Mick Ralphs (Michael Geoffrey Ralphs) Quotes
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A sack is way better than any nightclub. A touchdown is way better than any bar experience I've ever had.
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One day there were two out in the ninth, and I hit a pop fly so high that the fans got tired of waiting for it to come down. So they all went home and listened to it drop by turning on the radio.
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On banks, I make no apology for attacking spivs and gamblers who did more harm to the British economy than Bob Crow could achieve in his wildest Trotskyite fantasies, while paying themselves outrageous bonuses underwritten by the taxpayer. There is much public anger about banks and it is well deserved.
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All the old great companies were run by guys who knew what an animator meant, and guys who knew how to draw. All the companies today are run by executives.
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We cannot afford idleness, waste or inefficiency.
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I'm more comfortable revealing myself than hiding behind metaphors. I respond to artists who reveal something of themselves.
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One of the most wonderful memories in my life was when I sang at the Opera House in Sydney. I will never forget that. It is one of the most beautiful Houses I have ever sung in my life.
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My daughter, Lily Caitlin, means the most to me in the world.
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I do find that it's easier to get Latino-themed movies... but I don't think there's that stigma anymore. I think that what's harder is to be a woman, not to be a Latina.
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The opportunities I've had to play really complex characters - which haven't been a lot, but some - you never get over them.
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I was really scared to stay home alone when I was kid, and I would freak out whenever there was a noise after my parents left.
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I can't imagine that I would have been cast in the role, without Jamie Lee giving me a thumbs up.
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Speak of change, and the world is in alarm. And yet where do we not see change?
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I believe in God.
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Anyone who has spent any time in space will love it for the rest of their lives. I achieved my childhood dream of the sky.
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The love of life is necessary to the vigorous prosecution of any undertaking.
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If something happened where I couldn't write music anymore, it would kill me. It's not just a job. It's not just a hobby. It's why I get up in the morning.
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Animals, these beings trappedAs I am trapped but not, themselves, the trap,Aging, but without knowledge of their age,Kept safe here, knowing not of death, for death- Oh, bars of my own body, open, open!The world goes by my cage and never sees me.
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Your mind is like, oh my God, I know this is wrong, but your body just gives in.
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Of course, I didn't become an architect, but later on in Iran, I had a lot of contact and discussions with architects because Iran was developing, and I felt we shouldn't destroy the past and copy completely the West, which is the problem in developing countries.
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Those who claim to have had happy lives seem to be silly fools.
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I'm happy to say that at 62, I think I've reached that point where stuff doesn't bother me as much, and my gratitude level has gone way up, especially having gone through the loss that I've had, and losing so many of the great artists that I was close to. They taught me how to see it with a grain of salt and a lot of humor and perspective.
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I have to sing it every night, I can't get up on stage if it's some bullshit story.
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Put me on stage and I'm happy.
