Jasmine Guy Quotes
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	I was perhaps about 10 years old when a local farmer rang us up to say he had found a young badger and would we take it in. So we did; it was a female called Bessy and she lived in the boiler room. She was extremely intelligent, had a very low opinion of cats but loved the dogs. She was pretty well trained; she went in the car.   
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	My dad has totally taken my Cat Stevens T-shirt, but it's OK; I have his Black Flag one, and that's amazing.   
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	Public life is regarded as the crown of a career, and to young men it is the worthiest ambition. Politics is still the greatest and the most honorable adventure.   
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	I don't carry a wallet. I keep my cards in my pocket and cash in my boots.   
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	Anyone familiar with my work knows that I am extremely critical of all religious faiths.   
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	No matter what message you are about to deliver somewhere, whether it is holding out a hand of friendship, or making clear that you disapprove of something, is the fact that the person sitting across the table is a human being, so the goal is to always establish common ground.   
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	I know what I look like - a weird, sad clown puppet. I'm fine with that.   
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	I'm a nationalist. I'm a patriot. Nothing is wrong. I'm a born Hindu. Nothing is wrong. So, I'm a Hindu nationalist, so yes, you can say I'm a Hindu nationalist because I am a born Hindu, I'm patriotic, so nothing is wrong in it.   
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	Luckily, I was raised by people who'd already seen all the yuck stuff, which is why they originally didn't want me to act. I understood the difference between getting a part at a Hollywood party and getting a job.   
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	There was something to me that was really compelling about that woman, already knowing she couldn't get pregnant. When I made that movie I was maybe 24, and to be 24 and already know you can't get pregnant, that was really interesting to me.   
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	It's unacceptable to just sit on the couch and say I'm not doing anything. You've got to get out and do everything you can.   
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	No, I didn't work it out upside down, I never turned it around.   
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	But we will play 6, 7 new songs each evening, approximately a third in the concert. I think it's a good balance. It will be very interesting to see the public's reaction. But i think when we'll play the very first new piece, we will be scared.   
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	The problem is not simply that the Singularity represents the passing of humankind from center stage, but that it contradicts our most deeply held notions of being.   
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	A spirit of innovation is generally the result of a selfish temper and confined views. People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors.   
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	It's weird how people were always asking us, 'Are you real? Are you joking?' That seems like something Americans care about a lot. You can't answer the question 'Are you real?' If we're anything, we're documentary fiction.   
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	I love books.   
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	I'm not really one of those people who believes that if you're a musician you can just leave that behind and start getting into politics.   
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	Through primrose tufts, in that green bower, The periwinkle trails its wreath; And 'tis my faith that every flower Enjoys the air it breathes. The birds around me hopped and played, Their thoughts I cannot measure; But the least motion which they made, It seemed a thrill of pleasure. The budding twigs spread out their fan, To catch the breezy air; And I must think, do all I can That there was pleasure there. If this belief from heaven be sent, If such be Nature's holy plan, Have I not reason to lament What man has made of man?   
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	People's backyards are much more interesting than their front gardens, and houses that back on to railways are public benefactors.   
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	A man marries to have a home, but also because he doesn't want to be bothered with sex and all that sort of thing.   
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	I am not always happy with the compliments Estonia has received.   
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	As a member of Guess Who, I think 'No Time' was the best thing we ever did. It was a pivotal song in our career.   
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	I meet so many people, but I don't know anybody.   
 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					