Andy Summers Quotes
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I love being the mayor. I want to be the mayor forever.
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The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those which fail.
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There's nothing that will change someone's moral outlook quicker than cash in large sums.
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People often try to disguise televisions. I always think that makes it worse. It is what it is!
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If you are socially isolated, you are more vulnerable to stereotypes and myths; you won't have the opportunity to have conversations with someone who has a different social background than you.
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I've never been in a relationship before. I've only been in unrequited relationships where people haven't loved me back. I guess I'm a little bit attracted to that in a bad way.
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The 'chinked out' style is a school of hip hop - that's the way I like to think of it - that incorporates Chinese elements and sounds.
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I don't know if I'd say I feel green, but I'm getting to know myself as an actor now in a way that I never did as a kid.
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'Frida' was a joy; this was delicious, I couldn't wait every day to get to the set, although I was exhausted, and have my leg get cut off or lose the baby or be in her shoes and get to play my hero and be able to go places emotionally. You know, we live for parts like this. This is a dream for an actor.
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Society can overlook murder, adultery or swindling; it never forgives preaching of a new gospel.
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People often ask me, was it hard to play this person or that person? Well, no, not really. Acting is what I do. It's my job.
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My art originates from hallucinations only I can see. I translate the hallucinations and obsessional images that plague me into sculptures and paintings.
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Marriage takes work - it doesn't just happen.
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Anywhere in life, for girls there's pressure to keep your weight and to keep yourself feeling and looking good.
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I'm not pretending to be ingenuous; I know what I'm doing.
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I saw Damien Rice in Dublin when I was 13, and that inspired me to want to pursue being a songwriter... I practised relentlessly and started recording my own EPs. At 16, I moved to London and played any gigs I could, selling CDs from my rucksack to fund recording the next, and it snowballed from there.
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Every writer writes in different ways, and so some write the music first, while others write the lyrics first, and some write while they are doing other things, and it is just nice to see how other writers are writing.
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Cosmonauts can keep their word like men and women - particularly women.
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First person narrative is a very effective tool but you have to know as a writer how to make it work.
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I was looking for something to love, for I was in love with loving, and I hated security and a smooth way, free from snares.
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I do my work and do the best I can. I'm quite happy with my anonymity. All I can ever hope for is that I continue to do great work that will be remembered, and I leave my imprint so that my son can say proudly, 'That's my dad!'
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I believe anything has to be possible. You have to be able to face any problem that comes along and unravel it into a solution.
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We don't have real hours and we don't have a boss, so artists create rules for themselves that they then break. It's transgressive in such a personal way.
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I don't like playing standards. I like to do my own cutting edge work.
