Robert Wyatt Quotes
I can't imagine my life without the extraordinary bebop jazz revolution in New York in late '40s and '50s.
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Editing is the same as quarrelling with writers - same thing exactly.
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There's a great tradition in storytelling that's thousands of years old, telling stories about kings and their palaces, and that's really what I wanted to do.
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Kennedy had made a mess in Cuba at the Bay of Pigs. He had to do something to look good. The Apollo program of going to the Moon was quite a goal.
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Everyone should play their role in tearing down the wall of hatred.
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As anyone who has covered the company for any length of time knows, Yahoo's record on major decision-making has been akin to a hippie commune - a lot of wrangling internally in a culture where everyone seems to have a voice and a reticence to push the button to launch.
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Rand Paul does not like being compared to his father Ron any more than sons named Bush like to dance in their father's shadow, but the crucial difference is that while the Bushes all hail from the relative mainstream of the GOP, the Pauls have an ideological tributary virtually to themselves.
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All theory of modernity in sociology suggests that the more modernity there is, the less religion. In my theory we can realize that this is wrong: atheism is only one belief system among many.
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If I feel that I'm not able to do my best work - whether that's my own fault or as a result of an editorial situation - then I need to stop doing it. I would rather not do something than do it badly or ineffectively. It's the only way I can live with myself and do right by the fans in the long haul.
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Race and class are extremely reliable indicators as to where one might find the good stuff, like parks and trees, and where one might find the bad stuff, like power plants and waste facilities.
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Horses know how to be loyal but still keep their distance.
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Sometimes it's nice just being in your own room and having a quiet night and relaxing and getting ready for the game.
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Every stumble is not a fall, and every fall does not mean failure.
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The real metric of success isn't the size of your bank account. It's the number of lives in whom you might be able to make a positive difference.
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I was lucky that it hit my shaft, and then my helmet, and I was lucky enough to get that breakaway.
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Bling is over. Red carpet covered with rhinestones is out. I call it 'the new modesty.'
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How sweet Japanese woman is! All the possibilities of the race for goodness seem to be concentrated in her.
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I sing just for fun.
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You can find me at three in the morning in my living room with a glass of wine and really bad '90s trip hop beats blaring from my headphones.
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Only God knows how much I love you.
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Dates and periods are of interest only to the student of musical history.
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There is no difference between Time and any of the three dimensions of Space except that our consciousness moves along it.
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I had such a good time doing that movie [Sister Act 2]. My daughter's in that movie. It was a fun film to do. And it shocked a lot of people, because they loved it, and they take it with them.
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I can't imagine my life without the extraordinary bebop jazz revolution in New York in late '40s and '50s.
