Joe Elliott Quotes
We used to have our own plane with the band's name on the side. It was a dream come true. You drive to a local airport. There's none of this checking in stuff; you just get on the plane.
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I still draw a lot though. Ballpoint pen is my preferred medium.
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I'm great at a deathbed. I've never given tranquillisers or psychiatric medicine. I've given love and fun and creativity and passion and hope, and these things ease suffering.
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Language is the most extraordinary invention in the history of humanity, the one which came before everything and which makes it possible to share everything.
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Scientific progress makes moral progress a necessity; for if man's power is increased, the checks that restrain him from abusing it must be strengthened.
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One definition of noir is where a not-so-good man or woman tries to touch something good - and fails.
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I wasn't a ladies' man.
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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 doubt there's any government in the world that guides itself primarily by strategy or conceptual documents or worldview. Anybody who has the reins of power has to look at practical limitations and tradeoffs - the fact that you can focus at most on one or two things at a time, that resources are limited.
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For everybody that does something bad there's gotta be someone that does something good.
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In many ways, anger is a misdirected plea for love.
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There might be 1 finger on the trigger, but there will be 15 fingers on the safety catch.
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Ugh - I wish I could just sit back and watch TV sometimes.
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Outside of the mindless sitcoms that the networks thrive on, people able to think generally consider most entertainment is escape in one form or another.
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All the old great companies were run by guys who knew what an animator meant, and guys who knew how to draw. All the companies today are run by executives.
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Also, now as a result of that show being on, the cruise industry is just growing all over the place. Princess Cruises, who I now represent, is the fastest growning cruise line in the world.
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Acting, believe it or not, can get very self-involved! I feel fortunate to have been able to work on things with people who have a very specific point of view and perspective, and who feel like they're doing something very active.
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All of our forebears contributed to what South Africa has become. That does not, however, mean that I must apologize to anyone for being born a Zulu, or for having that culture.
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History teaches us, in no mistaken language, how often customs and practices, which were originated without lawful warrant, and opposed to the sound construction of the law, have come to overload and pervert it, as commentators on the text of Holy Scripture have established doctrines wholly at variance with its true spirit.
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I didn't really want to be a teacher, but there was nothing else I could be. Most of those who went to the university became teachers. It was just the racial restriction on Africans.
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If you are passionate about entrepreneurship like I am, you too can instill this passion in your children.
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Anybody down 2-0 going into half-time must be concerned. At the same time I tried my best not to panic, but to look at the changes we need to make to swing the game our way... I came up with four changes and that changed the game tremendously,
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The Clash were innovative, radical and helped drive a change in music that was ground-breaking. In comparison to some of the music today they sounded like they meant it. I still listen to their music today to remind myself what music made with commitment sounds like.
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The producers had seen "In a World..." and that's where they found me out and consequently sought me out for this role [in Man up].
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We used to have our own plane with the band's name on the side. It was a dream come true. You drive to a local airport. There's none of this checking in stuff; you just get on the plane.
