Petula Clark Quotes
It was a strange life, I suppose, but it was the only one I’ve ever known. What is a normal childhood anyway?
Quotes to Explore
-
I could be the best looking guy in the Duma, but that's only because all the other guys are over 60.
-
We have been given a role to play. We have been asked to provide, to give lectures on the role of Islamic development and the way we do it here, so the people who are Muslims there would understand what the role of Islam is.
-
When I'm out on the stage, it gives me this rush and anything that's on my mind and everything I'm going through is forgotten about.
-
Having companies like PotashCorp based in Saskatoon or Cameco based in Saskatoon that have worldwide presence but have the head office jobs, the head office managers and head office employees in your local economy are important from a job creation and wealth creation point of view.
-
'Dangerous' is an album that I was very dedicated to. I wanted every song to be a hit.
-
Do you follow American politics? They hate Obama. Hate him. He's a black man. That's what it is: it's racist. This guy is no bleeding-heart liberal. He's a centrist.
-
The history of the music industry is inevitably also the story of the development of technology. From the player piano to the vinyl disc, from reel-to-reel tape to the cassette, from the CD to the digital download, these formats and devices changed not only the way music was consumed, but the very way artists created it.
-
Seeing a catering truck feels like home.
-
After I win a match, I celebrate it by having an ice cream.
-
I started playing piano when I was 6, ukulele at 7.
-
I think black Americans expect too much from individual black Americans in terms of changing the status quo.
-
Who cares about the clouds when we're together? Just sing a song and bring the sunny weather.
-
We have agreed with Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to cease all acts of violence against the Israelis and against the Palestinians wherever they are. Tranquility and quiet that will be witnessed and in our land, starting today, is the beginning for a new era.
-
Each generation of scientists stands upon the shoulders of those who have gone before.
-
I don't really see any barrier between teenage fiction and adult literature.
-
I'm honestly not the kind of person who wants to step up to a podium, test the microphone and be like, 'Hey, I'm homosexual and this is who I am, hear me roar.' That's not who I am.
-
Ain't no place like New Orleans. It's one of kind.
-
I'm usually done with work around 11am, so I have time before I pick the kids up from school.
-
Everyone has a struggle in life, and the question is do you allow yourself to be overcome by it or do you master it with unified strength and power. This is exactly what the music was meant to do, to transend your normal world, to make you more than what you are, to make you set down your burden for a while. Feel powerful, feel invincible, feel indestructible; believe in something as opposed to believing in nothing; spread the sickness, infect the world.
-
If the situation was such that there was only one learned lama or genuine practitioner alive, a person whose death would cause the whole of Tibet to lose all hope of keeping its Buddhist way of life, then it is conceivable that in order to protect that one person it might be justified for one or 10 enemies to be eliminated if there was no other way.
-
With rue my heart is ladenFor golden friends I had,For many a rose-lipt maidenAnd many a lightfoot lad.By brooks too broad for leapingThe lightfoot boys are laid;The rose-lipt girls are sleepingIn fields where roses fade.
-
There is such a thing as legitimate warfare: war has its laws; there are things which may fairly be done, and things which may not be done.
-
It was a strange life, I suppose, but it was the only one I’ve ever known. What is a normal childhood anyway?
