Roy Wood Quotes
When we did a lot of that Motown stuff there were four of us on the front line. When we started the evening we'd start from one end of the band and just go along. The lead singer would change all the time. That's the first time that I actually managed to put it into a record.
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Oxford is Oxford: not a mere receptacle for youth, like Cambridge. Perhaps it wants its inmates to love it rather than to love one another.
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I'm from New York, so I'm not a big driver.
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At my father's request I took up the study of law at the University of Zurich In 1863.
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I know my fans want me on the screen. But I think hero-worship should not be allowed to corrupt the plot and narrative of a film.
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I don't know if it's because I'm Latina or something, but I have no problem speaking my mind.
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Are you loving having these great iconic stories back as much as I am? 'One Life' is back in action and I love putting my 'Blair on' again.
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When you go back and really listen to the legendary rappers, this is timeless music. Guys like Biggie, guys like Pac, timeless music.
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Bleaching eyebrows makes me crazy.
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I'm not a good photographer, not a good writer. I'm a pretty regular person whose insecurity is so pervasive that it makes me always feel vulnerable.
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I would like to do a period piece. I think that would be fun.
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My bag always weighs a ton. I carry my whole bathroom with me. You never know what's going to happen in a day!
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All of our forebears contributed to what South Africa has become. That does not, however, mean that I must apologize to anyone for being born a Zulu, or for having that culture.
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There are a bunch of songs that I think are beautiful recordings, and I'm proud of them, but I've no interest in listening to them.
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Shakespeare lets us see real people undergoing real processes, with real feelings.
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It is not enough for me to ask question; I want to know how to answer the one question that seems to encompass everything I face: What am I here for?
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I thought art was dead rabbits hanging by their feet on a wall. I went to Italy and saw all the religious paintings, and they didn't move me all that much. Then someone invited me to see this van Gogh exhibit at the Rosenberg Gallery in San Francisco.
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You can lead a horse to water and you can even make it drink, but you can't make actresses wear what they don't want to wear.
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My folks are in Jersey. And I have a lot of friends and other family there. So, I try to visit as much as possible.
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After the 1960s and '70s, there were real doubts about whether a mortal man could handle the country's highest office. It had destroyed Johnson, corrupted Nixon, and overwhelmed Ford and Carter.
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My longing for truth was a single prayer.
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There is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern.
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I've always made music on my own, but I didn't think there was a platform for that, so I thought I had to pretend it was a band.
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Everyone we knew was forming a band. Boy George, Wham! Sade. But it wasn't a big deal, they were our friends. It wasn't like we were hanging out with pop stars.
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When we did a lot of that Motown stuff there were four of us on the front line. When we started the evening we'd start from one end of the band and just go along. The lead singer would change all the time. That's the first time that I actually managed to put it into a record.
