Michael Moorcock (Michael John Moorcock) Quotes
If the people at the top think that reaching for a gun will solve the problem, why shouldn't the people at the bottom think the same?
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What can you do if a part of it is uphill? You can't work out another route. You've just got to run the one they give you. But they tell me London is a nice course. Even the cobbles, I hope, are not very much of a problem for me.
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That show, 'The Amazing Race' - is that about white people?
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I don't care about what people might call my style. It's just like when people call my music 'jangly,' 'dream,' 'oceanside,' whatever - I don't care. I'm just wearing whatever I can scrap together.
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When people are away from home, they do things they might not normally do.
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For generations, people have come to U.S. shores to seek opportunity. It's what my grandfather did a century ago, when he came to Seattle, and worked as a houseboy just one mile from the Washington State governor's mansion that I was privileged to inhabit for eight years.
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The democratic idealist is prone to make light of the whole question of standards and leadership because of his unbounded faith in the plain people.
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I'm used to packing up and leaving, to condensing myself into a digestible version because people don't have much time to get to know me.
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It is not worth an intelligent man's time to be in the majority. By definition, there are already enough people to do that.
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Sometimes I will tweet an interview I have coming up and ask my followers what questions they have for the celebrity. I feel that way I can really know first hand what people want to hear answered.
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Certainly, last year we did an episode about the census and sampling versus a direct statistic. You just said the word 'census,' and people fall asleep.
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The biggest problem has been exhaustion. I've spent about 6 of the last 14 years completely bedridden.
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When leaders are no longer beholden to the people who elected them, corruption results and the recruitment of extremists becomes easier.
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The world's greatest city - New York City - deserves a government that works for all New Yorkers. That starts with a mayor who is independent from party bosses and special interests, who isn't afraid to be honest with the people, and who is focused on the issues New Yorkers care about most.
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I've learned over the years that people are human and have mood swings, regardless of how talented they are. Today, I'm looking at life from a realistic point of view instead of the way I would want things to be.
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People have made a living deconstructing Lennon and The Beatles songs because of their compositional sophistication. But what's so exciting about John is that he never had any of that training on musical theory; something just spoke to him, and he just knew what sounded right.
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So many people trip in front of them because they're looking over there or up ahead.
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We are not going to build a pressure in Mexico. We're not building walls to retain our people.
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My doctor told me to stop having intimate dinners for four. Unless there are three other people.
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Marriage is a series of desperate arguments people feel passionately about.
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A lot of people have this ego need that makes them want to believe that Earth is the center of the universe and humans are the most important species, the supreme expression of creation.
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Wisconsin will bring people from Wausau and Kaukauna and La Crosse, so you don't only get the good fan base from the greater Milwaukee area, but a lot of people come in, especially with the MARS cars coming in and the Mid-American cars from all over the state, bringing in their fan base, their parents and children and grandpas and whatever, ... It's really a fun weekend.
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People are looking for inspiration, and my books are sometimes the vehicles of what people are looking for.
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I love seeing when actors go from one genre to the next because I feel like most of them can pull it off.
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If the people at the top think that reaching for a gun will solve the problem, why shouldn't the people at the bottom think the same?
