Paul Rodgers Quotes
I didn't really like the '80s, to be honest with you. There was some good music that came out, but it went a bit disco for me.
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Every great work of art has two faces, one toward its own time and one toward the future, toward eternity.
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America tends to worship the modest talent because it doesn't put us in an uncomfortable position vis-a-vis the artist.
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There's a long tradition of black folks pleading with white people. It's a tradition that emerges from political necessity, so I get it; I'm just not very interested in it.
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Everything is global now. It's not London, it's not Spain, it's not Italy - everything is everywhere. So you have to be everywhere, I guess.
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I remember a tour where we played 50 cities in 56 days. We also went to Europe a couple of times.
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I never thought I wouldn't succeed. Not because I thought I was good-looking - I just thought I would make it.
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Tone is somewhat totalising in that, once I locate it, it tells me what kind of syntax to use, what word choices to make, how much white space to leave on the page, what sentence length, what the rhythmic patterning will be. If I can't find the tone, I sometimes try narrating through the point of view of someone else.
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I was interested in implements of mass destruction - from an academic point of view.
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On paper I would be a rather bold individual in our culture.
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The progress of India is the destiny of one-sixth of humanity. And it will also mean a world more confident of its prosperity and more secure about its future.
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I'm a 'Blackadder' girl.
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Everything comes to us that belongs to us if we create the capacity to receive it.
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I never really did any disco dancing.
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Economics has paid a terrible price for its dalliances with the Keynesian and neoclassical theories.
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Progress in civilization has been accompanied by progress in cookery.
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I don't know how often I can discuss one incident in my entire life, but I'll continue to do that.
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The idea that I could push the envelope using dedication and research and endless curiosity has propelled me in my life's work.
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The taste of any simple tomato-based salad is dependent on the quality of the tomatoes.
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Everyone in this house and the houses next door knows when I'm in the sauna because I start singing, and I sing the blues when I'm in a really good mood. I have a really loud voice, you know.
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This, I thought, is what is meant by 'thy will be done' in the Lord's Prayer, which I had prayed time and again without thinking about it. It means that your will and God's will may not be the same. It means there's a good possibility that you won't get what you pray for. It means that in spite of your prayers you are going to suffer.
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I'm definitely nostalgic about the music of my youth; The Clash and Fishbone and that whole music scene. I still have all that music to this day. There was some great music going on in the late 70s and 80s.
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I have not taken inspiration from the fashion shows. I don't even really go to too many of the fashion shows - and have not for 15 years - because I don't want to be inspired by the same things as everyone else. If everyone is inspired by the same things, then of course, you all do the same pictures.
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We slept almost all the way through the third quarter. We're just not able to play a full game.
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I didn't really like the '80s, to be honest with you. There was some good music that came out, but it went a bit disco for me.
