Pete Townshend Quotes
I felt that the elegance of pop music was that it was reflective: we were holding up a mirror to our audience and reflecting them philosophically and spiritually, rather than just reflecting society or something called 'rock and roll.'
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The next phase of the journey is to move from speculation to actual use cases - people getting into Bitcoin because they want to use it.
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It is time for Hillary Clinton to permanently retire.
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That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.
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I'm always surprised when an actor goes so deeply into the truth that they shake you to your core.
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Art is the final cunning of the human soul which would rather do anything than face the gods.
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I don't know what the instinct is, to save every report card, every half-sentence scribbled note, but my mother did it pretty effectively, and I've done it to a fare-thee-well.
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Technology is vital. We have to have development in new technology if we're going to solve these environmental problems without throwing humanity back in poverty.
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I'm pretty much a thrift shop gal. Flea markets on Sundays.
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To be honest, if it wasn't for my daughter, I don't think I would have gotten out of the situation that I was in before 'Idol' because I am a domestic violence survivor.
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After graduating high school, Betty attended the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute in Birmingham, Alabama, the alma mater of both her parents. My mother relocated to New York because she refused to accept the oppressive racism of the Jim Crow south.
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I try to be upbeat. I read this book which tells you to write down everything that you're grateful for each day. Now I'm constantly noticing all the little things that make me joyful.
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Russia can be quite a dangerous place sometimes, but I never think about it.
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What is this world? A mere curl of smoke for the wind to scatter.
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I did not have anything to do with these murders. Ever.
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I find that you learn from others. It's very much about watching TV and watching movies for me and grasping that way and watching other people act.
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Whatever we put our attention on will grow stronger in our life.
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War used to be something you could stand on the nearby hill and watch. Now we have total war; everybody's in it. We have total economics as well. Everything affects everybody. The Malaysian currency shakes, and people around the world are seriously affected.
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If I was being paid thirty-thousand dollars a year, the very least I could do was hit .400.
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One of the real worries I had before the first season of 'Treme' aired was that, man, people in New Orleans really hold movie and television shows up to a high standard in how they depict the city.
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My generation has failed miserably. We've failed because of lack of courage and vision. It requires more courage to keep the peace than to go to war.
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F.D.R. achieved greatness not by means of imposing his temperament and intellect on the world but by reacting to what the world threw at him.
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When I was little, I had concerts on the subway, and old ladies came up to me like, 'You are so good!'
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I felt that the elegance of pop music was that it was reflective: we were holding up a mirror to our audience and reflecting them philosophically and spiritually, rather than just reflecting society or something called 'rock and roll.'
