Alison Jackson Quotes
A lot of people who look at my photographs think it is an easy joke, but it does take a bit of thinking about.
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I think downloading is both saving and killing the music industry at the same time.
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Irrespective of any political party, I am a supporter of good people who want to do something for the society.
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I attended the bedside of a friend who was dying in a Dublin hospital. She lived her last hours in a public ward with a television blaring out a football match, all but drowning our final conversation.
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I always start the day by washing my face and moisturizing.
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For the most part, I don't have a Facebook page; I don't Twitter.
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I don't want to get too philosophical, but in a sense, you're given this gift, this sort of creative force in you, and I think everyone has it, and it's completely unique to you. And you as a person have a little bit of a responsibility as its shepherd if you choose to incorporate that into your life.
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I didn't have traditional stage fright. If there was 500 people in the audience or three people in the audience, it didn't really make a difference. What made a difference was the conductor. Everything that I was scared about as a drummer was him.
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I used to think I had ambition... but now I'm not so sure. It may have been only discontent. They're easily confused.
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I love the Royal Family. The Queen, she's fabulous.
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World War II has always been of great interest to me. I've known for decades that it was just one more war the politicians suckered us into.
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I wouldn't let a biopic be made on me. That's because I don't believe in them. I don't like them.
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I just wanted to rollerblade at Union Square.
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I go back and forth between indie and studio because I feel like it, not because I feel obligated to do one or the other.
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Your focus should be on creating an environment where growth can occur and then letting nature take its course.
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The more research you do, the more at ease you are in the world you're writing about. It doesn't encumber you, it makes you free.
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It's a shallow life that doesn't give a person a few scars.
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I find celebrity really scary.
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The extras are a nice bonus feature, but the main incentive is the musical experience.
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This job certainly doesn't win you a huge amount of friends, I accept that, but it is very enjoyable, and deep down I think it's probably quite a worthwhile job.
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I love things that have one foot in history - I was going to be a history professor before I sold out and went into TV.
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When you sit down and play your music for someone you respect, you get that feeling in your stomach of like: 'Oh my God...' You know if it's not great because you start to feel sick.
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Trump is larger than life.
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Our lives are now in a telephone, all our data, all our finances, all our personal information, and so it's proper that we have some constraints on that. But it's not going to be 100 percent. If it is 100 percent, then we're not going to be able to protect ourselves and our societies from some people who are trying to hurt us.
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A lot of people who look at my photographs think it is an easy joke, but it does take a bit of thinking about.
