P. J. Harvey Quotes
I literally left school and went straight into music via art college for a year, and I've been so involved in my job of writing songs that the more actively involved part became channeled into standing on the stage and saying things that way.
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I'm optimistic about people and about the planet and about nature. I think it's resilient, like people are.
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I think if you give in and accept society's stereotypes, then you start thinking, 'I cannot dance till late at night because I'm 70.'
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I find the whole situation of confronting an audience terrifying.
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Law is the essential foundation of stability and order both within societies and in international relations.
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Every city is always changing, on its own trajectory.
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You don't go out and play Beethoven's 'Opus 111' without having rethought about it every time you play.
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I call tennis the McDonald's of sport - you go in, they make a quick buck out of you, and you're out.
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It is easier for a man to be loyal to his club than to his planet; the bylaws are shorter, and he is personally acquainted with the other members.
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I don't read newspapers, and I've said I don't watch the news. I love books, but I don't read much. What I do is I get people to read to me, and I put the stories in my head.
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I work with gold that holds our past and diamonds that see the future and rubies that long for love. It's just a way of telling a story.
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I wasn't a very good student in elementary school and had a hard time with reading and writing.
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Basically, my idea and explorations on fashion have not changed; however, I believe I'm going state-of-the-art on fashion.
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Growing up in Harlem, I had the chance to practice with a Negro League team. At fifteen, I was over six feet tall and a fair athlete, but my skills didn't come close to some of the players I saw.
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I don't like to look typical.
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Democratic societies are unfit for the publication of such thunderous revelations as I am in the habit of making.
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You must enjoy the journey because whether or not you get there, you must have fun on the way.
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You have to stay alert. You've got to keep raising your game.
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Hollywood is wonderful, but it does eat its young.
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Anyone who is interested in the psychology of children will have observed that whereas one child will resist temptation or seduction, another will easily yield to it. There are children who will hardly oppose any resistance to the invitation of an unknown person to follow him; others who react in an opposite way in the same circumstances.
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How can you contribute towards building the Indian society and the Indian nation? No better way than to upgrade the quality of young people in school, particularly the schools which are run by the state government in the villages.
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When I got old enough to go to night clubs to hear that music at the age of 15.
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We did a lot of high school productions. My first was 'Twelfth Night.' I played Viola. We did 'Much Ado About Nothing' and 'Taming of the Shrew,' and a lot of musicals: 'The Wiz,' 'Bye Bye Birdie,' 'Oliver.'
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What the president announced yesterday, is that somehow magically, if we just continue to prime the pump of taxpayer dollars, we're going to see magically an economic recovery.
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I literally left school and went straight into music via art college for a year, and I've been so involved in my job of writing songs that the more actively involved part became channeled into standing on the stage and saying things that way.
