Walker Percy Quotes
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For me, writing a song, I sit down and the process doesn't really involve me thinking about the demographic of people I'm trying to hit or who I want to be able to relate to the song or what genre of music it falls under.
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The man for me is the cherry on the pie. But I'm the pie and my pie is good all by itself. Even if I don't have a cherry.
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I've worked hard over the years, I've been injured and I've worked hard through it, and I've made it.
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Incommensurables cannot be compared.
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My dad's one of the funniest men in the world. I grew up with him making me laugh so much I'd beg him to stop.
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A lot of labels are hiring a lot more accountants than people that know music.
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I really don't believe in magic.
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All politicians should have 3 hats - one to throw into the ring, one to talk through, and one to pull rabbits out of if elected.
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The men and women of my generation are heirs to that great collective success which has been admired worldwide and of which we are so proud. It is now up to us to pass it on to the coming generations.
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The first drama thing I really got stuck into was 'A Midsummer Night's Dream.' I played Puck. That's when I said, 'I want to be an actor.'
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I remember, one day, I just printed out about a hundred CVs, and I was running around London. I was going to modeling agencies, temping agencies, anything. I was so desperate.
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One of my earliest memories is of being about three and a half, climbing through the legs of a man who I didn't know was the famous actor, Patrick Magee.
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The Soviet Union was a very useful ally in the defeat of Nazi Germany.
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Perhaps it would be better not to be a writer, but if you must, then write.
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When I was in high school, I earned the pimple award and every other gross-out award.
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I can't stop people from writing imaginative stories about me entering politics.
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Working pretty much nonstop as an artist, the hardest thing is to know what to do with yourself when you have some time off. You struggle with yourself to take a vacation.
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Do not get elated at any victory, for all such victory is subject to the will of God.
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Entertainment is a great form of being able to tell a story and to spread a message.
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The first record I got, I think I stole. I was with my mother; she turned her back, and I slipped it in my coat. And I think it was 'Cry Baby' by The Bonnie Sisters. That or 'Lucille' by Little Richard.
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When we are working at something, we come down from our high logical horse and sniff around with our nose to the ground. Then we obliterate our traces in order to become more God-like.
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My mother and father taught me about black excellence and dynasty. They experienced racism personally, and when something like that happens to you and not around you, you develop a different perception than someone who has never experienced racism a day in their lives.
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Will the new environmental leaders fight for eco-equity in this new "green economy" they are birthing?
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In this world, goodness is destined to be defeated.