Bradford Cox Quotes
You think about people like Elvis, Kurt Cobain, or the Beatles, who grew up without privilege and needed a certain validation through peoples' acceptance, or admiration from their peers. And money is part of that, but it always comes too late.
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I don't need to be motivated by anybody. Never have.
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What brought the British to the Gambia in the first place - which was bigger than it is now - was trade in ivory because the Gambia had a lot of elephants. They wiped out all the elephants and ended up selling Africans.
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I play Nitin Sawhney's 'Letting Go' repeatedly, nonstop. I find it transformative. I'm so glad iPods were invented so I didn't have to drive everyone around me mad with the repetition.
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Customers want new things, and the way that they get them isn't written in stone.
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Do you know what I love about hunting? That I am no one in the woods, no one at all. I thought the animals might recognize me, but they didn't. They did not even ask me for any autographs.
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In Iran, people are free to express their views. Every day, some people criticize the policies of the government.
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I can't deal with someone flashy. That's so not me.
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I grew up on 'Battle of the Planets.'
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It seems to many of us that if we are to avoid the eventual catastrophic world conflict, we must strengthen the United Nations as a first step toward a world government patterned after our own government with a legislature, executive and judiciary, and police to enforce its international laws and keep the peace.
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I love New York. Love it.
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Yancy is actually a Native-American name, but I'm Irish. Go figure.
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The 'Outlander' fans are super-passionate.
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Originally, I wanted a pop career and formed a girl-band 'Genie Queen' managed by Andy McClusky from 'Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark', but it didn't work out. My brother John is the talented singer and song-writer with 'The Razz,' while my other brother Sean is a footballer for Telford United.
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Age, like distance lends a double charm.
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I do believe that if you haven't learnt about sadness, you cannot appreciate happiness.
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I was pretty bad. When I first was diagnosed with kidney failure, my function - the function of my kidney was less than 8 percent.
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I just love to work hard.
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I was successful with mediocre material because of a good recording voice that people really liked at that time.
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No other planet in the solar system is a suitable home for human beings; it's this world or nothing. That's a very powerful perception.
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As a pitcher, you can't afford to get too ticked off.
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Now is the accepted time, not tomorrow, not some more convenient season. It is today that our best work can be done and not some future day or future year. It is today that we fit ourselves for the greater usefulness of tomorrow. Today is the seed time, now are the hours of work, and tomorrow comes the harvest and the playtime.
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In economics, hope and faith coexist with great scientific pretension and also a deep desire for respectability.
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San Francisco is the only city in America where marijuana is legal but plastic bags are not.
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You think about people like Elvis, Kurt Cobain, or the Beatles, who grew up without privilege and needed a certain validation through peoples' acceptance, or admiration from their peers. And money is part of that, but it always comes too late.
