. You make decisions about sets and costumes, and you create a universe connected to reality, but not reality itself.
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They say that your second trimester is when you get most of your energy and it's the 'easiest' part of the pregnancy.
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I've fought with everyone . And now I have become so headstrong that I only do what I want.
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When in doubt, play track 4 - it is usually the one you want.
