Black Francis Quotes
If I have more creativity that I want to get out of me, I try to find other ways than pursuing solo records so much.
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If there's an opportunity for me to compete at something, I'm there.
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I look for what needs to be done. After all, that's how the universe designs itself.
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I always saw myself as a large stockholder trying to make a difference. I wasn't raiding anybody.
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The strongest institution in the hands of the European Union is the euro.
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The ruling ideas of each age have ever been the ideas of its ruling class.
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The foundation of family - that's where it all begins for me.
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I've fallen over on stage a couple of times, but I've only ever bruised my ego.
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Well, yeah, but I probably wasn't as open about my desperation.
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While on top of Everest, I looked across the valley towards the great peak Makalu and mentally worked out a route about how it could be climbed. It showed me that even though I was standing on top of the world, it wasn't the end of everything. I was still looking beyond to other interesting challenges.
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I have five horses. My first was a professional jumper named Santos. I got him when I was 18.
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College ain't so much where you been as how you talk when you get back.
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I've been in the room or watched artists walk in who don't write, and you can't figure out what they really want.
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It's very important to me that people who are actual chefs and other professionals in the culinary world, understand that I'm not, and have never held myself out as being, like a CIA trained chef.
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Mum's a worrier, she looked after everybody apart from herself - I think it runs in the family.
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I like to roller skate. I have been roller skating since I was eight.
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I didn't even start college until I was 21.
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We are already experiencing the symptoms of climate change, especially with a hotter and drier climate in southern Australia - the rush to construct desalination plants is an expensive testament to that.
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It's like the brooding hen sitting over a china egg.
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I spent my entire experience with Gary on Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy staring at him and not returning any lines because I think he's God. The second time on The Dark Knight Rises I was playing God, so I ignored him. Kicked him a bit, that kind of thing. Gary Oldman is one of my heroes, I did nothing but glean from him.
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Do not waste time bothering whether you ‘love’ your neighbor; act as if you did. As soon as we do this we find one of the great secrets. When you are behaving as if you loved someone, you will presently come to love him.
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I'd love to do historical pictures more, but I don't know if I can.
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Up until age 40, most men are just not as mature as women. So, it makes sense that a lot of women date up in age a bit.
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I think any writer is a fool if he doesn't do it for money. There needs to be some kind of incentive in addition to the project. It all goes together. It's fun to sit there and think of characters and get them into action, then be paid for it.
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If I have more creativity that I want to get out of me, I try to find other ways than pursuing solo records so much.
