Derrick Bostrom Quotes
Now that the fair is moving on and the Puppets are off to the next gig, I wanted to thank everyone for the nice wishes, both from the social media and from those of you I saw in person Thursday night.
Quotes to Explore
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You hear about bands who say, "We did one show where only 20 people showed up", well that was our average gig for five years.
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For what God gives I thank indeed; What He withholds I do not need.
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People come up to me and they thank me: 'I thank you for the many, many hours of laughter.'
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There is no better way to thank God for your sight than by giving a helping hand to someone in the dark.
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Well, there's not a day goes by when I don't get up and say thank you to somebody.
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[at soundcheck in an empty hall] Good Evening Kreuth, thank you for coming so much...
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Thank you for standing strong together, and for keeping your faith in this institution that means so much to all of us.
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I saw my first gig here actually (Festival Hall in Brisbane) Duran Duran.
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I was walking across King's Cross station when a drunken Irishman came stumbling up and flung his arms around me. He wanted to thank me for the peace process in Northern Ireland.
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My mother and father definitely encouraged me. People used to tell my mom that I should be in commercials, and then everything kicked off from there, and my first gig was some print work.
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I'm just naturally quite toned. My dad was like a body builder, so I've got my dad's body. Not all of it, thank God.
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My very first gig was with the Sex Pistols, and it was also our first-ever gig. It was a very short set, and it was at Saint Martins College of Art in 1975. We were opening up for a band called Bazooka Joe, and their bass player at the time was Adam Ant, who went on to form Adam and the Ants.
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When I was nearly twelve years old, my kind mistress sickened and died.
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I had a very strong feeling about the Vietnam War, and I had a strong feeling about participating in it. The military draft was in place, I was summoned for a physical exam, and I was either going to be classified as fit for military service or make my objection to it. So I made my objection to it.
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Courage - you develop courage by doing small things like just as if you wouldn't want to pick up a 100-pound weight without preparing yourself.
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Maybe there's a different story when it comes to hip-hop or different genres, but as far as rock music goes, I think there is a sort of fear of saying things people might be apt to criticize. Our band is the opposite of that.
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Though representatives of many ethnic groups came together in the United States, English became their common language. Apparently, this was a natural choice. One can imagine what would have happened if members of each nation moving to the U.S. had spoken only their own tongues and refused to learn English.
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Now when I'm not working, I don't really hang out with the young comics.
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You can't realise love or yourself until you are still enough to drop down through the restlessness and frustrations into that deeper level of your being.
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Now that the fair is moving on and the Puppets are off to the next gig, I wanted to thank everyone for the nice wishes, both from the social media and from those of you I saw in person Thursday night.
