Gavin Rossdale (Gavin McGregor Rossdale) Quotes
There's nothing worse than someone coming up to me and going Oh God, I really love your hair.
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There is a fundamental question we all have to face. How are we to live our lives; by what principles and moral values will we be guided and inspired?
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All men are somewhat ridiculous and grotesque, just because they are men; and in this respect artists might well be regarded as man multiplied by two. So it is, was, and shall be.
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The Koran was revealed at a time of great change in the Arab world, the seventh-century shift from a matriarchal nomadic culture to an urban patriarchal system.
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No one ever tells a story to help you figure out where to go when a door closes on you.
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Hebrew is the language I use to thank the Creator and, also, to swear on the road.
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Sometimes, whether you like it or not, people elevate you. It's real easy to fall.
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Empathy is a virtue, but it should not be a guiding judicial principle.
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I am not gay; I don't have a relationship with Ricky Martin.
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There has been no persecution I have not tasted, no oppression I have not suffered. I neither care for Paradise nor fear Hell. If I see my nation's belief secured, I will not even care about burning in Hell, for while my body is burning, my heart will be as if in a rose garden.
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The Chinese people have been forced to forget the Tiananmen massacre. There has been no public debate about the event, no official apology. The media aren't allowed to mention it. Still today people are being persecuted and imprisoned for disseminating information about it.
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What do I want in a good fantasy book? Court politics and social interactions based around houses and cities. Powerful women and devious men. Drama and action with emotional ramifications. Frocks. Kissing. Swords. An intense impression of history in the world-building.
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I've always thought that we are what we remember, and the less we remember, the less we are.
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Who cares about great marks left behind? We have one life... just one. Our life. We have nothing else.
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Even if I flop, I still qualified for the Games, and that was my goal. My target was to be at an Olympics for the third time with people I like.
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I'm very lucky.
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The first person to promulgate the Golden Rule, which was the bedrock of this empathic spirituality, was Confucius 500 years before Christ.
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AIDS had won gays sympathy; they no longer seemed the privileged brats that the general populace had resented in the 1970s.
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That was my dream, to compete against the best surfers in the best waves. But as a kid, it all seemed so unattainable. It was this big dream, but deep down I never thought it could really happen. But my parents always believed I could do it, and they helped me get through all the stages and take all the right steps.
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I mean no film is beyond criticism, but I think we've made a very modest movie.
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To me, growing old is great. It's the very best thing - considering the alternative.
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My maternal grandmother, Penelope, was a very big figure in my life. She was a child of the Raj, born in India, a debutante who hobnobbed with royals, then married a Canadian, Bill Aitken, who became MP for Bury St Edmunds.
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I think music is the greatest art form that exists, and I think people listen to music for different reasons, and it serves different purposes. Some of it is background music, and some of it is things that might affect a person's day, if not their life, or change an attitude. The best songs are the ones that make you feel something.
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I'd be more than delighted to go find energy in Club Med. But we've tried and did not find it.
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There's nothing worse than someone coming up to me and going Oh God, I really love your hair.
