Barry Gibb Quotes
When you write a song you have an idea of how it should be sung but it doesn't work out that way if someone else records it.
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I have received the greatest honor in my life - and the greatest surprise. Never did I dream that the Nobel Prize could be awarded for the reciprocal relations.
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I love being the mayor. I want to be the mayor forever.
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Los Angeles is a city known as much for it's sun as for its stars and it's dirty air.
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I need a hobby, and I don't want it to be basketball. I want it to be music. So to get away from music, I do other music.
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I think most families have a few secrets or some strange aspect to their history. We're all fascinated by family dynamics, but I'd much rather sit in an audience and watch someone else's problems!
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Despite the obvious benefits, many Americans do not like Texas. Some even say they despise Texas, and make no secret of their feelings.
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One thing about playing the real jazz is that you can't count it.
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I don't pretend to be anything but an actor and a writer.
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For almost a century since 1918, the centralised nation-state has been the world's default political form. Its various experiments in industrialisation, urbanisation, mass literacy and consumerism have brought more people into public life.
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I love the ubiquitous idly-dosa combination. In fact, that was my pet name as a kid! In school, I would bug the canteen boys to get me my daily quota of idly!
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A dinner invitation, once accepted, is a sacred obligation. If you die before the dinner takes place, your executor must attend.
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Most of the tasks we do are for humans. For example, a tax calculation is counting numbers so the government can pull money out from my wallet, but government consists of humans.
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I'm lucky in some ways in that I really don't need more than five or so hours of sleep.
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I only know that I fired twice, or perhaps several times, without knowing whether I had hit or missed.
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I can't touch Simon anymore.
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All my fiction starts from a feeling of unique perception, the pressure of a secret, a story that needs to be told.
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Drama happens in big cricket matches. But also in small cricket matches.
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I'm a terrific mimic, and you can feel my funny bone.
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Every time I work on something, fun comes first. Whatever it is I think if you have fun doing it, the other things will follow. Albums sales or ranking on charts aren't important.
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It's great when people appreciate your work, but I don't know how seriously to take it. The amazing thing is that I found something so early that I can support myself doing, and that can even be extremely lucrative, but I love it either way.
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The man who does more than he is paid for will soon be paid for more than he does.
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The past has a way of catching up with you.
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When you write a song you have an idea of how it should be sung but it doesn't work out that way if someone else records it.
