Robert Wyatt Quotes
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I guess you'd call me an independent, since I've never identified myself with one party or another in politics. I always decide my vote by taking as careful a look as I can at the actual candidates and issues themselves, no matter what the party label.
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The war on drugs has made government more powerful, citizens less free, and hasn't helped users or addicts.
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I'm only drinking white wine because I'm on a diet and I don't eat.
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What makes Ireland inclined toward the drama is that it's a great country for conversation.
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I remember my dreams when I was a junior soloist. 'Oh, I hope I don't end here,' I thought. 'I want to do the ballerina in 'Scotch Symphony.' I don't want to be the little Scotch girl.' And I actually went beyond my wildest dreams. I worked with Balanchine. I had ballets choreographed for me.
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If you bungle raising your children, I don't think whatever else you do matters very much.
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What's the worst that could happen? You're going to come second or lose? It's not like someone has got a gun to your head.
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If the courts regarded tweets and other social media information as private, it would not prevent the law enforcement from getting information it really needs. But the government would have to get a search warrant, which requires it to show that it has probable cause connecting what is being searched to a crime.
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All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.
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Don't bother. Bram doesn't know what he's talking about.
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Guys need attention. They need that nourishment, that little stroke of the ego that gets them by every now and then. I’ll give it to my family, I’ll give it to my work - but I will not give it to a man right now.
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After twelve years in the major leagues, I do not feel I am a piece of property to be bought and sold irrespective of my wishes. I believe that any system which produces that result violates my basic rights as a citizen and is inconsistent with the laws of the United States and of the several States.
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All my theology is reduced to this narrow compass - 'Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners.'
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It is obvious that the greatest and most important service that is required of our agriculture under existing conditions is an enlarged production of the staple food crops.
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I started slow, and eventually I started working out 4 to 5 days a week. We all have to start somewhere, and doing something is better than nothing at all.
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I'm not naive enough to believe it's in our nature to step outside our comfort zones.
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When you study postpartum depression, there is a very clear understanding that in communities where you see more support, there is less depression.
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Major league baseball has asked its players to stop tossing baseballs into the stands during games, because they say fans fight over them and they get hurt. In fact, the Florida Marlins said that's why they never hit any home runs. It's a safety issue.
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My first match was against Razor Ramon. I lost. Come to think about it, I lost a lot back in those days.
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I'm greedy, but I've always watched what I eat because I want to look good. I gave up butter, cream and sugar years ago.
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The single best piece of advice I give to aspiring writers is to always write about things that they know. I suggest that they write about people and places and events and conflicts they are familiar with. That way their writing will be real and hopefully readers will respond to it. I try to take my own advice.
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Take what you can from your dreams, make them as real as anything.
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I understand that finance can be very complex.
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I prefer the mystic clouds of nostalgia to the real thing, to be honest.
