Billy Cobham Quotes
If the situation presents itself, I'm always going to play as if I want the job. You either play, or get played out.
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For women in, say, Alabama, 'feminism' is a dirty word. They would never march in the streets. But although they don't think of themselves as the beneficiaries of feminism, they are.
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I've always said I wanted to play in England. There was a struggle between Chelsea and United, but according to me, Chelsea has the best project.
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I think the new generation is much more demanding about respect for the environment than we have ever imagined.
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I just always wanted to be left alone to go into a creative space.
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My parents would have loved it if my brother or I had become a doctor or lawyer.
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Considering retirement is like skirting with the reality of what's to come, and I think that's why so many athletes decide to do more introspection at that point.
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By placing discretion in the hands of an official to grant or deny a license, such a statute creates a threat of censorship that by its very existence chills free speech.
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I am Lebanese, and I know the interests of my country.
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No Arab ruler will consider the peace process seriously so long as he is able to toy with the idea of achieving more by the way of violence.
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I grew up thinking that singing was my security.
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Transient bodies are only subject to destruction through their substance and not through their form, nor can the essence of their form be destroyed; in this respect, they are permanent.
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Kansas is great - and great for America, when, more and more, we honor every human life everywhere.
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The corporations are shoving just the worst music down everybody's throats, and I think the result of that is that nobody has any taste. They have no bar as to what is good.
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The real lover of cats is one who demands a clearer adjustment to the universe than ordinary household platitudes provide; one who refuses to swallow the sentimental notion that all good people love dogs, children, and horses while all bad people dislike and are disliked by such.
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I remember very well, when I was at Oxford, an old gentleman said to me, 'Young man, ply your book diligently now, and acquire a stock of knowledge; for when years come upon you, you will find that poring upon books will be but an irksome task.'
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It's good to be sexy, but when that's all they can see - no.
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The reality is, we don’t want our kids to be smart. We want them to be like us. Only more so.
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somos todos mortales hasta el primer beso y el segundo vaso
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I don't think if you asked any of my childhood friends they would say that I had a weird childhood; they might say there weren't a lot of regular rules, the conversations in the house were always very open, dreams were a great thing to talk about, everybody was making something all the time.
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The steam of meat darkens the light of the spirit...One hardly can have virtue when one enjoys meat meals and feasts.
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Of course, it's a great joy to be able to perform. And that love affair with an audience, where you give love and they give love back – it's a romantic situation.
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Satire is a form of social control, it's what you do. It's not personal. It's a job.
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If the situation presents itself, I'm always going to play as if I want the job. You either play, or get played out.
