Ronnie Wood Quotes
All my family back to the 1700s were water Gypsies. My brothers and me, we were the first ones to be born on dry land. All the rest of them were born on barges in the canals.
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I'm not shy or reclusive. I just spend my time with people rather than journalists.
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I think you have to keep a childlike quality to play music or make a record.
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Corporations take the humanity out of trade - they take the happiness out and replace it with something that is ugly.
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People don't like to vote against something that's so incredibly popular.
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I have this kind of mild nice-guy exterior, but inside my heart is like a steel trap.
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When you're a war correspondent, the reader is for you because the reader is saying, 'Gee, I wouldn't want to be doing that.' They're on your side.
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When I arrived to study at Oxford in October 1963, the bohemian style was black plastic or leather jackets for women and black leather or navy donkey jackets for men. I stuck to cavalry twills and a duffle coat, at least for a few months.
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One thing is clear to me: We, as human beings, must be willing to accept people who are different from ourselves.
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Like most of those who study history, he (Napoleon III) learned from the mistakes of the past how to make new ones.
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Being Jewish is a big part of my artistic sensibility and my humor... I think it gives me a certain take on the world on a literary level.
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I am an earnest advocate of manual training and trade teaching for black boys, and for white boys, too.
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All issues are women's issues - and there are several that are just women's business.
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My father was never around, and my mother used to worry that the kids won't grow up to be connected to him.
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When you sample something, you're using the crutch of borrowing chords and melodies from a song that's already great, that's already stood the test of time, that's already special. When you're trying to do it all from scratch, you're writing something brand new that has to stand on its own.
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Science must begin with myths, and with the criticism of myths.
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When you do something with a lot of honesty, appetite and commitment, the input reflects in the output.
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One individual can begin a movement that turns the tide of history. Martin Luther King in the civil rights movement, Mohandas Ganhi in India, Nelson Mandela in South Africa are examples of people standing up with courage and non-violence to bring about needed changes.
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Ultimately, education in its real sense is the pursuit of truth. It is an endless journey through knowledge and enlightenment.
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'Independence Day,' ever since we did it, there's been enormous pressure to follow it up.
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Art and works of art do not make an artist; sense and enthusiasm and instinct do.
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And as a Member of this body, I believe firmly that States do have rights, and I believe that local communities have rights, and they have made decisions to allow these businesses to prosper as they are a big part of their economy.
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My parents have been very supportive, in fact, it was my mother who identified that what I was going through was actually depression. My family and friends never let me feel as if something was wrong with me. They made me feel that what I was going through was okay. They supported my decision to take medication for depression.
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I work with structure, but I go outside the box and give it my own spin. I adore the challenge of creating truly modern clothes - where a woman's personality and sense of style are realized.
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All my family back to the 1700s were water Gypsies. My brothers and me, we were the first ones to be born on dry land. All the rest of them were born on barges in the canals.
