Brian Wilson Quotes
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Certainly there are things in life that money can't buy, but it's very funny - Did you ever try buying them without money?
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I've been told I have an aggressive driving style.
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I have played cricket on my own terms.
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The purpose of armed struggle is not simply to kill... its purpose is to reach a political goal.
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Anybody that's been in an election, you're always looking to get the upper hand.
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Now, I don't know how they judge all that, but if anybody in the world deserves to be in the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame, Ritchie Valens does.
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I want to have an impact on my son.
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I think movies lost a lot when they went to stereo and five-track sound.
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Anyone who knows me well will tell you that arrogance is one of my flaws.
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Cricket, the whole thing, playing, watching, being part of the Gaieties, has been a central feature of my life.
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Striving to tell his woes, words would not come; For light cares speak, when mighty griefs are dumb.
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At the age of 16, my father's father dropped dead of a heart attack. And I think it changed the course of his life, and he became fascinated with death. He then became a medical doctor and obviously fought death tooth and nail for his patients.
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If people think I look good, it's the make-up.
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The actors in 'Eight Men Out' really know how to play, and the background athletes are all professionals.
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History rarely repeats itself, but its echoes never go away.
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Training is my drug. I'm going to be the best I can in and out of the water - train right, eat right - and that is the way it should be.
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I tried to use words that were dealing with the emotional quality that any human being could recognize in the way that they felt about their country. It's to do with the world we live in. That world is a brutal one and full of war. It's also full of many wonderful things and love and hope.
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Thirdly, even if we assume that the world is governed by purpose, we need only add that this purpose - or, if there are several, at least one of them - is not especially intent on preventing suffering, whether it is indifferent to suffering or actually rejoices in it.
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There are things I can't force. I must adjust. There are times when the greatest change needed is a change of my viewpoint.
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One day you're racing about the business of life, harried but vital, a part of its machinery. Then gradually but inexorably you are left out, until one day you find the machinery tearing along without you - and nobody even notices.
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From early Colonial days, sex life in America had been based on the custom of men supporting women. That situation reached its heyday in the Twenties when it was easy for any dabbler in stocks to flaunt his manhood by lavishing an unearned income on girls. But with the stock-market crash, men were hard put even to keep their wives, let alone spend money on sex outside the home. The adjustment was much easier on women than on men, who jumped out of windows in droves, whereas I can't recall a single headline that read: KEPT GIRL LEAPS FROM LOVE NEST.
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I think politics today is all about false choices: You can have a robust energy economy and a challenged environment, or a great environment and no economy. That's a false choice. You can do both.
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Seriously, until I was 16 or 17, I didn't care about anything other than ESPN.
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Being single is like liking a Phil Spector record.
