Robert Wyatt Quotes

I looked at what adults were doing and how they wanted to earn money, and I really didn't want to do that. I wanted to go away.

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• I just love vintage. I have far too many vintage dresses.

  

  Karen Elson
  • Have
  • Dresses
  • Many

• No Western government has ever played the long-term in terms of foreign policy.

  

  Damian Lewis
  • Long
  • Government
  • Foreign Policy

• I think I'm a lot funnier and goofier than people were able to see on 'Dancing With the Stars.'

  

  J. R. Martinez
  • People
  • Think
  • Stars

• RFK was a compelling figure because he was willing to challenge his audiences, and in turn connect with them in a unique way. Kennedy showed that our values define us and can inspire others to believe in the possibility of change and a better society.

  

  Frances O'Grady
  • Believe
  • Society
  • Change

• I love an underdog. No, I don't necessarily mean the cartoon. I mean like David, as in Goliath, or the Bears, as in The Bad News Bears.

  

  Nancy Lublin
  • Bad
  • Mean
  • Underdog

• Even though I have Twitter, I only use it to say, 'Oh, this is coming out.' I would never voice anything about me, really.

  

  Faye Marsay
  • Me
  • Never
  • Voice

• I can work as a writer, but I wanted to do stand-up.

  

  Hannibal Buress
  • Up
  • Work
  • Writer

• Speaking is physically difficult for me.

  

  Gabrielle Giffords
  • Me
  • Difficult
  • Speaking

• Write for yourself. That's it. And write every day.

  

  E. L. James
  • Day
  • Yourself
  • Everyday

• The United States is going to be a rich country, it is going to be prosperous, but it is not going to be able to take the lead in the next phase of global economic development.

  

  Fareed Zakaria
  • Country
  • Rich
  • Development

• I'll tell you one thing: Don't ever give anybody your best advice, because they're not going to follow it.

  

  Jack Nicholson
  • Best
  • Advice
  • Follow

• Our idea is to serve everybody, including people with little money.

  

  Ingvar Kamprad
  • People
  • Money
  • Idea

• I hope people describe my music as lyrically driven, cross genre. Kind of alternative, kind of indie, kind of rap, kind of everything.

  

  K. Flay
  • People
  • Music
  • Hope

• This could never be a crime in any society which deems himself enlightened.

  

  Jack Kevorkian
  • Society
  • Never
  • Crime

• Like lots of women who marry young and find themselves mothers by the time they're 25, I felt I no longer had an identity.

  

  Rachel Hunter
  • Time
  • Women
  • Identity

• When you are angry or frustrated, what comes out? Whatever it is, it's a good indication of what you're made of.

  

  H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
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  • You
  • Angry

• Well, for one, I don't judge my characters.

  

  Taraji P. Henson
  • Judge
  • Characters
  • Well

• Critics should think about how the opening weekend audience might want to discover some surprises for themselves.

  

  Edgar Wright
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  • Want
  • Weekend

• My big thing is that I love to write. I want continue writing and performing.

  

  Antoniette Costa
  • Want
  • Write
  • Performing

• I figured if Allah had wanted us up that early, He wouldn't have invented noon.

  

  George Alec Effinger
  • Wanted
  • Early
  • Invented

• I've programmed myself musically to come up with love-feeling tracks that are romantic, sexy, but classy, all in one. And that's the challenge. Once I create that music, then the lyrical content starts to come - you know, the stories and things like that.

  

  R. Kelly
  • Up
  • Music
  • Feeling

• I grew up in the indie world, and that's what I'm used to, but there's something really incredible about having money behind a film and having the time to do as many takes as you want.

  

  Maika Monroe
  • Up
  • Time
  • World

• How vain painting is, exciting admiration by its resemblance to things of which we do not admire the originals.

  

  Blaise Pascal
  • Painting
  • Admiration
  • Resemblance

• I looked at what adults were doing and how they wanted to earn money, and I really didn't want to do that. I wanted to go away.

  

  Robert Wyatt
  • Want
  • Wanted
  • Adults