John Lennon Quotes
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I was perhaps about 10 years old when a local farmer rang us up to say he had found a young badger and would we take it in. So we did; it was a female called Bessy and she lived in the boiler room. She was extremely intelligent, had a very low opinion of cats but loved the dogs. She was pretty well trained; she went in the car.
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I live in Derry, a little town in Ireland, and I don't have the background of Hollywood or Broadway.
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But who knows, some years from now if there's a global emissions trading scheme agreement, as many have hoped for, then I'm sure Australia would be part of it.
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The earth laughs in flowers.
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I once went to one of those parties where everyone throws their car keys into the middle of the room. I don't know who got my moped, but I drove that Peugeot for years.
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I think the audience keeps it fresh for me. You just never know – every audience has its own personality.
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I would very much like to become a best-selling author.
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Our career had a sort of funny shape.
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I believe there is little to gain by exchanging opinions with other artists concerning either the ideology of art or technical methods.
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At one point, I had 14 pairs of golf shoes.
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I think management and technology all come into play in building a super-yacht. It is a challenge - a serious challenge.
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I'm always drawing, so Draw Something is a cool game to play against your friends when you're bored and sat chilling out and relaxing.
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If a farmer fills his barn with grain, he gets mice. If he leaves it empty, he gets actors.
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Ants have the most complicated social organization on earth next to humans.
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I had a teacher at school who said, 'We are going to do a play next year, and you're in it.' He said, 'You should try out for the Royal Academy as an actor.' I did and got in. I was 17. My mum wasn't too happy, but it worked out OK.
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Dad always explained the car engine when he repaired it, and he had many technical books, so I was making electromagnets by age eight as well as reading my mother's medical and nursing books. I suspect I was born with a boundless curiosity, and this was encouraged through my childhood.
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I love the Western genre. In fact, one of my dreams is to play a cowboy on screen, like Clint Eastwood. I don't think it's going to happen, but you can always hope.
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I always would dream of making music videos. Whenever I make music, I always have a visual in my mind. I always see things.
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You can do all these kinds of things that are up close and personal, but you really have to bring your strength, and really - you have to really be committed to actually strangle the life out of somebody, to crush their larynx and just squeeze every drop of life out of them.
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Acting is making it seem like it's happening now.
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I don't get along with many people, especially in studios. I'm quite blunt and I know what I want - and songwriters are very sensitive people.
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And now we step to the rhythm of miracles.
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The artist's role isn't to tell people how to feel, but reflect.
