Brian May Quotes
I never took sheet music seriously. I could do better myself just by listening to other people and using my own intuition.
Brian May
Queen
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I was probably never going to get to do the kind of things dramatically that I really wanted to do, so I returned to theater from time to time, and to write, and produce. It's by no means sour grapes.
Larry Hovis
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I refuse to accept other people's ideas of happiness for me. As if there's a 'one size fits all' standard for happiness.
Kanye West
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You had to go to a different part of town from where I was to get Muddy Waters singles. I had him on singles.
Warren Zevon
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There is a tendency by a lot of officials to hide behind the king. And it's about time that officials take their responsibility and are responsible in front of the people.
Abdullah II of Jordan
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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.
Narendra Modi
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One cannot be too careful in the selection of adjectives for descriptions. Words or compounds which describe precisely, and which convey exactly the right suggestions to the mind of the reader, are essential.
H. P. Lovecraft
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Yes, I would agree that America, just like Spain was in the 17th Century, is the main empire of the world and they are the ones who, on the surface, are the most pushy: pushing their language, pushing their culture - or what there is of it - pushing by force their system on others.
Viggo Mortensen
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I'm from outside Philadelphia, a town called Wayne, which is, like, 25 minutes northwest.
Abbi Jacobson
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I know what it is like to fear violence. I understand the adrenalin rush that comes before violent confrontations. I write my scripts from an emotional point of view and direct so the audience can experience this adrenalin rush.
Gary Sherman
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I don't cook. I don't know anything about food. I've never reviewed a restaurant.
Calvin Trillin
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Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog. Few people are interested and the frog dies of it.
E. B. White
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The world is indeed a mixture of truth and make-believe. Discard the make-believe and take the truth.
Ramakrishna
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There's no such thing as old age, there is only sorrow.
Fay Weldon
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I go out and speak to women's groups all the time, and I say, 'Guys, you gotta laugh and find the humor in things. You gotta pass it on.'
Vicki Lawrence
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The one serious conviction that a man should have is that nothing is to be taken too seriously.
Samuel Butler
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Paradoxically, since gay men rarely have gay parents, cultural transmission must come from friends or strangers (a problem since the generations so seldom mix in gay life).
Edmund White
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As a kid I loved John McEnroe. They called me Mac because, while everyone else liked Borg, I was crazy about McEnroe. I tried wearing headbands and sweatbands, and whooping at people. It didn't quite work.
Sachin Tendulkar
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I love to get a massage but I'm quite a baby with it. I don't like them too hard or anyone walking on me or anything. When it's good, it's the best thing ever. When it's bad, it's an hour of absolute agony.
Lara Stone
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On the mission I brought a flag from China, I brought the stone sculpture from Hong Kong, and I brought a scroll from Taiwan. And what I wanted to do is, because as I was going up and I am this Chinese-American, I wanted to represent Chinese people from the major population centers around the world where there are a lot of Chinese people. And so, I wanted to bring something from each of those places and so it really wasn't a political thing and I hope people saw it that way. I was born here, I was raised in the U.S., and I'm an American first, but also very proud of my heritage.
Leroy Chiao
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It's also ironic that in the old days of tape and tape hiss and vinyl records and surface noise, we were always trying to get records louder and louder to overcome that.
T Bone Burnett
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He is the best sailor who can steer within fewest points of the wind, and exact a motive power out of the greatest obstacles.
Walter Scott
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So many entrepreneurs view their companies as their babies. They micromanage, and they stall.
Kirsten Green
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Waiting is not always a bad thing; it can bring its own joy -the thrill of anticipation.
David Jeremiah
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I never took sheet music seriously. I could do better myself just by listening to other people and using my own intuition.
Brian May
Queen
