Bob Mould (Robert Arthur Mould) Quotes
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It's impossible for China to keep 10 to 15% growth annually. The economy needed to slow down, and we have to learn to slow down.
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I never thought I wouldn't succeed. Not because I thought I was good-looking - I just thought I would make it.
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In 1949 - my father stayed on in Shanghai after the war. But in 1949, the Communists took over the whole of China, and in fact, my father was caught by the Communists in Shanghai. And he was there for about a year until he was finally able to get out.
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I think the government must recognise that the wounds of conflict are even more grievous on the mind than the body, and indeed may even serve to fuel further conflict. Where conflict cannot be avoided, provision of adequate psychosocial services to prevent the adverse mental health consequences should take priority.
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You can blow on the dice all you want, but whether they come up 'seven' is still a function of random luck.
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I hope that one day when I'll go back to Pakistan, I will build a university like Harvard.
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The fact is that surveys which media people openly admit to show that fewer than twelve percent of their customers believe they're doing a good job, while the average profit margin in television is in the neighborhood of eighty percent.
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I play as I feel.
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So many people in their 20s and 30s, on Twitter, say 'Please write something for us,' so I have to listen to them, they're my audience.
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Online hierarchies are inherently dynamic. The moment someone stops adding value to the community, his influence starts to wane.
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In Europe, the big word is tolerance. You tolerate everything.
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Any reaction is better than none.
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I don't have a big career plan. I just like to see how things come out, and I just try to keep going in different directions.
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If you are going to call a film a 'black film' then you have to make a film that represents everyone that's black, which is almost impossible. That is why white films are not called white films, they are just called 'films.'
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Sorrow is a fruit. God does not make it grow on limbs too weak to bear it.
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When I started acting almost 50 years ago, it wasn't about fame. It was about acting.
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I've seen a lot of people buy my books and then fall asleep on the plane soon afterwards.
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My father had a passion for love. It's mostly what he talked about in his songs, and I still have his old records today.
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My main goal in life is to be happy. If I can make other people happy by doing what I love, then I feel like I've done everything in life that I've wanted. I just want to make people feel good and change people's lives with music, and that's it.
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Don't just get involved. Fight for your seat at the table. Better yet, fight for a seat at the head of the table.
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I've spent the past month in Washington, D.C., and it is terrific to be back in America.
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The diligent scholar is he that loves himself, and desires to have reason to applaud and love himself.
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My father used to tell me about how musicians don't have respect from people and he was afraid about my future.
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I have music in my head constantly. I have to have a soundtrack in my head.
