Michael Stipe (John Michael Stipe) Quotes
There tend to be two different drives that lead young people toward music. One is that music provides an escape; it takes you away from the unhappiness or torture of where you are and makes you feel less alienated-you believe there is a place you fit in somewhere else. The other is a sort of transcendent, spiritual feeling in the purity of music.Michael Stipe R.E.M.
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I think every fight is different based on who is fighting.
Rafael dos Anjos -
In 1949 - my father stayed on in Shanghai after the war. But in 1949, the Communists took over the whole of China, and in fact, my father was caught by the Communists in Shanghai. And he was there for about a year until he was finally able to get out.
J. G. Ballard -
I enjoy Saturday night racing.
Dale Earnhardt -
Let me go to hell, that's all I ask, and go on cursing them there, and them look down and hear me, that might take some of the shine off their bliss.
Samuel Beckett -
All writers are the same - they forget a thousand good reviews and remember one bad one.
Irwin Shaw -
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.
Narendra Modi
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College ain't so much where you been as how you talk when you get back.
Ossie Davis -
I never lose confidence. As soon as you lose confidence, you're done.
Vernon Wells -
Dave thought he was bigger than Van Halen the band. So there was this catfight going on for 10 years.
Gary Cherone Van Halen -
Over the past months and years, divisions have opened up in Malaysian society. Now it is time for all of us, in government and beyond, to put the bitterness behind us.
Najib Razak -
People can be inspired the way I've been inspired by music.
Talib Kweli Black Star -
The crazy thing about the dab is like - dance moves, once you create them, they last forever.
Quavo Migos
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Wait long enough, and people will surprise and impress you.
Randy Pausch -
Any reaction is better than none.
Gavin Rossdale Bush -
Yes, The Persuaders, that was great fun because one of my favourite actors is Roger Moore.
Val Guest -
I suppose being quite young and being thrust quite dramatically into a large public arena skewered my vision of what it means to live and be a part of something.
Orlando Bloom -
So many actors started on soap operas. So yeah, I'd graduated Julliard and done some theater. I've done a few guest spots on TV but nothing that long-term. I did a little 'E.R.' back when it was on, and a pilot for 'Cold Case.'
Finn Wittrock -
Clearly you need a new team to go out to bat on your behalf; to fight for your rights and to report back to you personally and to the leadership of the IFP.
Mangosuthu Buthelezi
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Problems are cured by facing their cause.
Vernon Howard -
I was in Tower Records in San Francisco a few weeks ago, buying some cassettes, and a couple of people recognized me and ran up with albums, and I just wanted to cover my face and have a seizure or something. I want people to just go away.
Christine McVie Fleetwood Mac -
I grew up thinking it was wonderful to be big and strong and to be able to knock down other children in the playground if I needed to. But I never felt the need.
Maeve Binchy -
There tend to be two different drives that lead young people toward music. One is that music provides an escape; it takes you away from the unhappiness or torture of where you are and makes you feel less alienated-you believe there is a place you fit in somewhere else. The other is a sort of transcendent, spiritual feeling in the purity of music.
Michael Stipe R.E.M.