Elvis Costello (Declan Patrick MacManus) Quotes
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I wish it were not a sin to have liked it so.
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There is always the fear of failure, and if you struggle, you become nervous, and that's when the underdogs have an opportunity to create a surprise.
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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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The Christian missionary may preach the gospel to the poor naked heathen, but the spiritual heathen who populate Europe have as yet heard nothing of Christianity.
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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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No one is ever ordinary.
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Elements within Malcolm's X own entourage, some of them were very angry with some of the changes that had occurred with Malcolm. One source of anger, curiously enough, was that - was the tension between MMI and OAAU, that the MMI, the Muslim Mosque Incorporated, these were women and men who had left the Nation of Islam out of loyalty to Malcolm, but then Malcolm continued to evolve rapidly.
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I'm trying to shut up and let my angels speak to me and tell me what I'm supposed to do.
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Lawyers are like that famous vampire-bat, said to exist in Hungary, which seizes on a creature, and never lets go while there is blood left.
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Honestly, I don't think I'm exceptionally pretty or talented. But the advantage I have is that the performances I do can only be done by me.
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When in doubt, play track 4 - it is usually the one you want.
