Ralph Steadman Quotes
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When a baby comes you can smell two things: the smell of flesh, which smells like chicken soup, and the smell of lilies, the flower of another garden, the spiritual garden.
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Yes, I applied a lot of what I did in football to golf.
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I don't think any media has to feel obliged to show the cover of 'Charlie Hebdo.'
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I knew David Lynch going to television was going to be something. It was either going to not work, nobody was going to get it and it would disappear, or it was going to be something special and really stand out.
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I love film, but it's bringing me away from music. Singing is what I'm probably most passionate about.
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One is forever throwing away substance for shadows.
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I remember I would always joke among my friends about a remake of 'Point Break'. I would say, 'You know what? Whenever there's a remake of 'Point Break', I'm going to do it.'
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I would much rather be a better mother or better human being than I would be a singer. Fortunately for me singing makes me a living.
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I never would have guessed that I would get a job for the way I sound. I would get notes about how I should lose my accent, and part of me thinks, 'How dare you! This is who I am! Millions of people want to sound like me!' But it's sensitive, and I have tried to change it, with little to no success.
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The bigger a company gets, the more people are involved in decisions, the slower decisions get made. Look, the whole theory of startups is that three motivated people can go and do something that every company can't.
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I'm a homebody for sure. I do a lot of work at home.
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Most people who are on the inside of a technology have no idea what it's like to look at from an end user's point of view. This is why they have focus groups. I'm really familiar with this because I worked 10 years for Hallmark Cards in the U.S.
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The more you play against teams and defenders, the more you get to know them. You know if they are more nervous; you know, on the pitch, people are different. I try to adapt to their character.
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The sacrifice of our personal liberty for security is and will forever be a false choice.
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Most people who go to Rajasthan go to Udaipur, Jodhpur or Jaipur.
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Bobby Knight told me this: 'There is nothing that a good defense cannot beat a better offense.' In other words a good offense wins.
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Go not to the Elves for counsel, for they will say both no and yes.
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The best inheritance a parent can give his children is a few minutes of his time each day.
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If you're skinny and you can't play hockey in Canada, you aren't left with a lot of options. I was left with running.
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When I think about a character, it does start with the shoes: What kind would she wear? How would she walk in them?
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I see myself a humble man, and I tell you I have no ambitions to be president.
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I rarely come away from presenting the 'Today' programme without some sense of regret. There is always some question that I should have asked, or some point that I should have made. This is annoying but not surprising. Perfection is hard to achieve in a three-hour live programme.
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Where is Winnie the Pooh without it's illustrations?
