Kevin Ayers Quotes
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You know Texas is - even more now that Enron has bit the dust - it's held up on the back of small businesses.
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I've always loved to dress up a bit and show off.
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I was just taking pictures to see what they looked like. Just for the fun of it. It wasn't about anything in some cases. Some of them were just about the joy of opening up an aperture and seeing what shows up.
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I'm sort of contrary and stubborn sometimes. When everybody says, 'You have to read this book! You have to read this book!' I'm like 'Oh, I'll get around to it.'
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Empathy is really the opposite of spiritual meanness. It's the capacity to understand that every war is both won and lost. And that someone else's pain is as meaningful as your own.
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I think God gave us senses of humor, and we should use them.
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Fame can be annoying, but there are perks too.
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I never want to be anywhere else than in the rehearsal room. I mean, it's so lame to say, but it makes me supremely happy to work with people and to talk and invent and laugh.
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Just try to get the puck and make plays, not so much worry about scoring or getting an assist or points, just try to get it and make plays. That should take care of itself.
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I thought I had the rights to The Lord of the Rings. I don't know how Jackson ended up with the rights.
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When I write, I get glimpses into future novels.
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Even today, I frequently meet scientists who, outside their own narrow discipline, are superstitious.
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We interpret our agreement with the IMF - our participation in the IMF's system of cooperation - as a borrowing agreement. The IMF sees it as an economic policy agreement. This is not in our interest.
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I never wanted a big wedding. I never wanted to wear a white dress or throw a bouquet.
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E. Klimov's 'Come and See,' about partisans fighting the Germans in Byelorussia, is the greatest anti-war film ever made.
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I am a compulsive and concise shopper.
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Acquaintances we meet, enjoy, and can easily leave behind; but friendship grows deep roots.
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I think Russian people are learning that democracy is not an alien thing; it's not a western invention.
Garry Kasparov
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You get so brainwashed. You're on the road 300 days a year, and that's why guys get so messed up. This life becomes a part of them. It's not real, but some guys who are still in the business think it is.
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You can't realize your dreams unless you have one to begin with.
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There are some things I don't like, about which I think, well, that's me. But coriander is a giant hoax perpetrated by a perverted society.
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The efficient use of energy is as much an issue for Saudi Arabia, with its huge natural resources, as it is for all countries. Increased efficiency makes sense environmentally, but also economically.
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If I am not in love, nothing is meaningful to me. I have no energy.
