Peter Campbell McNeish (Pete Shelley) Quotes
Without bigging it up extremely, it was something which brought people together, so they realised something was possible.
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Watching a whole cluster of friends, and my own mother, die over quite a short space of time convinced me that purely materialist 'explanations' for our mysterious human existence simply won't do - on an intellectual level.
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I walk around talking to myself in accents. Usually people look at me like I'm a complete fruit loop.
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Smart people are a dime a dozen. What matters is the ability to think different... to think out of the box.
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At the present moment, the security of coherent philosophy, which existed from Parmenides to Hegel, is lost.
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A great sense of peace entered my body, and seemingly into every cell.
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I care very much what the fans think. I'm starting to loosen my grip on caring about what critics say, because I think that critics care about what fans think of them, too, so there's a little bit of a refraction there, through that glass.
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I am a certified yoga teacher and I love to cycle and swim.
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I listen to music to when I'm feeling a certain way or to make myself feel a certain way. So why not make my own music inspired by true emotions?
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I think that our comfort is in our history.
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Modesty seldom resides in a breast that is not enriched with nobler virtues.
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Love is reaching out to try to get to the other person.
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In sailing, I single-hand, and I want to do the Horn. The Horn is the maximum expression of sailing, the way the Iditarod is the maximum expression of running dogs. It's not to write about it; it's to experience the maximum thing.
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I just wanted to defend football, which is not always easy to do. Those of us who have been in the sport so many years now realise we must protect it and look after it. I was speaking about football, what it means. It is our profession, it has been our lives, and we must take care of it a little.
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The joke is mightier than the sword.
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Life is ours to be spent, not to be saved.
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I am so appreciative of all the attention I've gotten, especially since I don't ever consider myself anything more than a fan.
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I can't remember my dreams more than a couple of seconds after I wake up. It's frustrating because sometimes I dream that I'm watching a really good movie.
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I think badminton has a real legacy with more youngsters taking up the sport. Badminton has done really well in that regard compared to other sports.
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Johnny Depp gave me the best advice. He said, 'Keep your feet on the ground. Stay grounded. Remember where you came from.'
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I don't spend money on anything. I don't collect anything. I don't spend it on furniture.
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You train all year for the physical aspect of cycling, but you can't plan for what comes next. You're still the same person. External perceptions might change, but inside, you're the same.
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The Providence that watches over the affairs of men works out of their mistakes, at times, a healthier issue than could have been accomplished by their wisest forethought.
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Without bigging it up extremely, it was something which brought people together, so they realised something was possible.
