Robert Wyatt Quotes
I get slightly irritated by people who say they're natural rebels because it just means that they're going to be against whatever anybody does, which is almost like saying you might as well leave it as it is.
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If women would today would rise en masse and demand their emancipation, the men would be compelled to grant it.
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In Australia, they really want to turn me into a religion. A religion! Can you imagine? The Church of Edna? Oh. I don't want to be over-revered.
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Anytime you do something in this arena, whether it's public records or ethics, it's not like throwing a stone in a quiet pond. It's like throwing a boulder.
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I changed that system in Florida when I was the Speaker of the House - I was the Minority Leader; I saw for 16 years the way a power system works.
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You have to respect your audience. Without them, you're essentially standing alone, singing to yourself.
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'Caught' is a novel of forgiveness, and the past and the present - who should be and who shouldn't be forgiven. None of my books are ever just about thrills, or it won't work.
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If you hear me out, I believe you'll discover that what motivates me more than any other issue is the defense of everyone's rights.
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So we're living by that sword, and we're going to cut every now and then from it's backlash.
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I do have a television over there - it was a gift - but I never turn it on. I'd rather read a book.
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The minimum wage was due for an increase, but it was important that we offset its cost to small businesses.
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I would never call a neighbor an enemy. But I would request the neighbor to be a good neighbor, to see that the neighbor's interest is a stable prosperous neighbor, a neighbor that is doing well.
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I have been lucky enough to have had the opportunity of travelling across this country and enduring all the classic situations that go with talking to people.
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In the '70s, my playing was completely untutored, but it sounded good to me, and I tried to find ways to make those very simple things work in more ambitious contexts.
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In international relations, in foreign policy, a great deal has to do with historical circumstances, a great deal has to do with the sense and perception of people.
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English, as a subject, never really got over its upstart nature. It tries to bulk itself up with hopeless jargon and specious complexity, tries to imitate subjects it can never be.
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Character, like a photograph, develops in darkness.
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I did theater at Carnegie, and in Pittsburgh and New York.
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He'd never seen Seinfeld, so he didn't know who Puddy was or anything.
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Exercise, from a public health perspective, is an unmitigated failure. The world's longest-lived people live in environments that nudge them into more movement. They don't use power tools, they do their own yard work, they grow a garden.
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The Seahawks, their front office gets in the media; they talk a lot.
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The most expensive hobby a rich man could have is a boat, and the second most expensive hobby he could have is a very old house.
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Big government doesn't work! It just doesn't work!
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I feel possessive about stories I write in Spanish and so I usually end up translating those into English myself.
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I get slightly irritated by people who say they're natural rebels because it just means that they're going to be against whatever anybody does, which is almost like saying you might as well leave it as it is.
