David Grubbs Quotes
When I read John Cage's book Silence, I was growing up in Louisville, Kentucky. For me, records were a mode of time travel and geographic travel, interfacing with a much larger world. So it seemed antiquated and backwards that Cage would be so down on them.
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I have absolutely no regret about my vote against this war. The same questions remain. The cost in human lives, the cost to our budget, probably 100 billion. We could have probably brought down that statue for a lot less.
Nancy Pelosi
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We all had lots of stories of our sad experiences - they mourned the death of my wife with me - but we were hopeful that the children would return.
Otto Frank
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I come from a wonderful country with wonderful people.
Nadia Comaneci
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Mum's a worrier, she looked after everybody apart from herself - I think it runs in the family.
Gail Porter
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Throughout my career I've played a lot of parts that might've been played by a man. They're human roles rather than specifically men or women. I've never been as hooked into that as a lot of women are, you know, like, 'There aren't enough roles for women.' There aren't necessarily a lot of good roles for anybody.
Edie Falco
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To represent a country, qualify for the World Cup, and get a team to perform at the right moment in time would be great honour for me.
Ottmar Hitzfeld
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People will still give me attention: even when my teeth are gone, I'll have some good stories to tell.
Nargis Fakhri
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I see so much more than I used to see. The effect has been to depress and sadden and hurt me terribly.
Zane Grey
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Me.
Hank Aaron
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Don't hide behind the Constitution or the Bible. If you're against gay marriage, just be honest, put a scarlet 'H' on your shirt, and say, 'I am a homophobe!'
Henry Rollins Black Flag
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Each person's greatest room for growth is in the areas of his or her greatest strength.
Marcus Buckingham
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Libera fortunae mors est; capit omnia tellusquae genuit; caelo tegitur qui non habet urnam.
Lucan
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Nice guys finish last.
Leo Durocher
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Up until the final decade of the nineteenth century, the United States and the United Kingdom did not recognize copyright in each other's creative works.
Matthew Pearl
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The nation can no longer afford to continue policies that hasten the flight of persons to the distant suburbs.
Jane Byrne
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The things a young woman goes through between the ages of 18 and 20 are far different than what a young woman can go through between 20 and 22.
Dolores O'Riordan The Cranberries
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A lot of people in this country right now are living with multiple generations under one roof, struggling to make ends meet.
Martha Plimpton
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I'm not so much of a person for causes, unless I specifically - for instance, if it's my cause, or some poor people's, I'll try to help. But you won't find me playing for any peace candidates - or any candidates.
Leon Russell
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What happens with artists, or people who start off doing things for the right reasons, is that you slowly start to paint yourself into a corner by doing what people outside of the creative world are asking you to do, and I think that's antithetical to being an artist.
Lindsey Buckingham
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As ever in my great Taskmaster's eye.
John Milton
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The spiritual history of the Sixties has yet to be written.
Camille Paglia
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When I read John Cage's book Silence, I was growing up in Louisville, Kentucky. For me, records were a mode of time travel and geographic travel, interfacing with a much larger world. So it seemed antiquated and backwards that Cage would be so down on them.
David Grubbs