Brian Wilson Quotes
My cousin came over to my house one day just to fool around and we said - he said, some day we should start a rock n' roll group. We could all get together. And I said, I know I guy named Al Jardine who plays bass and could probably sing good. You know. So we went from there.
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Like a cyclone, imperialism spins across the globe; militarism crushes peoples and sucks their blood like a vampire.
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I don't think healthcare's a right. The only right you have is the ability to go out on an even playing field and work, and then purchase health insurance, or whatever it is.
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Life must continue, even with the security situation so bad, because I have ambitions. I love this sport too much.
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Today's designers don't care if fashion has no relationship to human anatomy.
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I worked with the Neville Brothers for 40-some years on the highway, and up and down since I can remember - funk from New Orleans.
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People first concern themselves with meeting their basic needs; only afterwards, do they pursue any higher needs.
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We don't expect every operator to be Christian, but we tell them we do expect them to operate on Christian principles.
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With a popular show, you know that there's expectations there, so that's a little nerve-wracking when you're new and you're just trying to find your legs on something, but it's exciting, too, because that's what we work so hard for.
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If an alien with an accounting degree touched down in America, it might conclude that we're a weird cult that spends 11 months living frugally and four crazy weeks buying tons of stuff we don't need. It wouldn't be entirely wrong, either.
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Life is grim, and we don't have to be grim all the time.
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A jackass can kick a barn down, but it takes a carpenter to build one.
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It's important for people to understand where things come or what they represent.
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My dad said, 'Cam, you can make this situation a dream or you can make this situation a nightmare.' That struck a fire under me. That was my drive.
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The world depends on fungi, because they are major players in the cycling of materials and energy around the world.
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I believe that every person, male and female, needs to be in a protective mode at all times of alertness to potential danger. The world is full of potential attacks, potential disasters.
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It is the quality of our work which will please God and not the quantity.
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Sir Rodin convinced my parents to have me committed; they are all in Paris to arrange it.
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Healing yourself is connected with healing others.
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My life is an awkward visit from the kids table.
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You must be as joyful when you fail again and again as you are joyful when you succeed. It is often when you fail that you move toward the goal without being aware of it. You must feel joy even when you have not fully succeeded but only moved toward achievement of your goal.
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I have not been a good father, but no father has loved his children more. Like my father, I decided the best thing I could do for my kids was work and provide. Fortunately, I've been able to do that. Unfortunately, my work was on the road, and that's meant a life of one-nighters.
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The average person is more interested in their own name than in all the other names in the world put together.
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It's not fair to say that people who work with their head or with their hands ought to pay taxes, but people who earn their living with capital ought not to.
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My cousin came over to my house one day just to fool around and we said - he said, some day we should start a rock n' roll group. We could all get together. And I said, I know I guy named Al Jardine who plays bass and could probably sing good. You know. So we went from there.
