John Lennon Quotes
I'm always proud and pleased when people do my songs. It gives me pleasure that they even attempt them, because a lot of my songs aren't that doable.
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My favorite thing to do is to wind those guys up by hitting on their girlfriends. I say, 'I think your girlfriend's gorgeous, but it's all right, I'm gay.' They get very nervous after a few minutes!
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The problem of the world today is the people talk on and on about democracy, freedom, justice. But I don't give a damn about democracy if I am worried about survival.
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I love working the legislative process.
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Belgian chocolate is my weakness. I like over 72 percent cacao, which shows you how much of a dark chocolate snob I am.
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Not only did I get an A in music but I got an A in ladies.
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Generally a chef's book is like a calling card or a portfolio to display their personal work.
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When we assess the impact of technological changes, we tend to downplay things that happened a while ago.
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Every anti-gay remark from the Church gives the thug a license to be cruel.
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Our culture is intent on taking the lines out of people's faces - surgically, with costly creams, and with fear and trembling - when, in fact, the opposite should be the case. As artists know, if there is anything behind a face, that face improves with age.
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I always try not to overload my music with orchestration and to use only those instruments that are absolutely necessary.
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People said when I started, 'Why don't you just copy your father's style?' I had to be myself, singing my songs in my own way.
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As you probably know, half of the people who work in this country work for small businesses. And it's more than that, because two out of every three net new jobs come from small business. So we mean it when we talk about small business being the engine for the economy.
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Definitions are the guardians of rationality, the first line of defense against the chaos of mental disintegration.
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The first principle of cosmology must be 'There is nothing outside the universe'. This is not to exclude religion or mysticism... But if it is knowledge that we desire... we need to seek answers to questions about the things we can see... only things that exist in the universe.
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Learning difficulties are a cover for rich parents with dumb kids...That's why 'Pinch' Sulzberger, the publisher of The New York Times, is alleged to have dyslexia - because he's retarded.
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I play Rock Band, which is Guitar Hero times ten. You can play with four people, so when you have parties, you have a real band. Nobody ever wants to sing, so I'm always the one throwing down on the mic.
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Pete Townshend is one of my greatest influences. More than any other guitarist, he taught me how to play rhythm guitar and demonstrated its importance, particularly in a three-piece band.
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Those who perpetrate fraud against our financial institutions will be met with the full force of law enforcement.
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I want to bring magic back to where it started, which is not about the props, and it's not about me as a magician: it's about the audience and playing with their minds and playing with their perception of magic and having fun with it.
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It's always the story that interests me.
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In Paris, everybody is in black! But you know, in Ukraine everyone wears bright colours.
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You write a story, you do a TV show, and if people don't like it, well, you're going to do it again tomorrow.
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That's what I care about most. That more people are making and more people feel like they are creative.
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I'm always proud and pleased when people do my songs. It gives me pleasure that they even attempt them, because a lot of my songs aren't that doable.
