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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Growing up on a mountain in Tennessee, I spent most of my childhood outside.
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I've always been fascinated by intelligence and how our brains work, and how they can be improved.
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We live in an age of apologies. Apologies, fake or true, are expected from the descendants of empire builders, slave owners and persecutors of heretics, and from men who -in our eyes- just got it all wrong. So, with the age of 85 coming up shortly, I want to make an apology. It appears I must apologize for being male, white, and European.
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This is the first time in my life I've ever been happy, not completely happy, but happier than I've ever been.
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A birthday is just another day where you go to work and people give you love. Age is just a state of mind, and you are as old as you think you are. You have to count your blessings and be happy.
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Put me on stage and I'm happy.
