Pete Townshend Quotes
In a sense, the god we trust politically is a slightly different god than the one we bring into the fray when we enter a rock concert. One of the things I can say with absolute conviction is that I worship that god.
Quotes to Explore
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I know the world is filled with troubles and many injustices. But reality is as beautiful as it is ugly. I think it is just as important to sing about beautiful mornings as it is to talk about slums. I just couldn't write anything without hope in it.
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I have to be realistic about what I can and can't do. So whatever I do has to really be worth it. I like to master the things I do.
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I try to give the appearance that I have it all together and that I know what I'm talking about, but at the end of the day, I think I might be full of crap.
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There's no way I set out to be a certain kind of symbol - the way I dress is the way I am, the way I live my life.
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Second place is just the first place loser.
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Bigotry toward any faith community cannot have any place in civilized society anywhere in the world.
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What I have is P.H. positive chronic myeloid leukemia, which is an aberration in your white blood cells.
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In Japan, there is less a culture of preserving old buildings than in Europe.
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I never felt a need to manipulate my career from the outside - try to be someone I wasn't to get ahead.
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You eat and sleep it all day long and play on the streets until mom calls you in. My story is no different than anybody else's.
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Acting is the work of two people - it's only possible when you have the complicity, the help, even the manipulation of a director.
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I find a lot of young filmmakers make too much of an effort to be trendy and they can be pretentious.
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Many African-American men are incarcerated. And so African-American women do carry an enormous burden. And traditionally have carried a greater burden than perhaps their white counterparts.
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I put some songs on the Internet back in 2009 - that's kind of how everything started with Washed Out. I had never really planned on being in a band or anything like that. It was kind of a hobby I did on my own, just recording music.
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Looking at the way the game is played, I'm envious of the conditions. We played on some ropey World Cup surfaces. I genuinely never look back and wish I earned the money they do today, but I do think of that element.
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Most quarrels are inevitable at the time; incredible afterwards.
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The moment you start to talk about playing music, you destroy music. It cannot be talked about. It can only be played, enjoyed and listened to.
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The translator's task is to create, in his or her own language, the same tensions appearing in the original. That's hard!
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My whole thing is being sexy without showing too much, because that's my comfort level.
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'Drive' is a genre piece, and a lot of times we don't get really sophisticated genre films.
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Some people can be choosy because they're ultratalented or lucky or whatever, but yeah, there are certain things that might not be the greatest thing on my resume. But I don't sit back and go, 'Gosh, I wish I didn't do that.' It's all part of the growth of a career, whether you're an entertainer or a librarian.
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Maybe what made me cry in class was how tired I was and how sad and hard it is, and how rare, to undertake an act that's truly free, and not just a response to a confused surge of drives and fears.
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I look for my opportunities, not trying to go outside of my genuine realm, because leadership has to be genuine and authentic.
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In a sense, the god we trust politically is a slightly different god than the one we bring into the fray when we enter a rock concert. One of the things I can say with absolute conviction is that I worship that god.
