Robert Wyatt Quotes
When I lost the use of my hi-hat and bass drum legs, I became basically a singer. I was a drummer who did a bit of singing, and then I became a singer who did a bit of percussion.
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It just seems like the most fun thing in the world. I've never met people who have kids who haven't looked me in the eye and been like, 'It's the greatest thing that's ever happened.'
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You know, I hate to sound self-involved, but I feel like I haven't peaked yet.
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Responsibility is what awaits outside the Eden of Creativity.
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It seemed like most of the memories faded before they had time to form. And after a while, my life with my father seemed like a familiar story or a distant dream.
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Those convinced against their will are of the same opinion still.
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I almost got a psychology degree, I almost got a philosophy degree. I kept changing it so they couldn't make me graduate. I studied anthropology and eastern religion, epistomology, and astronomy... I took every interesting course I could find for nine years.
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There's something sort of intrinsic in being a Southerner that doesn't go away. You can't get rid of it, but it's not something that's terribly obvious.
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We have lost a lot of ground to the extremists in the Middle East.
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It would be a great adventure for Leicester to be in the Champions League.
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The movie Spinal Tap rocked my world. It's for rock what The Sound of Music was for hills. They really nailed how dumb rock can be.
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I was so overprotected, I used to think I was as delicate as people said I was.
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I'm not a person who embraces challenges. I run from challenges. I break world records running from challenges.
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A European army must protect the continent from two sides, from the east and from the south, in terms of protecting against terrorism and migration.
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I think that a good mountaineer is usually a sensible mountaineer.
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The majority of the economic oscillations which we encounter seem to be explained most plausibly as free oscillations.
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Demosthenes: A demagogue must be neither an educated nor an honest man; he has to be an ignoramus and a rogue. (tr. O'Neill 1938, Perseus)
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Women think of all colors except the absence of color. I have said that black has it all. White too. Their beauty is absolute. It is the perfect harmony.
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People on the lower rungs are more vulnerable to sexual harassment than those at the top.
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Control what you can control. Don't lose sleep worrying about things that you don't have control over because, at the end of the day, you still won't have any control over them.
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In my forties, my optimism was boundless. I had really good health and tremendous success which allowed me to do anything I wanted.
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Surgeons are not technicians; they're not mechanics. They're artists. I see patterns where not many other people see patterns. ...I think that's what made me a good surgeon, and now, that's what's making me a good writer.
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When I lost the use of my hi-hat and bass drum legs, I became basically a singer. I was a drummer who did a bit of singing, and then I became a singer who did a bit of percussion.
