Robert Wyatt Quotes
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I never smoked. I never drank and I never took drugs. The funny thing is, nothing is more boring, people like this. For me, it's OK. But most of my friends, at least they smoke and drink.
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We need to understand the difference between discipline and punishment. Punishment is what you do to someone; discipline is what you do for someone.
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For about a year, I just didn't know what to do. I did laboring jobs, working in the docks, construction sites.
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Man is a microcosm, or a little world, because he is an extract from all the stars and planets of the whole firmament, from the earth and the elements; and so he is their quintessence.
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Most of us are not real eager to grow, myself included. We try to be happy by staying in the status quo. But if we're not willing to be honest with ourselves about what we feel, we don't evolve.
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My penalty for rocking the boat was being traded.
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I like visualizing a lot, so the night before a competition and right before, I will visualize myself. I'll close my eyes, turn away from everybody, and just see myself doing exactly what I want to accomplish.
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I had a lot of survival jobs. One was for the Witty Ditty singing-telegram company. I was in the red-and-white stripes with the straw boater hat and kazoo. Balloons. Even when you're sleeping on a friend's couch, you have to pay some kind of rent.
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I've found that people get particularly frustrated and shut down when women in fiction are disgusting or disordered.
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My life has been the antithesis of that book 'The Secret'. I've always been interested in doing what I do. I love storytelling and I really enjoyed acting, but it never seemed like a realistic thing.
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Where you don't have people who have strong intellectual capacity, you get demagoguery.
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My family is basically Gypsies - for real.
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The state treasurer has authority to weigh in and take leadership roles on taxing and spending legislation.
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When such acting powerhouses take note of your work and express their appreciation, it is an overwhelming feeling. I could not believe it when Rishi ji tweeted. Then Amitji and Rekha ma'am sent handwritten letters, which I have read more than fifty times. 'Dangal' is a very special film for me, and these are my lifetime treasure.
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Judges decide upon copyright law. They decide upon trademark law. They decide upon scientific issues. They decide upon very complex technical issues on a daily basis. So you must have confidence in the Supreme Court, that they will apply their mind and they will come out with a decision consistent with the Constitution.
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For any sin, we all suffer. That is why our suffering is endless.
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I was not very keen on joining the family business... there were 14 family members working together, and it worried me that I would not have enough individuality.
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Phones are a big deal, but tablets are an even bigger deal. So we're doing a lot of design work and experimentation around the tablet experience.
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I'm on Governor Gray Davis' California Alliance Towards Education to bring the arts back to high schools.
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But it's hard for a chick to do comedy. It's not as open for them.
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One of the most important things that teachers teach students is you, you can work harder. You are mentally tougher than you think.
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When you have such a following, you can influence all these people, not only older people, but the younger people.
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Fools are very often united in the strictest intimacies, as the lighter kinds of woods are the most closely glued together.
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People who had empires, unfortunately, want them back eventually, somehow, someway.
