Adrian Anthony Gill (A. A. Gill) Quotes
Nobody ever forgets their first night in the bush. It's among the precious, meagre handful of life firsts that remain indelible.
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I think you have to keep a childlike quality to play music or make a record.
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'Mad' is a term we use to describe a man who is obsessed with one idea and nothing else.
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My favorite books are psychology, self-help, and I'm fascinated by Jung, by dream work.
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We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and providing for their abundance.
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Every teenager and everybody around the ages from 10 to 18 has to go through finding out who they are.
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I paint objects as I think them, not as I see them.
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I'm like an old vampire, so it's important to talk to young people.
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I pray for discretion every single night, that I can see through people, see what their greater good is. Sometimes that individual 'wows' you by the eye, but when it come to heart to heart, that person's not there for you. That's not just females. That may be friends, people who come into your life just to use you for who you are.
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There are no rules, no models; rather, there are no rules other than the general laws of Nature.
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A new era of responsibility is here.
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I look for someone whose upbringing was somewhat similar to mine because they can understand me - love for the family and everything else. You see someone's relationship with their parents, and you realize what that person's going to be like as a parent.
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I like Jaykae. He's a great artist, and I absolutely love Dr. Dre's album and a bit of Calvin Harris now and then.
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I don't drink. I don't like it. It makes me feel good.
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Listen, I'm not a rich kid. I'm a cultured kid; I'm very rich in culture.
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I used to buy records in high school. Mainly dancehall: Super Cat, Buju Banton.
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I try to play my game and that's being emotional because I'm that kind of guy.
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I love being a mother. My children fill me up in many ways, and inspire me in many ways, but I need a partner in my life, and I think most people feel that way.
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I respect Apple. It's a great company that changed the world, especially the mobile time.
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I don't want a gamer to feel like they have to commit their whole life to changing the world.
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Mental pain is less dramatic than physical pain, but it is more common and also more hard to bear. The frequent attempt to conceal mental pain increases the burden: it is easier to say “My tooth is aching” than to say “My heart is broken.
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I'm going to have setbacks and failures; I'm not going to see change right away all of the time or most of the time. But everybody I've ever respected has failed at one thing or another. I've definitely fallen on my face. But I've also had a comparatively easy life.
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The problem is that no ethical system has ever achieved consensus. Ethical systems are completely unlike mathematics or science. This is a source of concern.
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Nobody ever forgets their first night in the bush. It's among the precious, meagre handful of life firsts that remain indelible.
