Geezer Butler (Terence Michael Joseph "Geezer" Butler) Quotes
The '80s were the worst period. You had these horrible pop bands growing their hair and calling themselves metal.
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Where are the gains for religious freedom and human rights to justify all the bombings, invasions and wars we have conducted in the lands from Libya to Pakistan - to justify the losses we have endured and the death and suffering we have inflicted?
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It is absolutely impossible to settle the debts to pensioners, teachers, and others. The country hasn't got enough money to do so.
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A lot of authors, judging by their list, will put anything out that they finish... That's the worst model I've heard of in my life. It's just idiotic. Why wouldn't you just wait for the good ones?
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I spent half my life being hurt. The leftovers of hurt are an automatic gesture, like a dog that salivates.
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Ideas emerge when a part of the real or imagined world is studied for its own sake.
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Kids in a home with grandparents are healthier.
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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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When you give a lot of confidence in people and you don't get it back, you are a bit disappointed, but it's life.
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Futurists don't consider overpopulation one of the issues of the future. They consider it the issue of the future.
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It doesn't have to be a mountain you have to be climbing. I hope to change people's opinion about Saudi in general and Saudi women and Saudi women's opinion about themselves. I really hope they can step out of their comfort zone and just dream: try to push your limits.
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There's a difference between being posh and being rich.
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I knew David Lynch going to television was going to be something. It was either going to not work, nobody was going to get it and it would disappear, or it was going to be something special and really stand out.
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I have been sober for the longest time. Oh, it's over a decade now. No joke.
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The Olympics was a goal, and definitely, swimming in college was a goal.
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'Sesame Street's' genius lies in finding gentle ways to talk about hard things - death, divorce, danger - in terms that children understand and accept.
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We have these old fashioned ideas. For instance, here in America, we talk about democracy - but we don't have a democracy. There are elements of a democracy.
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The greatest power that a person possesses is the power to choose.
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I would like to be where Diana Rigg or Judi Dench is, but I expect it is as good as it is going to get.
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In the Cleveland area, I have been instrumental in helping to save or create thousands of jobs. People know me there as a person who gets involved.
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Once brave politicians and others explain the war on drugs' true cost, the American people will scream for a cease-fire. Bring the troops home, people will urge. Treat drugs as a health problem, not as a matter for the criminal justice system.
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The kids like to get pictures of me for their parents. They know how proud I am of them-they have a lot more to worry about than my stardom. They are trying to make good choices for their own lives, but this gives them a little fun. They are part of my family.
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I am an aristocrat. I love liberty; I hate equality.
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The youth is always going to decide the future.
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The '80s were the worst period. You had these horrible pop bands growing their hair and calling themselves metal.
