Bion of Smyrna Quotes
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The one thing that is sort of sneered at and not really believed is bisexuality. Any bisexual man is just seen as a closeted gay man. That shows how narrow-minded people are. The other thing that's totally neglected and which nobody approves of is celibacy. People again assume that you're just repressing something.
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We've been allowed to operate unmolested on the fringes of the music scene, really. That's where we enjoy it most.
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It seems to me that in literature, books have always been answers to other books.
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I try to shave at night so my skin has a chance to settle by the early morning call-time.
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Facetiousness is allowable when it is the most proper instrument of exposing things apparently base and vile to due contempt.
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A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table, than when his wife talks Greek.
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In the past, people worked together only when some great disaster threatened.
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I'm slammed with an identity that can no longer say a word; mute with responsibility.
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I think that most writers who wait until they're inspired to write are just waiting for the fear to subside.
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Building a baseball team is like building a house. You look for the best architects, the best builders - and then you let them do their jobs.
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I'm always flattered when someone thinks of me as a potential commissioner of baseball.
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I was never for Richard Nixon until Watergate.
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Living in the U.K., there is no way to know whether anyone in India likes my music, but I was surprised to see people singing along while I performed in Pune.
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Belief in the absence of illusions is itself an illusion.
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My mother was born in Wilmington, Delaware. She's a U.S. citizen, so I'm a U.S. citizen.
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I don't have anything against my mom, but my family has no emotional connection to each other.
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The threats to privacy in America – from our own government – seem to never end. Does Congress really think they can just stick an ‘oh-by-the-way’ provision in an obscure piece of legislation directing the FAA to clear the way for 30,000 drones to fly over our neighborhoods, and have no one notice?
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Love can't be pinned down by a definition, and it certainly can't be proved, anymore than anything else important in life can be proved.
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It's very important to be able to distinguish the actors from the characters they play.
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I was definitely inspired by gospel music, or old-school R&B; I got into some Good God gospel compilations.
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Ain't no sense worryin' about the things you got control over, 'cause if you got control over 'em, ain't no sense worryin'. And ain't no sense worryin' about the things you don't got control over, 'cause if you don't got control over 'em, ain't no sense worryin'.
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People who follow all the rules and chase every trend tend to get forgotten - they look great, but they're not as memorable.
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I always wanted to make a children's album because you have the freedom to explore so many wonderful topics and sounds.
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Arrogance is the obstruction of wisdom.
