Elvis Costello (Declan Patrick MacManus) Quotes
Music is more like water than a rhinoceros. It doesn't charge madly down one path. It runs away in every direction.
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I got thrust into some great things when I was really young.
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It's hard not to get depressed when you pay attention to the world and how strangely and corrupt the people in it sometimes behave.
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I don't meet many people who are talking about shows on Showtime.
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One time, I pranked my sister: I put red solo cups in her room on her floor and filled them with water. Then I put string all over so you couldn't get anywhere.
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Some people lose sense of what their music was when their life starts to get better.
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Kids have a weird honesty, especially in their reaction to things where a lot of older people who have matured have lost that.
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War is the domain of physical exertion and suffering.
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We all need some TLC and to pat ourselves on the back from time to time.
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I'm motivated by creating a level playing field for the world so that the weak have a chance.
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The advertising market in China is big and is still growing at a considerable pace. While online video is emerging as a mainstream advertising solution, it still represents a relatively small portion of advertising budget in China.
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It can be hard to say if someone has a deliberate intent to defraud or if they are just really, really bad at their business. But even if people are unpublishable, it doesn't mean they should be ripped off.
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It always weirds me out and makes me unhappy that some people think I'm Justin. I'm not. People can be talking to me and I know they think they are talking to Justin. It's hard to explain.
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Being a rock star isn't all it's cracked up to be, let me tell you.
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Love is a really scary thing and you never know what's going to happen. It's one of the most beautiful things in life, but it's one of the most terrifying. It's worth the fear because you have more knowledge, experience, you learn from people, and you have memories.
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Nothing is sadder than love left unheard.
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Pop is actually my least favorite kind of music, because it lacks real depth.
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Naturally, we are inclined to be so mathematical and calculating that we look upon uncertainty as a bad thing...Certainty is the mark of the common-sense life. To be certain of God means that we are uncertain in all our ways, we do not know what a day may bring forth. This is generally said with a sigh of sadness; it should rather be an expression of breathless expectation.
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Faith is the head chemist of the mind.
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Why is it so important to affirm a child? Because a child who is truly accepted by his parents and/or influencing adults can growing up learning to accept himself. Without a constant, debilitating sense of guilt and defeat, he will become at ease with himself. He'll be able to admit his own failures and weaknesses. He'll be able to forget himself and love others. He won't spend his energies worrying about what people think of him, and he won't spend his energies putting down others.
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Almost forty-five years after my parents first became Americans, I stand before you and them tonight as the proud governor of the state of South Carolina.
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Success is built on disappointment, and disappointment is inherent in all success.
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Feeling like you're respected among the people who do the same thing you do is incredible and necessary.
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When I see everyone rushing in one direction, I know it's time to move the other way.
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Music is more like water than a rhinoceros. It doesn't charge madly down one path. It runs away in every direction.
