Richard Thompson Quotes
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I found thee not, O Lord, without, because I erred in seeking thee without that wert within.
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Federal regulations should promote safety without unnecessarily burdening small firms and costing much-needed jobs.
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The most memorable engagement for me, I suppose, was an away-day to Leicester. I went without William, so I was rather apprehensive about that.
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Mutineer is the first album of mine without a demo stage.
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I'm not saying that in order to be a great jazz musician you have to be a great classical pianist first. But I am saying that it makes things easier when you can get around the instrument, and you have some idea of how to approach the various hurdles.
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I have matured with the realization that I can live without a man!
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Males have probably always enjoyed watching the defeat of other males, but without the invention of numerals and the subsequent invention of the concept of keeping score, we could never have had a million sports channels.
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Action without a name, a who attached to it, is meaningless.
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Without sounding negative, I'm not a huge fan of a lot of stand-up. I'm more interested in an absurd kind of theater.
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An administration without a police executive is powerless and there were many proofs of this.
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Without a doubt, at the center of the New Testament there stands the Cross, which receives its interpretation from the Resurrection.
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With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed.
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A staple of my personality is that I want what I want - and I'm willing to do without until I get it.
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Nothing is sadder than having worldly standards without worldly means.
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I'm a perfectionist. I won't do a thing without trying to do it well.
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Without promotion, something terrible happens... nothing!
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You cannot make an aircraft without forged components.
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Andy Clark refers to humans as 'natural-born cyborgs.' What he means is that we habitually extend and change our body-concept without even thinking twice about it.
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One guy can ruin an instrument. Jimi Hendrix, bless his heart - how I wish he was still around - almost inadvertently ruined guitar. Because he was the only cat who could do it like that. Everybody else just screwed it up, and thought wailing away (on the guitar) is the answer. But it ain't; you've got to be a Jimi to do that, you've got to be one of the special cats.
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I must play the instrument I've got.
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There will be no lasting peace either in the heart of individuals or in social customs until death is outlawed.
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I never was happy with the job I did in 'Ed Wood.'
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When I've been asked what should be on my gravestone, I've said: 'Here lies Gandalf. He came out.' Two big achievements.
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I probably wrote three-quarters of the songs without an instrument in my hands.
