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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I wanted Kimi to be a Japanese record with a Japanese title. I wanted it to be for them. They appreciate things on a different level, and take their art very seriously - that's special if you're an artist.
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I am not proud, but I am happy; and happiness blinds, I think, more than pride.
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I like giving music-themed gifts. I've given a couple of music documentaries to boys. Especially if they don't have the same taste as me, I try to infiltrate their mind with my favourite bands.
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Jason did some good things and some bad things.
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She was pretty and you never expected a pretty woman to be that funny. She didn't care that she was pretty.
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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.
