Jeff Lynne Quotes
I just want to be in the studio. When you've got all the gear you want in your own house, it's difficult to go out and do something else, you know?
Quotes to Explore
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Sometimes I'd like to play the bad guy and sometimes I'd like to die in a movie.
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I've been noticing gravity since I was very young.
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People always ask me if I'm nervous about the intense sci-fi fans. To me that doesn't seem weird or scary. I get really intense about my favorite sci-fi shows, my favorite shows in general.
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Common man is always benefited by a rate cut.
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I met Gerhard Richter and Alighiero Boetti when I was a teenager, and I was really inspired by them. When Boetti died, I realized I only vaguely remembered so many things he told me. It was such a pity. Had I only recorded his voice, he would still be with me, and I could listen to it from time to time.
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I was trained in classical piano, but it kind of dawned on me that classical pianists compete for six job openings a year, and the rest of us get to play 'Blue Moon' in a hotel lobby.
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It is better to have too much courtesy than too little, provided you are not equally courteous to all, for that would be injustice.
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Let not the 12 million Negroes be ashamed of the fact that they are the grandchildren of slaves. There is dishonor in being slave-owners.
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I looked for the same pitch my whole career, a breaking ball. All of the time. I never worried about the fastball. They couldn't throw it past me, none of them.
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I love horse racing, I play golf, and I love travelling.
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Above all, you must fight conceit, envy, and every kind of ill-feeling in your heart.
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It's helpful to have a handbag that's a bit crazy, or shoes that have kiwis on them or something, because it distracts.
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We are seeing entrepreneurs issuing their own blockchain-based tokens to raise money for their networks, sidestepping the traditional, exclusive world of venture capital altogether. The importance of this cannot be overstated - in this new world, there are no companies, just protocols.
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The interpretation of our reality through patterns not our own, serves only to make us ever more unknown, ever less free, ever more solitary.
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The only thing I can cook is Welsh rarebit.
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I felt fine after 24 hours and asked the state commission to prolong my stay in space to three days. And I carried out the entire schedule. Could I have done that if I had been half-dead?
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My dad was a firefighter for almost 30 years. My mom worked her way up from a secretary to vice president of her own company. They taught me to work hard for everything and take nothing for granted. That's how I play.
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Cancer victims who don't accept their fate, who don't learn to live with it, will only destroy what little time they have left.
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I hope to devote all of my spare time, which ordinarily would go to research, my summers, and every ounce of strength I can muster to further the project.
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I had always suspected that one could build an entire house from what went into the landfill, and, sure enough, it's true.
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People don't believe in positive changes anymore.
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We hold our heads high, despite the price we have paid, because freedom is priceless.
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I've seen some remarkable games, but never anything like that.
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I just want to be in the studio. When you've got all the gear you want in your own house, it's difficult to go out and do something else, you know?
