Jon Lord Quotes
At the moment we're trying to keep what we've learnt. Because we learnt a terrific amount with 'Deep Purple In Rock,' it took six months to make that album: we think it paid off, really. I can honestly say that it's the first album we've been 100 percent satisfied with; it gave us a hell of a lot of confidence.
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What is important is for me to do my best work on camera. The camera is inches away from you and sees every micromovement of every muscle of your eye. And if you're not relaxed, the camera sees it.
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I like being an outsider. It is better in France on the outside.
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The more constraints one imposes, the more one frees one's self. And the arbitrariness of the constraint serves only to obtain precision of execution.
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We must stop the trend of closing schools and building prisons.
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Lots of people can write a good first page but to sustain it, that's my litmus test. If I flip to the middle of the book and there's a piece of dialogue that's just outstanding, or a description, then I'll flip back to the first page and start it.
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Sometimes you lose sight of what's going on around you.
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Everyone comes with dreams and illusions and promises. Everyone wants quick deals. They don't want to invest.
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A P2P business is a company that creates a platform which allows individuals or 'peers' to directly buy and sell from each other. This activity has sometimes been called the 'sharing economy.' Some are wary of these new companies and the challenge they pose to the established market.
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The only times I'm not relaxed are when I haven't got a project on the go.
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I arrived in Hollywood without having my nose fixed, my teeth capped, or my name changed. That is very gratifying to me.
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Museums are not normally presenting the works on the walls as provocations to work. It's more like going to a Jacuzzi.
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A man is as alive as he can communicate.
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New Zealand's Daniel Vettori is a very good bowler.
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I base jumped off one of the highest buildings in the world.
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I went to film school and wanted to learn everything there was about making movies.
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The Loire Valley is grossly underestimated. The prices are fair, and the wines are real.
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Cuba never had advisors in Vietnam. The military there knew very well how to conduct their war.
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History is imperfect and biased, and it always, always has omissions. The most common omissions are the bits that the writer of that history took for granted that his readers would know.
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When a Jew visits Jerusalem for the first time, it is not the first time; it is a homecoming.
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I've grown to love L.A. It was a really touchy transition. It was not the easiest. It took me some years to love it.
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I try to relish each of the roles I play in life. If I'm cooking dinner for the kids, I throw on my polka-dotted apron. I might don a smart blazer if I am doing a work presentation. If I play a rock show, there may indeed be glitter and fishnets involved. It's my way of saying, 'Thank you, I am glad to be here.'
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I'm writing new music all the time. I'm just not writing pop stuff. It's not my goal.
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I love Shirley Maclaine. Love that woman.
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At the moment we're trying to keep what we've learnt. Because we learnt a terrific amount with 'Deep Purple In Rock,' it took six months to make that album: we think it paid off, really. I can honestly say that it's the first album we've been 100 percent satisfied with; it gave us a hell of a lot of confidence.
