David Rodigan Quotes
Music is a treasure and a love and a delight. It clears people's souls and lifts them high.
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I think my father was somewhat disappointed in not having had a son, and in that way I was the nearest thing he had.
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Possessions. The very word is potent - suggestive as it is of ownership both material and erotic. To possess. Possession. Possessed.
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I needed to purge myself of all the attention my parents had given me – I wasn't neglected enough as a child.
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If you hear me out, I believe you'll discover that what motivates me more than any other issue is the defense of everyone's rights.
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A theory is no more like a fact than a photograph is like a person.
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I simply haven't the nerve to imagine a being, a force, a cause which keeps the planets revolving in their orbits and then suddenly stops in order to give me a bicycle with three speeds.
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I'm all in favour of grand important speeches, but the president then has to link his sermons to a strategy.
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I haven't read enough of the Bible. You know, I'm saving the Bible for if I ever get imprisoned, and the only reading material was the Bible.
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We sat down and read it for the first time and I thanked God under my breath, because they were all so good. And my leading ladies are both exceptional. I mean, everybody in the play. I could just go on all night about them.
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See, the 'On the Road' that came out in 1957 was censored. A lot of the honesty of it, the bitter honesty, is in the original scroll version that came out in 2007 on the 50-year anniversary. Back then, there was so much post-Second World War fear that was imposed on everybody - 'You must live life this way' - and these guys were bored.
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I also find doing the mundane, everyday things in life has a calming, creative influence on me. Some of my best ideas come when I'm vacuuming or waiting in lines.
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I have never thought where I will go, or forced any targets on myself.
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Nullam rem e nihilo gigni divinitus umquam.
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How fit is he to sway That can so well obey ('Horatian Ode,' 83-84),
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Jerry Cantrell talking about Chris Cornell at the press room of the Rock and Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony. YouTube (April 14, 2018).
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Only the force of American arms, or the extremely credible threat of that force, can bring a fresh face to power.
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Some of my favorite memories happened in the 'Boy Meets World' classroom.
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China not only fights for her own independence, but also for the liberation of every oppressed nation. For us, the Atlantic Charter and President Roosevelt's proclamation of the Four Freedoms for all peoples are corner-stones of our fighting faith.
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Our only political stance is this: listen to these teachers.
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I want to take the great tradition of the orchestra within me, to take what the orchestra offers.
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The naturalists of our own time hold equal faith in the wonders of the sea, but seek therein rather for the links of nature's chain than for apparent exceptions.
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I want to take her into my arms and hold her tight. But at the same time, I know that is the exact opposite of what she wants. She wants to be free, and all I want is to hold her tight against me.
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Music is a treasure and a love and a delight. It clears people's souls and lifts them high.
