Andy Rourke Quotes
It was strange: I never had an interest in school because from an early age I knew the only thing I wanted to do was to play music! So I didn't feel so bad not going into school when I was supposed to be there - why do I need Latin, geography, physical education, etc., and to get beaten on a daily basis?
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I can easily hold two opposing beliefs at the same time without any problem, which I find - well, mind-expanding, really.
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I had been playing really interesting roles before I got great roles. Little ones - 'The Crying Game' I loved working on, and then 'Bird,' 'Ghost Dog,' so many films.
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I've been accused of having very long ingredient lists, and I guess there's some truth in that.
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The struggle to get weapons is continuous, but the United States will aid us, if it finds Israel displaying a willingness for peace.
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I didn't want to set up a women's studies program. I thought women should learn to operate in a coeducational atmosphere, because, especially in national security and international affairs, it's male-dominated.
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Who are we? We find that we live on an insignificant planet of a humdrum star lost in a galaxy tucked away in some forgotten corner of a universe in which there are far more galaxies than people.
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It may not always be easy, convenient, or politically correct to stand for truth and right, but it is the right thing to do. Always.
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I love, personally, the experience of going to the theater, going to the cinema.
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At night, I love dressing up. I love putting on an outfit.
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Like some high official, you have to tell your brain: 'Do it. Come on. I have to do it.'
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I haven't been to a movie since somebody gave me free tickets to Star Wars, which I went to.
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Let blockheads read what blockheads wrote.
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At times one feels that what is being said in the West is that the fact that you are a Muslim predisposes you to this blind, stupid terrorism.
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I've probably read more bad science fiction than anyone else alive. But I've also read more good science fiction than anyone else alive.
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At the height of the British Empire very few English novels were written that dealt with British power. It's extraordinary that at the moment in which England was the global superpower the subject of British power appeared not to interest most writers.
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When it is a question of God's almighty Spirit, never say, 'I can't.'
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I always try not to overload my music with orchestration and to use only those instruments that are absolutely necessary.
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I'm younger than Rod Stewart and Bruce Springsteen, but I'm still getting up there in age.
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I usually describe myself as an engineer; that's basically what I've been doing since I was a kid.
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Men exist for the sake of one another. Teach them then or bear with them. (Long translation)
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Many creative people have a certain degree of dissatisfaction with the status quo, the established way. If you look at things differently, you are thought of as 'different.' In turn, 'different' people are thought to be 'mad.'
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I heard he was a terrible student, terrible. How does a bad student go to Columbia and then to Harvard? I'm thinking about it, I'm certainly looking into it. Let him show his records.
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It was strange: I never had an interest in school because from an early age I knew the only thing I wanted to do was to play music! So I didn't feel so bad not going into school when I was supposed to be there - why do I need Latin, geography, physical education, etc., and to get beaten on a daily basis?
