Ian "Lemmy" Kilmister Quotes
There are a lot of good books around. People don't read any more. It's a sad state of affairs. Reading's the only thing that allows you to use your imagination. When you watch films it's someone else's vision, isn't it?Ian "Lemmy" Kilmister Motörhead
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It sounds kind of stupid, but I've never not wanted to be a musician. It's been inside me since I was little so I don't know what else I would do.
Zola Jesus -
It's no longer a question of staying healthy. It's a question of finding a sickness you like.
Jackie Mason -
Smaller wrestlers are built for more exciting matches.
Daniel Bryan -
There are two books that I often travel with; one is 'The Theory on Moral Sentiments' by Adam Smith. The other is 'The Meditations.' It's not that I agree with either views expressed in the books, but I believe ideas and thoughts of older generations can offer food for thought for the current generation.
Wen Jiabao -
The first thing I read was of my character on the phone talking to Sydney's fiance. Though short, it was so beautifully written, and it made me laugh. I thought if I wanted to play a character, this would be it.
Victor Garber -
With its imagination and large sales, Apple has become the world's most valuable IT company. However people are starting to have doubts regarding Apple's silence on heavy metal pollution problems.
Ma Jun
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The nature of creativity is to make space for things to happen... We can drive it out with our busyness and plans.
Iain McGilchrist -
Online hierarchies are inherently dynamic. The moment someone stops adding value to the community, his influence starts to wane.
Gary Hamel -
I mean, if you're proud of what you've done when you've served in the military, well then we call that bragging. And if you are unhappy about what happened, we call that complaining. And so what are you going to do?
Karl Marlantes -
Stealing is stealing. I don't care if it's on the Internet or you're breaking into a warehouse somewhere - it's theft.
Patrick Leahy -
Many people in the West do not realise how oppressive some Muslim states are - both for men and for women. This is a cultural issue, not an Islamic one.
Hamza Yusuf -
Sometimes, success almost haunts you. You want to be the best at everything you do and know you have to work hard.
Katarina Witt
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Journalists ask me, 'Why don't you ever talk about sex in your performances?' True, I don't talk about sex – not in my personal life and not in my professional life. This is modesty.
Gad Elmaleh -
I was born in Bangkok in 1968 and grew up in Southeast Asia with my Thai mom and my American father, who first came to the region to fight in Vietnam and stayed to work assisting refugees.
Tammy Duckworth -
They love putting me in the 'indie queen' box. I had some high standards in my 20s that I don't have anymore.
Parker Posey -
Hugh Jackman is just the nicest person in the world. I know everybody says that, and it's almost boring to hear, but he is really, really perfect.
Tao Okamoto -
The free man must be born before freedom can be won, and the brotherly man must be born before full brotherhood can be won. It will come into being only if we build it out of our very muscle and bone - by trying to act it out.
Barbara Deming -
At the Big Bad Lab, we build participatory art and media platforms for causes, communities and organizations we care about.
Cameron Russell
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To renounce progress is as silly as to renounce the Earth's force of gravitation.
Nikolay Chernyshevsky -
People are meant to be certain places, and I think I'm meant to be on a sound stage doing situation comedy.
Bob Newhart -
I learned my lesson early in my career that it's not helpful to go and look at what other people's opinions are.
Jenny Slate -
Going in, I knew I wasn't one of the top ones, because I didn't even make the pre-season All-American team. That shows you what people thought of me right there, so I knew I had to go to work.
Marcus Allen -
I always think I'm feeling it, but unfortunately I haven't had too many great shooting nights this season. But I just kept hanging in there. It's a huge win for us.
Austin Ainge -
There are a lot of good books around. People don't read any more. It's a sad state of affairs. Reading's the only thing that allows you to use your imagination. When you watch films it's someone else's vision, isn't it?
Ian "Lemmy" Kilmister Motörhead