F. M. Powicke Quotes
History is full of the dead weight of things which have escaped the control of the mind, yet drive man on with a blind force.
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'Heroes' really changed the game for me in a way that nothing before it had.
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I destroyed a lot of guitars trying to get them to do what I wanted, but I learned something from every guitar I tore apart, and discovered even more things. Things like if the string is not straight from the bridge saddle to the nut, you're going to have friction.
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I'm too self-serious for a comedy.
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It may be a cold, clammy thing to say, but those that treat friendship the same as any other selfishness seem to get the most out of it.
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I wanted to get a taste of what it would feel like to be a mum. I've always had a strong maternal instinct and ideally I would love one of my own.
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If you're on a road trip, you need driving music.
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With the juice, I try to put a lot of different kinds of vegetables in there like zucchini, kale and broccoli. It looks scary, but it's so good for your body, and I just love the taste of it. It's so fresh; I love it!
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It is true that when there's a drone attack, those - that the - the terrorists are killed, it's true. But 500 and 5,000 more people rises against it, and more terrorism occurs, and more - more bomb blasts occurs.
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Elegance is not a dispensable luxury but a factor that decides between success and failure.
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It was always my dream to write for a living.
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Everything is tennis for me, it's my career and it's entertainment, but it's also a business.
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Women are the strong people in this world, not men. I think TV is finally catching up with that reality, and thank God.
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There are no silos at 'Frontline.' Our digital team works with our filmmakers, and our filmmakers work with our digital team. They're always in touch, and they're always talking.
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If people don't like me for whatever I do, for being me, then that's too bad. I don't want to change to be something that I'm not for other people to like me.
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New York felt to me like what America should be - a representation of the world in this small pocket.
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Out-of-step intellectuals like Noam Chomsky and the deceased Edward Said have often been dismissed as crazy extremists, 'anti-American,' and in Mr. Said's case even, absurdly, as apologists for Palestinian 'terrorism.'
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New York's definitely got my heart.
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England in a way is lucky. It's an island, so the frontiers are given by the sea.
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A votary of ahimsa must cultivate the habit of unremitting toil, sleepless vigilance, ceaseless self-control.
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I just don't want to be rapping forever. I love it, but sometimes you got goals for yourself.
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There is in every madman a misunderstood genius whose idea, shining in his head, frightened people, and for whom delirium was the only solution to the strangulation that life had prepared for him.
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There are powers inside of you which, if you could discover and use, would make of you everything you ever dreamed or imagined you could become.
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I consider our music a catalyst, something that might spark a thought or a question.
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History is full of the dead weight of things which have escaped the control of the mind, yet drive man on with a blind force.
