J. B. Priestley Quotes
The more we elaborate our means of communication, the less we communicate.
J. B. Priestley
Quotes to Explore
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People always want to doubt you.
Zendaya
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I don't ever have the pressure of making a hit, because I've never had a hit song, per se. The closest thing to a hit song was 'Shiraz,' and it's not your prototypical hit song, with a catchy hook and all this other stuff.
Action Bronson
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Rowing provided a place to go, a community where people cared about what I did and what I achieved.
Nancy Greene
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I'm writing in English; I'm writing for a Western audience, but the people I'm surrounded by in my daily life are mostly non-white.
G. Willow Wilson
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You can be a rapper born and raised in go-go music, violence, drugs, crack, Reagonomics, and still, if you hear 'Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go,' you're going to find a way to hum along. Guilty pleasures? It don't matter. Sue me - I like the song. To dance to it is another matter.
Wale
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It was kind of easier for me to do records that didn't take a year or two years of my life to write and to make.
K. D. Lang
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When they talk to me, people say, 'I didn't expect you to be how you are.'
Wayne Rooney
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When asked to make the formal declaration that I did not intend to overthrow the Constitution of the United States, I was fool enough to reply that I had no such purpose, but that were I to do it by mistake I should be inexpressibly contrite.
Peter Medawar
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I'm not a comedian so I'll probably get crucified for saying this, but I think with a lot of comedy the impetus behind it is: I've been rejected so many times and I'm bitter and now I'm going to talk about it.
Justin Timberlake
NSYNC
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Film can be exciting, but more often, it's tedious.
Mara Wilson
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For thirty years, we’ve been saying “more cops, more prisons, tougher laws.” Not only hasn’t it really worked in terms of crime, but beyond that the fallout has been so significant.
Eugene Puryear
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The more we elaborate our means of communication, the less we communicate.
J. B. Priestley