John Lennon Quotes
We reckoned we could make it because there were four of us. None at us would've made it alone, because Paul wasn't quite strong enough, I didn't have enough girl-appeal, George was too quiet, and Ringo was the drummer. But we thought that everyone would be able to dig at least one of us, and that's how it turned out.
Quotes to Explore
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It is time for dead languages to be quiet.
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You see bands putting ads in the paper: 'drummer wanted'. I could never be in a set-up like that.
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I wanted to be a professional drummer.
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We hear so many records these days that are done with click tracks, as opposed to a drummer.
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In the Foo Fighters, my main job is to be the drummer, and that's enough.
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I was a hired drummer for 3 Doors; there wasn't an opportunity for me to write.
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I don't think there's an illustrator who's as good as a Titian or a Rembrandt... but then, Rembrandt was a bit of an illustrator on the quiet, you know?
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I wrote all four of my books at Starbucks.
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If you're quiet, and you don't speak out, you're never going to get anything accomplished.
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I'd played in about four or five bands before we started up, only a couple of which did club dates.
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I like Oklahoma. It's a quiet place. You can work, and nobody disturbs you.
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Chickpeas are one of my favourite things to serve with chorizo or lamb meatballs; they also work brilliantly as the quiet partner in a vibrant alphonso mango salad.
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I like to have quiet evenings and relax.
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I wanted to emulate Bob Flanagan, the high voice in the 'Four Freshmen.' I wanted to sing high like he did.
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It takes a pretty good drummer to be better than no drummer at all.
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Mathematicians aren't satisfied because they know there are no solutions up to four million or four billion, they really want to know that there are no solutions up to infinity.
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Everybody needs four things in life: Something to do, someone to love, someone to believe in and something to hope for.
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I'm furious about the Women's Liberationists. They keep getting up on soap-boxes and proclaiming that women are brighter than men. That's true, but it should be kept very quiet or it ruins the whole racket.
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If love is the treasure, laughter is the key.
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Be slow of tongue and quick of eye.
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Poison's not bad. It's a matter of how much.
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And the prince who has relied solely on their words, without making other preparations, is ruined, for the friendship which is gained by purchase and not through grandeur and nobility of spirit is merited but is not secured, and at times is not to be had.
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We reckoned we could make it because there were four of us. None at us would've made it alone, because Paul wasn't quite strong enough, I didn't have enough girl-appeal, George was too quiet, and Ringo was the drummer. But we thought that everyone would be able to dig at least one of us, and that's how it turned out.
