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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I just don't eat too much. That's never been my problem.
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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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You can educate people on how to preempt their own conflict.
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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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Parents spend a lot of time talking over kids. My son went through a vocabulary burst as I was writing 'The Bear.' I thought, 'What if I just stopped and listened?'
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I had an excellent math and physics teacher in high school named T.C. Patel, and in the university, I had truly dedicated professors in both physics and mathematics who gave me a sound foundation with which to pursue graduate studies.
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David Bowie worked with Brian Eno and dressed up in extraordinary clothes, but he was also a brilliant songwriter who captured the thoughts of a generation. He was hugely successful, without compromise.
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Never let yourself get fooled by the same pitcher on the same pitch on the same day.
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Music is a treasure and a love and a delight. It clears people's souls and lifts them high.
