Bernard Fanning Quotes
For Christmas when I was about four I got given 'Can the can' by Susie Quatro, so that was the first record I got. And I got Skyhooks "Ego is not a Dirty Word.... I was sorta listening to the Beatles and stuff the whole time since I was about ten anyway, then I started getting into Kiss and David Bowie at the same time.
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Comedy's really subjective, you know; that's why it's so hard.
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Ultimately, I'm not the most prolific person, but I've been doing this for a long time, and I keep on putting out music. The only thing that drives music is the people who are making it.
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It's difficult to talk about, you know, my inadequacies, my inability to stay sober when I'm a relatively bright man and I've had a lot of great blessings and a lot of great opportunities.
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But I don't want to sing everything out of the side of my mouth, I want people to understand what I mean.
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A good indignation brings out all one's powers.
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The comic is the perception of the opposite; humor is the feeling of it.
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But though cognition is not an element of mental action, nor even in any real sense of the word an aspect of it, the distinction of cognition and conation has if properly defined a definite value.
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The first time that I ever saw Babe Ruth was in the Boston Red Sox clubhouse.
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Back in those days intimidation was the greatest tool the drill instructor had. Without that tool, he would not have had control.
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You have to try things you're really afraid of, even if you pee yourself a little bit.
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If we go to Chihuahua we must be considered as prisoners of war?
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I wish my teammates, coaches and the entire Lions organization all the best.
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It is not my duty to spend my money in my country, but it is what I want to do. There is nowhere else I would like to invest.
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Dressing for yourself and not a man is definitely something I advocate.
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We need to honor our troops who served and show our support by giving our men and women who served the best health care, the best educational opportunities, and the best job training available. They deserve nothing less.
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Nancy Pelosi says the angry opposition to health care reform is like the angry opposition to gay rights that led to Harvey Milk being shot.
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I was going to college to be a doctor.
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Yes, I was the child who would sneak into her closet and read 'Nancy Drew' for hours after the designated 'lights out' time of night.
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That's why people don't ever think to blame the Socs and are always ready to jump on us. We look hoody and they look decent. It could be just the other way around - half of the hoods I know are pretty decent guys underneath all that grease, and from what I've heard, a lot of Socs are just cold-blooded mean - but people usually go by looks.
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Wine and cheese are ageless companions, like aspirin and aches, or June and moon, or good people and noble ventures.
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To keeping silence I resigned My friends would think I was a nut Turning water into wine Open doors would soon be shut So I went from day to day Though my life was in a rut 'Til I thought of what I'd say Which connection I should cut
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I've spent a great deal of time over the past decade as a caregiver for various family members. It gives me a perspective on the struggles that many New Yorkers face with illness, disability, health care, insurance difficulties, and trying to work with and also take care of family members.
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When I started writing, the first thing that came out was in English. I liked a few French things, but they were very overwhelming.
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For Christmas when I was about four I got given 'Can the can' by Susie Quatro, so that was the first record I got. And I got Skyhooks "Ego is not a Dirty Word.... I was sorta listening to the Beatles and stuff the whole time since I was about ten anyway, then I started getting into Kiss and David Bowie at the same time.
