Bob Geldof Quotes
Those songs are about getting out; they're not about getting out of family. It wasn't about how family life was curtailing because I didn't know family life.
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I would love it if people could look at chubby folks with all of our curves, bumps and ridges and just say 'She's beautiful' just like that. You don't have to get on a treadmill as long as your blood pressure is under control and you eat healthy, God bless.
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When I do interviews, I never pre-plan them at all, radio or TV.
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I wanted to define the vocabulary of a wedding both visually and intellectually. The book is about more than weddings or wedding dresses. It's a metaphor for women's lives, their creativity.
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The harder you work, the luckier you get.
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I don't really think about what's 'age appropriate' for my audience because I think they can handle quite a bit, but I do try to think about what's honest and true to my characters who have grown up in situations where they've been taught to handle these things very carefully and that they're very powerful.
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The best restriction I learned was getting into the habit of doing something, even if I didn't feel like it, instead of running away from it. Sometimes good work needs to be earned, and when you can overcome yourself, the muse notices and celebrates.
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I would definitely like to start a family because it's the most important thing in the world and what you should take care of, along with your friends and the people you love.
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I used to think I had ambition... but now I'm not so sure. It may have been only discontent. They're easily confused.
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I don't like to direct myself.
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We are the recipients of scientific method. We can each be a creative and active part of it if we so desire.
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With any kind of mean girl, or anyone who bullies anyone, there's always a reason for it. There is that sadness in them or insecurity that makes them feel like they need to act out or hurt other people.
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What surprises me, what amazes me, is that it seems the military people were expecting to stumble on large quantities of gas, chemical weapons and biological weapons.
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I figured out early on what I wanted to do.
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Different directors offer you different things, and it's not necessarily the most obvious things.
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My mom watches really obscure stuff on IFC. She's a real comedy fan. She knows everything that's going on.
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When we began Qualcomm, it had become quite clear that it was very important to patent new ideas.
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An unjust law is itself a species of violence. Arrest for its breach is more so.
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The village I come from is the most ruthless, lawless land one can encounter.
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The best physician is also a philosopher.
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The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of the mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one.
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I'm an energetic person. I work hard.
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I have never sought the unexpected, the novelty, the extraordinary, but rather what is most typical of our daily life... I go out to find people who resemble me, and the mirror which these images offer them is the same as that in which I see myself.
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Those songs are about getting out; they're not about getting out of family. It wasn't about how family life was curtailing because I didn't know family life.
