John Deacon Quotes
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I've done 20 takes of a Vine before it goes out.
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I prefer to say that I am a beautiful person. But the addict is a horrible person.
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Arithmetic is where the answer is right and everything is nice and you can look out of the window and see the blue sky - or the answer is wrong and you have to start over and try again and see how it comes out this time.
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The mass of workers, as yet non-Socialist, is retarded in its development towards Socialism.
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We have an idea that the man should help pay for the child. But we don't have a law that says a man has to support any woman he gets pregnant. Why is that? Because she doesn't have the baby yet. But if we're going to say it's a human being, then he should be supporting her during pregnancy.
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When I'm traveling, I always look for a dance studio. It's a great workout and a wonderful way to meet new friends in the community.
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There is as much wisdom in listening as there is in speaking - and that goes for all relationships, not just romantic ones.
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I thrive with fashion and shopping and imports and things like that. It gives me a rush. I love Barneys New York and Neiman Marcus and all the top-of-the-line houses.
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I don't know about the whole song-and-dance thing. But if India will have me, the independent cinema scene there is something I'm really interested in.
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I don't own a scale, and Tao banned the word 'fat' from our house. If we eat too much, we say, 'I feel clogged up.'
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I get up at sunrise. I'm a Buddhist, so I chant in the morning. My wife and I sit and have coffee together, but then it's list-making time. I have carpentry projects. We have roads we keep in repair. It's not back-breaking, but it's certainly aerobic and mildly strenuous.
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I'd like to do a story about the medieval ages where in every scene you'd sort of feel that you were in the 12th century. That would be great to get that feeling.
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I don't really do playlists. I don't know how to make a playlist, honestly.
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How can our hearts not break? How can we hold our tears? How can we bear the pain of losing those loving children and their guardians, who were slain in Newtown, Conn.? Why can't we face the reality of our times and restrict deranged people from having these destructive powers?
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We cannot have peace if we are only concerned with peace. War is not an accident. It is the logical outcome of a certain way of life. If we want to attack war, we have to attack that way of life.
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The tomb sits on a large marble platform, called a plinth. At each corner of this platform is a minaret (a tall, narrow tower from which a Muslim calls the devout to prayer). It is this building which is called the Taj Mahal, although the name often refers to the whole complex.
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The more you know, the less you are impressed by Foucault.
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For a long time I limited myself to one colour - as a form of discipline.
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Countries we love will inevitably do things we don't like or fail to understand. The same goes for people.
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Exorcists always need to distinguish demonic possessions from mental or psychiatric disorders, and they use three symptoms to identify people as possessed. First, those people have the ability to see hidden sacred objects, which they always want removed. Second, they have an extraordinary physical strength. And third, they show an aversion to the sacred
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When World AIDS Day was first observed in 1988, there was no truly effective treatment for what was almost always a deadly disease.
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There is a hunger in this digital age to hear authors together, to participate in programs, to just be in a place, a community space.
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To go into a competition and not strive to win is to be a dishonest competitor.
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When we recorded our first album sixteen track machines were the thing.
