Kevin Ayers Quotes
England is so defined, the class system, your education. I think what was unique about the Canterbury scene.
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My interior is very, very dense - Proustian-looking, sort of Henry James. The walls are covered in pictures, and I transformed the big drawing room into a library lined with books.
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When you look at the roles I've done and the roles coming up, they're all strong. I guess I'm more drawn to that than that kind of submissive role females can be categorised as.
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I've always liked working really hard and then doing nothing in particular. So, consequently, I didn't overexpose myself; I guess I maintained a kind of mystery. I wasn't ambitious.
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I've found a letter that was written to me from a girl who was getting married. And she wanted to know the secret of a happy marriage. I said - and I wrote back and said something to the effect that I couldn't - I had no magic formula. And I never sat down and thought about it, but everything just fell into place with Ronnie and me.
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When I told the people of Northern Ireland that I was an atheist, a woman in the audience stood up and said, 'Yes, but is it the God of the Catholics or the God of the Protestants in whom you don't believe?
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I live with my family. I moved to L.A. eight years ago, and it's the same room. But I'm looking now. I might get a condo.
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Here in Indiana and in many states throughout the union, we rely on coal to power our homes and provide good-paying middle class jobs - like the one my family relied on when I was a kid. The coal mine helped put food on our table and helped me pursue an education and realize the American Dream.
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I don't think anything I've written has been done in under six or eight drafts. Usually it takes me a few years to write a book. 'World's Fair' was an exception. It seemed to be a particularly fluent book as it came. I did it in seven months. I think what happened in that case is that God gave me a bonus book.
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My journey has been that of a character actor.
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I still owe a duty of loyalty to my clients and former clients, so I cannot specify which clients I did not especially find congenial, but the cause was the same.
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It was only after the Grimms published two editions primarily for adults that they changed their attitude and decided to produce a shorter edition for middle-class families. This led to Wilhelm's editing and censoring many of the tales.
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I enjoy directing more when I don't have to direct myself. I like when I can just be the director.
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The U.S., especially Hollywood, is so strong for film production.
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First and foremost, I feel very lucky to have the family I have, so I would like my family to stay happy and healthy.
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The hateful thing about most hotels nowadays is that they only have duvets. I hate duvets.
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I wouldn't trade or change a thing, and I've had some hard times.
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I know more than anyone the divergent views about my father.
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St. Elsewhere was certainly a great show.
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A feeling of alienation existed in India about life in Pakistan because most of what was known was negative. So, everyone used to believe things in our country are always bad, and we don't lead a happy life. But this has changed to some extent. After watching our dramas, people now know that we lead our lives similar to the way they live.
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In my own research when I'm working with equations, I never feel like I really understand what I'm doing if I'm solely relying on the mathematics for my understanding. I need to have a visual picture in my mind. I'm constantly translating from the math to some intuitive mind's-eye picture.
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In reality there is no such thing as an inflation of prices, relatively to gold. There is such a thing as a depreciated paper currency.
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England is so defined, the class system, your education. I think what was unique about the Canterbury scene.
