Geezer Butler (Terence Michael Joseph "Geezer" Butler) Quotes
I was so frustrated in Sabbath after the last few albums. I just didn't like the musical direction Sabbath was going in.
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But what you realise after you've been in the business for a while is that people develop opinions about you that don't have anything to do with your music, they like or dislike you for a million reasons, they like or dislike you for your last record.
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When you're building a show from the ground up, there are no answers or wrong move, because there's no bible.
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I loved history because to me, history was like watching a movie.
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I normally don't endorse in Democratic primaries.
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Every village in Africa now has a cyber cafe.
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I'm never away from my boys for more than three days.
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I've been a Dolphin for 17 years, and I'll be a Dolphin for the rest of my life. That will never change.
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'Prison Notebooks' gives me a basic understanding of how power can influence people through cultural products and intellectual groups, so they will voluntarily support the hegemony.
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If you see ten troubles coming down the road, you can be sure that nine will run into the ditch before they reach you.
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Tonight, I want to say to every member of the democratic party, who believes in limited government, in personal opportunity and the united States constitution, and a safe and secure America, come home. To the Reagan Democrats, your party has left you. And the Republican party wants you, we welcome you back.
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It looks as though yields of over 10 times what we can currently grow per acre are feasible if you control the CO2 concentration, the humidity, the temperature, all the various factors that plants depend on to grow rapidly.
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I've always been interested in making movies.
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Most companies don't have the luxury of focusing exclusively on innovation. They have to innovate while stamping out zillions of widgets or processing billions of transactions.
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My wife's income allowed me to do what I really loved. I realized that women's liberation is men's liberation, too.
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I like characters with character, not just pretty faces. Anyway, I think people can be both grotesque and beautiful at the same time. Look at Mick Jagger in the seventies. Look at Angelina Jolie.
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My job is my sport so I have to make sure that I stay focussed on it. I train almost every day so it takes up a lot of my life and you don't want to bring any new distractions into your life.
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While advances in scientific research have led to some new and exciting treatments that have enlarged and enhanced the quality and length of human life, we must not lose sight as to what we are trying to accomplish.
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Image is powerful, but image is also superficial.
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Nothing compares to being truly, exuberantly wanted by your children.
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I wanted 'Southland' to feel immediate, like a ride-along, and to make it the closest thing possible to a cop reality show. We've got real cops out there every day. A lot of times we'll say, 'You guys just do what you normally do and we'll film it.'
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With 'The Forty Rules of Love,' I wanted to write a love story. But I wanted a love story with a spiritual dimension. For me, that took me to Rumi. And from Rumi, I went to Shams of Tabriz. That's how the story took shape.
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I was so frustrated in Sabbath after the last few albums. I just didn't like the musical direction Sabbath was going in.
