Rachel Platten Quotes
I'm so grateful that anyone has connected with my songs, let alone millions of people.
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I joined the Army at 19 as a soldier and spent about four and a half years with them. Then I broke my back in a freefall parachuting accident and spent a year in rehabilitation back in the U.K.
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In my town, and especially in my area, there were people from everywhere: Algerians, Senegalese, French people, Asians, all kinds of immigrants and natives, and everyone circulated.
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On a large scale, people aren't going to cut back how much they use. That's a pipe dream. If anything, as the developing world gets richer, the world's going to consume more - more cars, bigger homes, more energy, more water, more food.
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This identity, this mind, this particular cast of speech, is nearly over.
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To the best of my judgment, I have labored for, and not against, the Union. As I have not felt, so I have not expressed any harsh sentiment towards our Southern brethren. I have constantly declared, as I really believed, the only difference between them and us is the difference of circumstances.
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You should only have so many accessories. You have to make sure you have the right ones at the right time.
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When I was in school, there was no such thing as girls' athletics.
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It used to hurt me that people thought I didn't have the technique and the temperament to play Test cricket.
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Being at the Apollo, I was always starstruck.
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The words of truth are always paradoxical.
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Remember this: classics never make a comeback. They wait for that perfect moment to take the spotlight from overdone, tired trends.
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Forethought we may have, undoubtedly, but not foresight.
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I think back to the 1990s, when I joined the Army, and all those peacetime years that we had, thinking, 'Will we ever go into combat?'
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When the word 'morality' comes up in connection with economics, income distribution and financial stability are usually the issues. Is it moral for rich countries to use such a high proportion of the world's resources or for investment bankers to earn large bonuses?
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Everything that has happened to me has been amazing and surprising.
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I had seen birth and death but had thought they were different.
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There was a long time where I was an 'artist' in quotes, who had no money. But I guess back then I also never had a girlfriend.
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I am not a hound; I am an attention-seeker. Very different animal. My kind of attention requires greater finesse.
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I am an advocate of one form of the New Perspective. But there are as many new perspectives as there are people writing about it.
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To tell you the truth, I don't really follow what men wear. Men's fashion is much simpler than women's. It doesn't change as much.
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When the Republicans controlled the House from 1994 -2006, Democrats like Nancy Pelosi, Barney Frank, Henry Waxman Charlie Rangel, John Conyers and Rahm Emanuel weren't saying we need to move right to win. They stuck to their philosophy. And they fought against Reagan and they fought against the Bushes. And eventually they did win.
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Swimming is by far the best tonic I've found for my back. I'm not a good swimmer - I do the breaststroke or elementary backstroke in the slow lane - but when I took a two-week break from swimming I was surprised how much I missed it.
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You can't be responsible for the way people respond to you. You're only responsible for yourself.
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I'm so grateful that anyone has connected with my songs, let alone millions of people.
