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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In the beginning [of my career] I definitely felt a responsibility because I was representing a bunch of people [Sri lankans] who never got represented before. I felt this responsibility to correct that situation, to be like, "Look, you can't discriminate against refugees and Muslim people and blah, blah, blah . . ."
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The best years of a man's life are after he is forty. A man at forty has ceased to hunt the moon.
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I don't know if there's ever a day when you're repaired. But to have a deeper emotional understanding, to have a deeper psychological understanding, I definitely feel more at peace for sure.
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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.
