Elvis Costello (Declan Patrick MacManus) Quotes
Morrissey writes wonderful song titles, but sadly he often forgets to write the song.
Quotes to Explore
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Annual plants are nature's emergency medical service, seeded in sounds and scars to hold the land until the perennial cover is re-established.
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Words are acoustical signs for concepts; concepts, however, are more or less definite image signs for often recurring and associated sensations, for groups of sensations. To understand one another, it is not enough that one use the same words; one also has to use the same words for the same species of inner experiences; in the end one has to have one's experiences in common.
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A Conservative is a fellow who is standing athwart history yelling 'Stop!'
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You couldn't get a job playing in a club unless you played so much Top 40 and so many Beatles songs. I just went into a sort of revolt.
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Heart is fun for the whole family!
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Urge him with truth to frame his fair replies And sure he will for Wisdom never lies.
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And I wanted to do a movie Moonrise Kingdom about a childhood romance - a very powerful experience of childhood romance. About what it's like to just be blindsided, when you're in fifth grade or sixth grade, by these kinds of feelings. Along the way, I sort of mixed in some interest in "young adult fantasy" writing.
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I've got a good shepherd; you've got a sadistic dentist.
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You can use meditation, and prayer, and ritual to foster compassion, love, and inclusiveness, or you can use them to foster hatred, and exclusiveness, and anger. And it's really just a matter of what concepts, ideas you decide to focus on.
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On the street luge side, you need to have a solid core and balance. A healthy body is a must in that sport if you want to compete for wins, and my diet has certainly enabled me to make the most of myself.
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She would search for him. In the land that lay east of the sun and west of the moon. But there was no way there.
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My gift's primarily literary. That being said, I ended up a musician. By the time I made the bluegrass record...I'm more impressed with myself when I push the envelope musically than I am when I push it literality.
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I felt great! I'm ready to roll tonight!
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It's hard to write sex because it's hard to write desire, period.
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I'll never speak to another person without telling the truth. I've been a cruel man in my time, I've been a devious man in my time, like everybody else. I've told lies in my time. But I've seen enough suffering to experiment with the truth.
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I want to make democracy work not only for the rich and the well connected but for everyone.
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I think there were moments on Snow White where I wished there was a little bit more of a sick humor toward Ravenna. But maybe the tone of the movie couldn't really support that. So you always have to kind of figure out where you are and adapt to it. Kristen Stewart
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The man or the woman who can display the nonviolence of the brave can easily stand against as external invasion.
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The greatest thing you’ll ever learn is to love and be loved in return.
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A football team is a like a beautiful woman, when you do not tell her, she forgets she is beautiful.
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Morrissey writes wonderful song titles, but sadly he often forgets to write the song.
