Pauline Matthews (Kiki Dee) Quotes
I've got my mother's acceptance of things and my dad's drive - not such a bad combination.
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While I recognize the necessity for a basis of observed reality... true art lies in a reality that is felt.
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I don't really love to perform in music. Some people like it more, but it's not my thing so much, but just the writing, when you get the lyric, and the lyric just goes just the right way, or you find the right bridge that takes you to the solo, and those moments are tremendous, and it's difficult to portray.
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If monarchy is corrupting - and it is - wait till you see what overt empire does to us.
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People sometimes recognize me here, but they are very nice.
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Ten men waiting for me at the door? Send one of them home, I'm tired.
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I hope that people look at my whole career and appreciate that I've given everything that I've got.
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Where the roots of private virtue are diseased, the fruit of public probity cannot but be corrupt.
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I hope to continue building my acting career and work more on projects that fulfill my artistic thirst.
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Freedom is secured every day by our men and women in uniform. We must build a future worthy of their sacrifice.
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I don't feel that I've had a life of abuse or that I am a victim in any way. My life is pretty typical of a lot of Americans of my generation who grew up in the sixties in families like mine that were sort of unconventional.
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Even without an economic downturn, women sometimes want to keep their shopping habits to themselves.
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I've always been busy, but I wasn't always successful.
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I've got some gift for languages. You follow your gift. But Latin's not easy.
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The F-22 is a shameful, disgraceful boondoggle and it revolts me.
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I wear clothes and sell products and ideas.
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I learned you can't trust the judgment of good friends.
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Governments getting involved in sports activities would ultimately damage sports.
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If there are three words that need to be used more in American journalism, commentary, politics, personal life... it's the magic words 'I don't know.'
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If the Americans have Superman, we have Panday.
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We hated Bauhaus. It was a bad time in architecture. They just didn’t have any talent. All they had were rules. Even for knives and forks they created rules. Picasso would never have accepted rules. The house is like a machine? No! The mechanical is ugly. The rule is the worst thing. You just want to break it.
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I feel very warm towards Mum and Dad for giving us the independence they did. My childhood, and the fact we didn't have a TV, gave me a boundless imagination.
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Everybody thinks I'm, like, a bad boy. I've had my day, but I just sit at home and play the blues mostly.
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I've got my mother's acceptance of things and my dad's drive - not such a bad combination.
