Jeff Lynne Quotes
My Shangri-la has gone away, Faded like the Beatles on Hey Jude She seemed to drift out on the rain That came in somewhere softly from the blue.Jeff Lynne Electric Light Orchestra
Quotes to Explore
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When 'Mulholland Dr.' was voted the Best Film of the Decade, that was very meaningful for me. That film opened up incredible doors for me, and I believe that that was the reason I was given opportunities to play all kinds of characters.
Laura Harring -
I got drunk when I was five. Everybody gets drunk before they're 21.
Fiona Apple -
The thing, when you're down two sets to love, is to stay calm, even though it's hard, because people are freaking out, people are worried for you.
Rafael Nadal -
My primary influences were the best jazz players from the 50's and 60's and later some of the pop people from the same time period along with the better of the well known blues musicians.
Walter Becker China Crisis -
It comes back to the same old question people are always asking me: 'When are you going to do a solo record?' Well, if I did, it would probably be similar to 'Baluchitherium,' meaning it would be Van Halen music - which I write anyway - but without singing.
Eddie Van Halen Van Halen -
I was an escapee of childhood. I always wanted to grow up.
Uma Thurman
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Beer, it's the best damn drink in the world.
Jack Nicholson -
I would probably do anything with David Mamet. He's so great. I just love his writing.
Val Kilmer -
My husband and I were married in May 2007 on a sprawling rent-a-ranch in the Texas Hill Country. On the drive from Houston, we'd stopped off for our marriage license in the former produce aisle of a Winn Dixie-turned-courthouse in San Marcos and from there drove off the grid.
Laura Moser -
Stasis is something that has marked my life since I was a boy growing up in Pittsburgh with my mother. It was the natural state that we existed in. For one thing, she suffered from a debilitating depression throughout my childhood, and depression is nothing if not static.
Said Sayrafiezadeh -
In my eyes, there's no one better than Stevie Wonder. He's a top dude.
Ed Sheeran -
We know what's in our Cheerios and in our retirement accounts because the law requires disclosure.
Barton Gellman
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Harvard was the most intimidating experience. I felt so out of my league there.
Wendy Davis -
You're miserable, edgy and tired. You're in the perfect mood for journalism.
Warren Ellis -
I'm never happier than when I'm not working. The strip is a job - that's why I take money for it. It's a job I'm passionate about, but it's a job I totally leave in the studio when I walk out of here, unless I'm late and I have to work at home. I never think of the strip unless I'm compelled to.
Garry Trudeau -
Because everything we say and do is the length and shadow of our own souls, our influence is determined by the quality of our being.
Dale Turner -
I got the idea that to write books would be the best way to spend a life. I never thought of anything else that seemed like half as much fun, although in my next life I would like to be an architect, too, so I can have an easier time restoring houses.
Frances Mayes -
My parents are pretty good about keeping me humble. They brought me up good.
Taylor Lautner
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The only real failure in life is not to be true to the best one knows.
Buddha -
When you hear the party that glorified Occupy Wall Street blast success; when you hear them minimize the genius of the men and women who make jobs out of nothing, is that what you teach your children about work?
Artur Davis -
A rule against paid fast lanes would encourage additional capacity; a rule permitting paid fast lanes would simply encourage cable companies to create congested slow lanes on the Internet so they could make money by selling fast lanes to big companies.
Marvin Ammori -
Three hundred years ago, during the Age of Enlightenment, the coffee house became the center of innovation.
Peter Diamandis -
Stay away from screens, especially those LED screens. Those blue-light emitting devices fool your brain into thinking that it's still daytime, even though it's night-time and you want to get to sleep.
Matthew Walker -
My Shangri-la has gone away, Faded like the Beatles on Hey Jude She seemed to drift out on the rain That came in somewhere softly from the blue.
Jeff Lynne Electric Light Orchestra