Winston Marshall Quotes
The day we struggle to enjoy what we do and just get the gig over with we'll quit.
Quotes to Explore
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A professor must have a theory as a dog must have fleas.
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In many countries, they do not even keep track of how girls are doing in school, or if they are there at all. If we say, 'Girls count,' then we must count girls, so we can see if we are really making progress in educating every girl.
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I don't regret doing any of my films. All of them have been great learning experiences, and they have contributed to making me what I am today.
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God gave me a very good hand to play over my 88 years. I have no regrets.
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Anytime you interfere with a natural process, you're playing God. God determines what happens naturally. That means when a person's ill, he shouldn't go to a doctor because he's asking for interference with God's will. But of course, patients can't think that way.
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Nearly everything you do is of no importance, but it is important that you do it.
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Some of the best things about being a vegetarian include, of course, contributing towards the welfare of animals. Being a vegetarian can also make you a healthier person, and it helps the environment. All of these things make vegetarianism worthwhile. It's really a win-win situation.
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This flattery has been rather slow in coming. I think all of sudden late in life now I'm getting some credit for what I've done. Which is gratifying, but it's kind of a little late.
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To capture sound is to isolate a moment, canonize it, enter it into the historical register.
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The path of social advancement is, and must be, strewn with broken friendships.
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I don't want to sound obnoxious, but I like to think I brought it another step. I was able to bring people who were casually interested in boxing together.
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It's very special having a new little girl.
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To me, success is choice and opportunity.
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Words are also actions, and actions are a kind of words.
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When you love something, it doesn't feel like work.
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Man, it seems to me, is not in history: he is history.
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I got my first Charvet knit tie when I was 15. I actually stole it from my father. I love them because you can wear them day to night. They're French and preppy and have been around since the 1800s.
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It was the 'Gaucho' album that finished us off. We had pursued an idea beyond the point where it was practical. That album took about two years, and we were working on it all of that time - all these endless tracking sessions involving different musicians. It took forever, and it was a very painful process.
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Forgiveness is setting the prisoner free, only to find out that the prisoner was me.
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If there's an incursion I don't go out of the house.
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I don't know why, but there's a certain element of panic in writing lyrics that I'm not sure I enjoy. I don't write lyrics first, ever. I've never done that. So, in a sense, the lyrics are a bit of an afterthought - it's music first.
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Bureaucracy gives birth to itself and then expects maternity benefits.
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If those who are the enemies of innocent amusements had the direction of the world, they would take away the spring, and youth, the former from the year, the latter from human life.
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The day we struggle to enjoy what we do and just get the gig over with we'll quit.
