Andy Fletcher Quotes
Martin's the songwriter, Alan's the good musician, Dave's the vocalist... and I bum around.
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I loved theatre and did magic, too, but I was never the best at it - there was never a teacher saying, 'You're great, you have to make this your career!' I was good at science and math. I figured I'd go into science and become a dentist.
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If GE's strategy of investment in China is wrong, it represents a loss of a billion dollars, perhaps a couple of billion dollars. If it is right, it is the future of this company for the next century.
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Libraries are at a cultural crossroads. Some proffer that libraries as we know them may go away altogether, ironic victims of the information age where Google has subverted Dewey decimal and researchers can access anything on a handheld device. Who needs to venture deep into the stacks when answers are but a click away?
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The real beauty of it - key to my life was playing key chords on a banjo. For somebody else it may be a golf club that mom and dad put in their hands or a baseball or ballet lessons. Real gift to give to me and put it in writing.
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Mere parsimony is not economy. Expense, and great expense, may be an essential part in true economy.
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I never think about what others are doing. I do a film for myself, not others.
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Seriousness is the only refuge of the shallow.
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A series of rumors about my attitude, as well as derogatory remarks about myself and my family showed me that the personal resentment of the Detroit general manager toward me would make it impossible for me to continue playing hockey in Detroit.
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Joy in looking and comprehending is nature's most beautiful gift.
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I like to have a lot of fun. I just don't see myself as being sexy. It's more sass - more attitude - than sex.
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How we vote now will be determined by whether meaningful action can occur on some of the areas that we outlined a few weeks ago.
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You've got what looks like a year-end balance sheet. It's like memorizing an entire Excel file.
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The mediocre golfer generally is one who is too lazy to play better.
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Sometimes I would want to sink, and then while I was sinking I'd go, "Wait a minute, this isn't what I want to do," and I would calm down while I was sinking and then start rising back to the surface again.
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Courage is very important. Like a muscle, it is strengthened by use.
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The good man is the only excellent musician, because he gives forth a perfect harmony not with a lyre or other instrument but with the whole of his life.
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Why give up before we try Feel the lows before the highs Clip our wings before we fly away I can't say I came prepared I'm suspended in the air Won't you come be in the sky with me.
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Martin's the songwriter, Alan's the good musician, Dave's the vocalist... and I bum around.
