Lionel Blue Quotes
For some years I deserted religion in favour of Marxism. The republic of goodness seemed more attainable than the Kingdom of God.
Quotes to Explore
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The army should go back to their assigned duties, and police should take the responsibility of fighting the cartels.
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I have yet to see a drama that puts forward women who are successful and also have a family... they are nearly always seen as victims.
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I recognize myself to be an intensely naive person. Most novelists are, despite frequent pretensions to deep socio-political insight.
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Put variety into your mental bill of fare as well as into your physical. It will pay you rich returns.
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With relationships, I've been through a lot of different situations with different people, and I write about it.
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I have a three-year-old and a four-year-old at home, and my mornings are about just dealing with the fact of that. I oddly enjoy it.
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I try to write relevant songs about life and whatever I'm going through and whatever people are going through.
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I don't think you'll ever get enough picking.
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All of the very important events in my life happen by chance.
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I remember doing a comedy show with Jim Carrey once, and he was out there with his foot behind his neck and rubbing his face with it.
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I'm an interpreter of stories. When I perform it's like sitting down at my piano and telling fairy stories.
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Even if I flop, I still qualified for the Games, and that was my goal. My target was to be at an Olympics for the third time with people I like.
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I was brought up as a normal kid.
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Power has to be insecure to be responsive.
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'South Pacific' - I really learned a lot. I swear I like to say that during 'South Pacific,' I went from being a girl to being a woman.
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If you're a governor of a big state, people sense your presence a little bit, even your fellow governors.
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Deep in the human nature, there is an almost irresistible tendency to concentrate physical and mental energy on attempts at solving problems that seem to be unsolvable. Indeed, for some kinds of active people, only the seemingly unsolvable problems can arouse their interest.
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He who frames the question wins the debate.
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Do stuff that scares you on a regular basis. I think it's good for the body and for the mind.
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My interest in his new toy, the Theremin, isn't very big. It simply does not fit into my way of playing music. I do not want to fiddle around with my hands in the air.
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I learned that the songs that mean the most to me are the songs that I write by myself. While there were people I wrote really well with, particularly Gary Nicholson and Delbert McClinton, and I really enjoyed the experience, I came away from it feeling like I need to write by myself.
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It is not my mode of thought that has caused my misfortunes, but the mode of thought of others.
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For some years I deserted religion in favour of Marxism. The republic of goodness seemed more attainable than the Kingdom of God.
