Paul Rodgers Quotes
I look back on the early days of Free with Paul Kossoff with the most fondness of any of my bands, because I met him at a time when I was in London and very hungry, and we believed in each other.
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I was taught from a very early age that I had to work twice as hard to get half as much. That was the world I grew up in - a very strong work ethic.
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Often, a serial killer has no felony record.
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I'm not predicting; I just love playing with superconductors.
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Rarely do we stop and consider whether the most prestigious of institutions is always in our best interest.
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For every reason it's not possible, there are hundreds of people who have faced the same circumstances and succeeded.
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When you're young and queer and closeted, you can end up in this place where you regard your straight peers as the enemy.
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When I had my television show, 'Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters,' it was my high hope to convert people to country music. It is wonderful and contagious!
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Fear is the passion of slaves.
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As an actor, you don't want to play a one-dimensional character.
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I'm fortunate to be famous for two rather imposing characters like Magneto and Gandalf.
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All my life I have fought corruption.
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I have a lot of friends who do what I do. Either they're actresses or singers or things like that.
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If we mean to have heroes, statesmen and philosophers, we should have learned women.
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The hour of the liberal interventionists like Hillary Clinton in Libya, like the neocons' hour of power in the GOP, is over.
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In the real world, immeasurable hurt is caused by terrorists based in Pakistan who attack countries like India.
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I was a theater major at Northwestern University and won a role in a play called 'Mr. Marmalade' after I graduated.
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Intelligent, successful, attractive people can be intimidating. They force us to hold a mirror to ourselves; we can be disappointed, jealous or inspired toward personal growth.
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I love Baltimore and the people who call it home, and I sincerely believe that Maryland's biggest city must serve as the economic and cultural heart of our state.
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No matter how popular you are as a stand-up - you can go out and fill a 10,000-seat arena and be smart and funny - it's delicate to host an awards show and know where your place is and know that it's not about you, that it's about the people who are nominated, and respect that, but at the same time have your moment to show them who you are.
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Never put off until run time what you can do at compile time.
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I don't regard myself as a cracking good climber. I'm just strong in the back. I have a lot of enthusiasm, and I'm good on ice.
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The great and abiding lesson of American history, particularly the cold war, is that the engine of capitalism, the individual, is mightier than any collective.
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I'm crazy about ducks and swans and geese, so I don't eat foie gras. I try to eat organic.
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I look back on the early days of Free with Paul Kossoff with the most fondness of any of my bands, because I met him at a time when I was in London and very hungry, and we believed in each other.
