John Graham Mellor (Joe Strummer) Quotes
I learnt that fame is an illusion and everything about it is just a joke. I'm far more dangerous now, because I don't care at all.
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We were talking about how old quarterbacks can't throw before 10 am... Practice starts too early for us. Wake me up in the middle of the night and I can throw. I can throw anytime.
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There's an assault on human sexuality, as Judge Scalia said, they've taken sides in the culture war and on top of that if we have a democracy, the democratic processes should be that we can elect representatives who will share our point of view and vote those things into law.
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When I was in school, you could pick any instrument you want, and they'd teach you how to play it. That changed my life. I loved playing music in school, and it sent me on my path as a musician.
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I've had my run in with trouble. Fortunately, you know, one slap on the hand is usually the last time for me... I learned my lesson.
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I chose the Xperia based on its functions. Apart from using the phone to communicate, I also use it to take pictures. The image quality with this cell phone is great.
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To me, music is no joke and it's not for sale.
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I've had to be tough my whole life.
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From Calcutta has gone forth a living stream of knowledge in many branches of study. It is inspiring to think of the long succession of scholars, both Indian and European, who have lived in this city, made it their own, and given it of their best.
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I just feed off the energy of the audience.
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A lot of people work out to be skinny. That's so boring, and it seems like a depressing goal for a modern woman.
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Most British cheeses are now vegetarian and are labelled accordingly. However, French and Italian manufacturers still tend to use rennet.
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When the bright angel dominates, out comes a great work of art, a Michelangelo David or a Beethoven symphony.
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When I finish a film, I put it away and I never look at it again.
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I've enjoyed training again, I've enjoyed pushing myself in the pool and I'll keep on swimming until I feel I cannot get any more out of myself.
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The West should be tougher on Pakistan. It is trying to play both ends against the middle - to look like the friend of the revolutionaries on the one hand and a friend of the West in the fight against terrorism. It can't be both things.
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Our everyday lives are filled with complex decisions. We long for simplicity and ordinariness.
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Exercise is roughly the only equivalent of a fountain of youth that exists today, and it's free to everyone.
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You step over the threshold of your parents' home, and you're instantly transported back to your childhood. It's like time travel. You revert at once to a place of arrested development.
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You were only truly patriotic if you had a laborer for a grandfather and were glad of it.
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Moderation, the noblest gift of Heaven.
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I joke that my niche in Hollywood has been naked foreigners.
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So it's a dangerous thing and conversely, the other thing I mentioned in that post was that people see guys who are kind of in touch with that and become famous for it and then think maybe they can get in on it. Maybe they're not quite as cynical as that and there's some sincerity about them, but they don't really get it so they just imitate what they've seen from people who've done it before and of course you can make big money that way.
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I learnt that fame is an illusion and everything about it is just a joke. I'm far more dangerous now, because I don't care at all.
