Elvis Costello (Declan Patrick MacManus) Quotes
When they finally put you in the ground, I'll stand on your grave and tramp the dirt down.

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As a person, I'm polite - I want to please.
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I really like to kid around, and it's my own way of concentrating. In order for me to be able to feel better and concentrate, I need everybody else around me to be relaxed.
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I don't want to be a Major League coach.
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I was in the room with, you know, more than a dozen Republicans trying to negotiate the stimulus. Most of them decided the politics of the situation meant they should walk away, even if it wasn't responsible in terms of what our country needed right then.
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Operations Research is gaining more visibility as a competitive business advantage and the Franz Edelman Award does a great job of highlighting outstanding O.R. applications. O.R. transforms business decision-making and this is being increasingly recognized by companies around the world.
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The average man finds life very uninteresting as it is. And I think the reason why is that he is always waiting for something to happen to him instead of setting to work to make things happen
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Man, who don't like spaghetti?
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Nature hides her secrets because of her essential loftiness, but not by means of ruse.
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Ere I could make thee open thy white hand, and clap thyself my love; then didst thou utter, I am your's for ever!
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Not even for a million dollars would I paint a tree.
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The virtue of a human being is the application of his capacity to the general good.
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Hence it happened that all the armed prophets conquered, all the unarmed perished. [It., Di qui nacque che tutti li profeti armati vincero, e li disarmati rovinarono.]
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Finally, please remember this. If you EVER need something that you can stand behind, something to help you to take on and deflect all of the hatred of this often cruel world, you will ALWAYS have Black Veil Brides.
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I'm just looking to be in the best movies possible and do the best work possible and try to become a better actor and make better movies.
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One can't doubt that the American objective in Iraq has failed - different plans have to be made. And the kernel here is the acknowledgement of defeat.
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Whether your life is destined to be short or to be long, along the way on that journey, if you access that inner power, not only will you change your life in a positive way, you'll ultimately help change other peoples lives. You will be carrying something forward.
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Ripley is married. And he's not lost. He has his feet on the ground.
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When they finally put you in the ground, I'll stand on your grave and tramp the dirt down.