George Clinton Quotes

I think a lot of people really have religious overtones of having come from somewhere. I mean, even the whole concept of religion is kind of alien.

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• You are important enough to ask and you are blessed enough to receive back.

  

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• I often get mistaken for Dumbledore. One wizard is very much like another.

  

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• You've just got to sing, do some kind of singing every day. Early mornings and cold weather can mess with that. I drink special teas with cayenne pepper, but I think you're psyching yourself out, really.

  

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• You have family-owned businesses that have been around for 500 years. You cannot name a corporation that survives intact for even a few decades.

  

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• Drama is easier to do because you just have to have the emotion and not get caught acting, but comedy is much harder.

  

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• I learned very early on in life that not everyone wants to hear every fact in the world, even if you want to tell them everything you've ever read.

  

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• I am young, and I think all young guys would love to play a superhero - any superhero - it doesn't matter. I could be a superhero that would just turn into a big blob or something like that, but I could tell all the ladies, 'Hey, I am superhero!'

  

  Daniel Curtis Lee
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• We decided we don't use the term 'fat' for me. We use the term 'juicy' for me. My wife's fine with it, but the rule is when I'm over double her weight, it's over.

  

  Ike Barinholtz
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• We are ready to work hard, work together to re-elect President Barack Obama. We must do it because women deserve to make their own choices and determine the course of their lives.

  

  Nancy Keenan
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• Before I got into grad school, I used to work as a deck hand on these ferry boats in San Francisco, and they did day tours. It wasn't a bad job. I made decent money. But you were sitting down all day, tying up the boat, wiping it down. For some guys, that's a dream job, but for me it was kind of torture.

  

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• She looked at me penetratingly. So I suppose you can figure out what happened next.

  

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• Fighting is easy to understand. You just hit the guy as hard as you can.

  

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• I'm addicted to making music, but I don't want to do it forever. I just want a farm. Farms make you happy.

  

  Sam Smith
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• They hate whom they fear.

  

  Quintus Ennius
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• An unjust law is itself a species of violence. Arrest for its breach is more so.

  

  Mahatma Gandhi
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• I absolutely have not spoken to Marvel. It doesn't mean that my team hasn't spoken to Marvel.

  

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• A lot of reality TV is repellent, but that doesn't diminish the qualities of some of the people who take part. There are decent people in there who have no alternatives.

  

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• I just wanted to live in books and in movies.

  

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• One of my strengths is I have a pretty even temperament. I don't get too high when it's high and I don't get too low when it's low. And what I found during the course of the presidency, and I suppose this is true in life, is that investments and work that you make back here sometimes take a little longer than the 24-hour news cycle to bear fruit.

  

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• At 35, I'm thinking, Oh, I don't have any of that initial inspiration that I had before, all that angst. I always thought I would burn out very quickly.

  

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• In 1972, I signed a union card for SEIU. And for the last 38 years, 14 as president, it's been my life. I've seen the most miraculous, spectacular things. But there's a time to learn, a time to lead and a time to leave.

  

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• A big thing that gets people in trouble in the kitchen is not reading the recipe from start to finish before you cook it. Before you start anything, read through the entire recipe once.

  

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• I think a lot of people really have religious overtones of having come from somewhere. I mean, even the whole concept of religion is kind of alien.

  

  George Clinton
  • People
  • Religious
  • Alien