Chris Slade (Christopher Slade Rees) Quotes
I come from the showbiz side of things. As I say, my father was a tap dancer. You do everything you can to entertain the public.
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There is no problem that is not improved by effort, and no effort that is too paltry to be worth undertaking.
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When I listen to most forms of music, in their most raw and pure, it all has a punk edge to me, like Lead Belly, Jimmie Rodgers, Otis Redding or Nirvana.
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Arsene Wenger asked me to have a trial with Arsenal when I was 17. I turned it down. Zlatan doesn't do auditions.
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Geniuses are the luckiest of mortals because what they must do is the same as what they most want to do.
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I see there is a lot of behaviour in men's fashion, which is systematic. It's a lot about all these kind of clothes that can be easily combined with each other, and it's less and less, I think, about making a fashion statement.
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The gospel music and doo-wop is what has informed me personally.
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But all that being said about modulation, if you're serving people delicious food, they won't complain.
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By nature and doctrines I am addicted to the habit of discovering choice places wherein to feed.
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The America's Cup is like driving your Lamborghini to the Grand Prix track to watch the charter buses race.
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I don't know if I see myself as an actress for the rest of my life.
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The man who treasures his friends is usually solid gold himself.
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About two-thirds of bachelor's degree holders borrow to go to school, and on average they're graduating with more than $26,000 in debt.
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A place of freedom is the best place to have the most creativity.
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Air America Radio was thinking of hiring me, but they discovered something in my past that didn't sit well with them: radio experience.
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I've been through a lot of stuff.
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In the old days, a TV sync was perceived as not so cool or whittling away at your indie cred. Now it's seen as much more of an opportunity than a sellout, as a way to find fans who wouldn't have ordinarily come across their genre of music.
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Accuracy of language is one of the bulwarks of truth.
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There are a lot of influences from different countries in my music. For example, I chose the guitar in my music, I think that it is a feminine instrument, so when I do not sing, the music expresses my voice.
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I love the fact that everyone's trying to be good-looking in L.A. - then I turn up and I get work.
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Since 2009, 140 Tibetans have immolated themselves to protest Chinese policies that limit their freedom of movement, speech and religion, especially their right to venerate the Dalai Lama.
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You cannot just switch football on and off; it's intense. There were times when I probably shouldn't have got involved in certain things and said certain things, but you feel that sometimes you have to stand up for what you believe. Maybe the supporters looked to me to stand up as well.
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UNUSED LYRIC I’ve never been to Eden But it’s nice I hear tell When I die I’ll go to heaven ’Cause I’ve done my time in hell.
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I come from the showbiz side of things. As I say, my father was a tap dancer. You do everything you can to entertain the public.
