Aretha Franklin Quotes
I've met my share of guys who have insulted and assaulted my intelligence with their stories and games. I say hello and goodbye!
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Playing drums feels like coming home for me. Even during the White Stripes I thought: 'I'll do this for now, but I'm really a drummer.' That's what I'll put on my passport application.
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If I were to try to describe the way in which I write, the only word I would use without qualification is 'slowly.'
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I went to the premier of 'Stardust,' which starred Michelle Pfeiffer. I nearly died when I saw her on the red carpet – she's so beautiful.
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I hope we can keep doing it this way - making music and art that are pure products of our influences while not really having to let the whole celebrity side of it get in the way. Then maybe more virtual bands will come out and do the same thing.
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You've got to be willing to put the time into seeing who's got talent and who's going to do a great job.
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Children in schools need to have something to do with music and learn it the way they do literature, geography and biology.
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On a standard space shuttle crew, two of the astronauts have a test pilot background - the commander and the pilot.
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These rejections hurt me terribly because I felt it was my life that was being rejected.
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Like any actor, I want to be able to have a long career and show different characters and a range.
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In the case of the Analytical Engine, we have undoubtedly to lay out a certain capital of analytical labour in one particular line, but this is in order that the engine may bring us in a much larger return in another line.
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I never ceased to be surprised when southern whites, at their homes or clubs, told racial jokes and spoke so derogatorily of blacks while longtime servants, for whom they quite clearly had some affection, were well within earshot.
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We went from an era when rock 'n' roll meant wearing a bustier as a woman and these spandex things and guys trying to portray someone that wasn't realistic. We are trying to make it seem real... relate to our lives.
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The stadiums are like none I've ever seen. I think there must have been some strong competition nationally between Korea and Japan to make the best facilities because they are very well designed.
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I'm the kind of person who would have liked to have lived at the Plaza. I love crystal chandeliers and gold leaf, velvets and mirrors, Oriental rugs and marble.
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I got rabies shots for biting the head off a bat but that's OK - the bat had to get Ozzy shots.
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Ricky: You are the strangest man alive.
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A man and a woman Are one. A man and a woman and a blackbird Are one.
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My sister called her pillow a pilgo. My brother called his pacifier his nimma. But I don't think I was much of a word generator myself.
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Thanks to Twitter, I learn about the revolutions in the Middle East via Arab activists and writers, not just from American foreign correspondents.
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My father is a college professor and that's about the extent of my college experience. I'm sort of a professional student forever. I think just as human beings we always have a student who is alive in us and is waiting to pop up and make us feel like we are 16 years-old again.
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We're all a piece of the puzzle. It's a weird puzzle and it looks odd, but we all fit in it.
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As far back as I can remember, I am one of those guys that works hard and plays harder. I have to have both.
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I've met my share of guys who have insulted and assaulted my intelligence with their stories and games. I say hello and goodbye!
