Robert Wyatt Quotes
Drinking was a big help with me making music, because drinking gives you courage. But it also makes you reckless, and that's the trouble.
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By what right do you refuse to accept the vote of a citizen of the United States?
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Because it is my second season with the team, no time has been wasted in getting to know the people I'm working with. I am aware of what the team is capable of and how the organisation works, and they are familiar with what makes me tick.
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In terms of Rogers, I can't comment on how other fighters in the UFC would fare with Brett Rogers because that's just speculation.
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I did an 'Our Town' in San Diego in the seventies with amateurs that I can tear up just thinking about.
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I did model for a little while part-time, but I wasn't a bloody model, and I am definitely not that horrible thing 'model-turned-actress.'
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All government, of course, is against liberty.
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I'm very happy with this new record. It's dealing with different aspects of love-it's me making a statement about people doing something with their lives. It is about caring for others.
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Few people know how to be old.
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And at 19, you think you rule the world, and you can control things. And a lot of times, you don't.
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As quoted in Ted Talk 'The child-driven education' by Sugata Mitra (2012)
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Being called a musical genius was a cross to bear. Genius is a big word. But if you have to live up to something, you might as well live up to that.
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If I roll my eyes and mutter, if I clutch at my heart and scream in horror like a third-rate actress chewing up a mad scene, I do it in private and nobody sees but the bathroom mirror.
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By this act the president alone is empowered to make the law, to fix in his mind what acts, words, what thoughts or looks, shall constitute such a crime.
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Any man and woman, and I've been on the record, any man or woman who wears the uniform and serves this country is a hero. I've said that repeatedly at all the town halls I've had.
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I have always recognized that the object of business is to make money in an honorable manner. I have endeavored to remember that the object of life is to do good.
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Why do I pray? Because I never know what's going to pop out of my mouth.
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I also appreciate the lasting friendships I've made while working with our great sponsors through the years, including Miller Lite, Shell and Dodge.
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We derive confidence as women from what we wear.
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Until you have a child, it's very tempting to look at the state of the world and say, "To hell with it, in 50 years I won't be around anyway." But if you have a child you don't say that, because even if you're not around in 50 years, your children presumably will be, and maybe even their children. You think of yourself as responsible to future generations in a whole different way.
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If you start believing all that press about you, you're in trouble. I don't even read my reviews.
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People who would never think of dealing in racial or sexual stereotypes will still throw in a fat joke because it's still OK. Really?
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Drinking was a big help with me making music, because drinking gives you courage. But it also makes you reckless, and that's the trouble.
