Manfred Mann Quotes
I grew up in South Africa, but like many people at that time, I couldn't bear living in the country. The main motivation for moving to Britain was to get away.
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I attended the bedside of a friend who was dying in a Dublin hospital. She lived her last hours in a public ward with a television blaring out a football match, all but drowning our final conversation.
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I was never conscious that I was becoming an icon or I'm not an icon, because my family, my kids, my husband keep me down-to-earth.
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Seriously, 'Honey Boo Boo' is the decay of Western civilization. Just because so many people watch the show doesn't mean it's good.
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I like when everything's naturally moving along - I find that pretty exciting.
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Sometimes when I visit my sister and her two children, I wonder if she missed a lot by getting married. Right now, nothing could be further from my mind than getting married.
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You begin to realize that the genius of our country is the constant push to be more inclusive and find new ways of engaging everyone.
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But I also think that the more you reason collectively about what the project should be at the beginning of the process, the more you can improvise later.
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Pat Riley, Dave Checketts and Ernie Grunfeld - they brought the Knicks back to the glory days. It started with Rick Pitino. We took our first step with him, making the playoffs. When Pat came in we just kicked the door open.
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Follow me around. I don't care. If anybody wants to put a tail on me, go ahead. They'd be very bored.
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My older kids are fantastic people. It can't be the result of my influence on them.
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I dare anybody to look at me and say I'm anorexic. I'm so totally not.
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I have to accept the fact that, no matter what I do, it's going to annoy someone.
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I took all my wax studies and threw them in the fire... that's the way it is when something unpleasant happens to me. I take my hammer and I squash a figure.
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I always tell people I want to see the world through His eyes, and I want people to see Him in me.
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I knew David Lynch going to television was going to be something. It was either going to not work, nobody was going to get it and it would disappear, or it was going to be something special and really stand out.
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This is my trademark: I rip my T-shirt. I'm into the whole showing-a-bit-of-chest-hair thing.
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Man, in his animal capacity, is qualified to subsist in every climate.
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Invest in people who will take care of you when you're old.
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Who are ever taxed? Individuals only. Who have property that can be taxed? Individuals only. Who can give their consent to be taxed? Individuals only. Who are ever taxed without their consent? Individuals only. Who, then, are robbed, if taxed without their consent? Individuals only.
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Pointless. . . . Like giving caviar to an elephant.
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If your goal is to be the biggest movie star in the world, a 10-movie contract is gold. It was never my goal. Up until now, I made movies - and I have a nice house, a nice car. I'm fortunate, happy and grateful. Life is good.
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Without music in schools' curriculum, there is a void for young people to express, explore, and experience music.
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I grew up in South Africa, but like many people at that time, I couldn't bear living in the country. The main motivation for moving to Britain was to get away.
