David Howell Evans (The Edge) Quotes
I'm a minimalist at heart. If a song doesn't need a solo, I'm not going to force one into it.
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Organized labor, if they're doing a responsible job, is going to organize the pooling of small amounts of money to protect the interests of the people who are not rich.
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I want to stay alive. Yeah, I want to stay alive. I think that's the main thing. If there's a chance I can live longer, I want to do it.
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We simply attempt to be fearful when others are greedy and to be greedy only when others are fearful.
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I was working in restaurants as a captain and as a waiter.
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Environmental concern is a phenomena that tends to rise in a nation after a certain level of wealth.
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In 1930s mysteries, all sorts of motives were credible which aren't credible today, especially motives of preventing guilty sexual secrets from coming out. Nowadays, people sell their guilty sexual secrets.
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The hero is one who kindles a great light in the world, who sets up blazing torches in the dark streets of life for men to see by.
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I read whatever is put in front of me. I gobble up books.
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In any case, his judgment and set of values, acting alone or through his assistants, determine not only what is gold and what is dross but the design of the history which he creates out of the metal. The historian decides what is significant, and what is not.
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The truth is women use contraception not only as a way to prevent unintended pregnancies, but also to improve their health and the health of their families. Increased access to contraception is directly linked to declines in maternal and infant mortality.
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I think of myself as a plain human being who happens to be an American.
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I'm the one in the band that said I'm not going on tour unless we do a record.
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I've just always liked watching people dance. I can't explain it. It used to just make me laugh.
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When I drive through a field, I want to see green grass sometimes, and I don't want to see black and white.
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I wasn't, like, this top model; I was quietly doing my work, and when I became an actress, people started doing research, and everybody found out. People dug out photos, and suddenly people became interested - but no one was interested in my photos when I was a model.
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The strange thing is, no matter what, when you become some kind of public figure, you have your go-to answers for all scenarios and instances.
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I wrote my first book when I was in my late thirties.
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Don't think I'm talking nonsense because I'm drunk. I'm not a bit drunk. Brandy's all very well, but I need two bottles to make me drunk.
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If you are nice, and keep your promise, we will be in paradise.
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Let our law-givers then make haste before it is too late to set apart this surpassingly glorious region for the recreation and well-being of humanity, and all the world will rise up and call them blessed.
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Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; Our meddling intellect Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things We murder to dissect. Enough of Science and of Art; Close up these barren leaves; Come forth, and bring with you a heart That watches and receives.
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I'm a minimalist at heart. If a song doesn't need a solo, I'm not going to force one into it.
