Gordon Lightfoot Quotes
The liquor tasted good and here the women all were fast...You can't jump a jet planeLike you can a freight trainSo I'll best be on my wayIn the early morning rainGordon Lightfoot
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I live on the same street as my family, actually. I live across the road. I'm a real family person!
Naomie Harris -
I resent that there is an image of perfection that is getting thinner and thinner. I've got a lovely husband and children, and I didn't lose weight to find those things.
Kate Winslet -
Never have I found the limits of the photographic potential. Every horizon, upon being reached, reveals another beckoning in the distance. Always, I am on the threshold.
W. Eugene Smith -
Save a boyfriend for a rainy day - and another, in case it doesn't rain.
Mae West -
I like children; I like 'em, and I respect 'em. Pretty much all the honest truth-telling there is in the world is done by them.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. -
No one pays me to be nice.
Aaron Allston
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The natural flights of the human mind are not from pleasure to pleasure, but from hope to hope.
Samuel Johnson -
I never, by any regard, ever denied any part of my family roots.
Carlene Carter -
I'm a sucker for any band named after a work of literature. Los de Abajo take their name from Mariano Azuela's famous novel 'The Underdogs,' and that says a lot about who they are and the music they make.
Daniel Alarcon -
I found college useful for a lot of other reasons. It exposed me to a great many influences I wouldn't otherwise have encountered, and gave me a lot of time with some very intelligent people whose thoughts are still with me.
Walter Jon Williams -
We served on the editorial board of a literary monthly called Face in 1968 and 1969. He was a young writer, and I was also interested in broad cultural issues. We agreed on all major issues and became friends.
Vaclav Klaus -
For me, temptation is life and I have a gargantuan appetite for everything.
Felix Dennis
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At home, I dedicate occasional whole days to reading as if I'm a convalescent. The ideal place for this is the bath, where the body floats free. Books go a little wavy, but they're mine, so who cares.
Rachel Kushner -
I want to be a mayor who helped, really helped.
Harold Washington -
The greatest benefit of being a solo performer is that it is seriously frightening, but at the same time very empowering. It's just you and the audience. All the weight is on you to deliver the songs.
Zola Jesus -
Conflict is the beginning of consciousness.
M. Esther Harding -
I sat out a few years because I wasn't really sure what I wanted to do next. So many things were changing in music and in culture, so it seemed like a good time to step back.
Beck -
After all my various relationships I find myself now home alone.
Francesca Annis
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It is smarter to borrow from nature than to reinvent the wheels.
Philip Emeagwali -
I just find all that stuff incredibly funny. I love a fart. I'd do anything for a good poo story.
Phoebe Waller-Bridge -
Physical expression was my first language: Before I was an actor, I was a dancer, an acrobat, a mime and a street performer.
Denis Lavant -
To restore and keep the public's confidence in the integrity of their government, state government and its officials must be open, honest and transparent.
John Lynch -
Much of my high-jinx have been drug-related. When you're under 30, whatever, but once you're past 40 it's just ugly.
Courtney Love -
The liquor tasted good and here the women all were fast...You can't jump a jet planeLike you can a freight trainSo I'll best be on my wayIn the early morning rain
Gordon Lightfoot