Steve Clark Quotes

We just did what we wanted to do. We never thought, 'Well, punk is fashionable, heavy metal is dated - let's be fashionable, let's be a punk band!'

Steve Clark Def Leppard

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• I just wonder where I was when the talent was being given out, like George Benson, Kenny Burrell, Eric Clapton... oh, there's many more! I wouldn't want to be like them, you understand, but I'd like to be equal, if you will.

  

  B. B. King
  • Want
  • Wonder
  • Talent

• We demand that people should be true to the pictures we have of them, no matter how repulsive those pictures may be: we prefer the true portrait in all its homogeneity, to one with a detail added which refuses to fit in.

  

  Pamela Hansford Johnson
  • People
  • May
  • True

• I want every day to be life for the living, not just traipsing through it existing. I'm just interested in life and the world and exploring.

  

  Queen Latifah
  • Life
  • World
  • Day

• Women can stand a beating except when it is with their own weapons.

  

  Samuel Butler
  • Women
  • Stand
  • Weapons

• When someone has the desire to go to school and has the ability but can't get into our schools, that's wrong. Education drives the economy and the quality of life.

  

  Jack Miller
  • Life
  • School
  • Education

• I like seeing advanced acrobatics, but I also like to see more than tumbling. It's important to combine the artistry of gymnastics with the tough skills. It's called artistic gymnastics. We should stand by the name.

  

  Nadia Comaneci
  • Important
  • Name
  • Tough

• I've always wanted to stay involved with young people. I never bought into the idea that entertainers owe nothing to their audience except a good performance.

  

  Pat Boone
  • People
  • Good
  • Performance

• 'Frida' was a joy; this was delicious, I couldn't wait every day to get to the set, although I was exhausted, and have my leg get cut off or lose the baby or be in her shoes and get to play my hero and be able to go places emotionally. You know, we live for parts like this. This is a dream for an actor.

  

  Salma Hayek
  • Live
  • Dream
  • Day

• I've always had an interest in sports across the board.

  

  Gabrielle Union
  • Always
  • Sports
  • Interest

• The minute I started being recognised, I became much more discreet.

  

  Vincent Cassel
  • Being
  • More
  • Minute

• There is no real agreement among scholars as to whether Homer and Hesiod were contemporaries or whether Homer came a hundred or so years later or earlier. How could there be, given that both poets recited and sang in an oral culture.

  

  Tariq Ali
  • Real
  • Culture
  • Years

• My inspiration is always love and history, and my passion to a fault is craftsmanship and responsibility. Those are the simplest things. It goes beyond jewelry. It's every part of my life.

  

  Waris Ahluwalia
  • Life
  • Love
  • History

• Do not wave stick when trying to catch dog.

  

  Earl Derr Biggers
  • Trying
  • Dog
  • Wave

• I believe that a politician needs to be with people.

  

  Rahul Gandhi
  • People
  • Believe
  • I Believe

• I finally learned from Fred Durst, who is of my generation, that 'selling out' means every ticket at The Forum got sold. I don't think Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera sit there agonizing over their record sales. The term 'sell out' needs to be eradicated from the language, because if you don't 'sell out,' guess what? An asshole will.

  

  Courtney Love
  • Sales
  • Asshole

• We didn't discover online and think, 'Oh, this is really lucrative. We've got to get on board with it.' We've been here since 2003.

  

  Burnie Burns

• India's prosperity is sectioned by geography, such as in Bangalore, where the information technology industry is prominent. Because they have a conduit out of India, competing in the world by the Internet, it's not regulated in corrupt ways, and it is very prosperous.

  

  Clayton Christensen
  • World
  • Technology

• There's a thin line between interesting music and self-indulgence. We crossed it on the Passengers record.

  

  Larry Mullen, Jr. U2
  • Record
  • Line
  • Self-Indulgence

• When I approach a band, I want to respect them and be respectful of their music. I'm not gonna say, 'Look, you guys are real hot, so we'll stick you in the movie, and we'll get it in all these stores and all these stations.' That isn't right.

  

  John Hughes
  • Music
  • Real
  • Movie

• You can always affect things - so can you change it in a way that will make you as happy with it in the future as you were in the past? Maybe it won't be the same, but it might be something else you also like.

  

  Jamie Zawinski
  • Happy
  • Future
  • Past

• During the day extend that attitude to everyone you meet. Practice cherishing the "simplest" person (clerks, attendants, etc) or people you dislike.

  

  Dalai Lama
  • People
  • Practice
  • Attitude

• As women, we understand our bodies, and there's a blossoming that occurs. We're hungry for gourmet meals instead of the fast food. We bring to life a more expansive understanding of life, ourselves, and others. We are more generous and assertive.

  

  Sharon Stone
  • Understanding
  • Body
  • Hungry

• We just did what we wanted to do. We never thought, 'Well, punk is fashionable, heavy metal is dated - let's be fashionable, let's be a punk band!'

  

  Steve Clark Def Leppard
  • Band
  • Wanted
  • Punk