Steve Winwood Quotes
One of my problems is I'm not really sure if I slot into rock or not. I've always tried to combine world music, folk, jazz, blues and rock, and have done since Traffic.
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Socrates was famously executed for his philosophical and political beliefs. I wondered what would happen if you had a similar character, who was so relentlessly questioning of everything? In a modern society, would we be any more or any less tolerant of that kind of character?
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As Governor, I've worked to solve problems the New Hampshire way - bringing together Democrats, Republicans and Independents to help hard-working Granite Staters adapt to our changing economy so that everyone has the opportunity to get ahead and stay ahead.
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Stories are like that. Like cities, they are built on the stones and bones of the past.
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In the spring of 1936, I was introduced by friends to Jean Tatlock. In the autumn, I began to court her. We were at least twice close enough to marriage to think of ourselves as engaged.
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What the 'supposed 99 percent' don't realize is that they are better off if there are more fat cats, not less.
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Especially in the day and age now with social media and cameraphones and things like that, you always have to act like you're being watched.
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Whenever I come across an Arabic word mired in English text, I am momentarily shocked out of the narrative.
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I did not have anything to do with these murders. Ever.
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The film business creates a large amount of waste, and I'm not immune to waste in the business.
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The people are more important than the food. We want a person to be as successful as he can be, and it works the other way around, too.
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Stand firm in your refusal to remain conscious during algebra. In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra.
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And a third thing is the understanding of the Church as a community, a communion which is just a hierarchy but the people of God, whose servants are the priests and bishops.
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My protest about the post exchange seating bore some results. More seats were allocated for blacks, but there were still separate sections for blacks and for whites. At least I had made my men realize that something could be accomplished by speaking out, and I hoped they would be less resigned to unjust conditions.
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I believe in that old adage that 'as goes California, so goes the country.'
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I'm relaxed about my career. I've been making movies for over 20 years, so I've earned at least the right to relax.
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I don't go by trends. I wear what I am comfortable in and what suits me. It is never about what is 'in' and what is 'out'. My personal sense of style spells 'comfort'.
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Frankly, right is right and wrong is wrong, particularly when a parent is talking to a child. A bright line around moral responsibility is very important.
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I realize that I'm a mature woman and one of these days, incredible diet or not, I'll be a little old lady.
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We must smother the internal and external enemies of the Republic or perish with it; now in this situation, the first maxim of your policy ought to be to lead the people by reason and the people's enemies by terror.
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It's exciting to be with really, really good people. Some people make you feel like you've got to up your game. Working with good people is always good.
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When I found this opportunity to answer the ad, I got the job and I've been there ever since.
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I am fine with 'Puppy Love.' I hated it for a while. But I still sing it. I have a country version, a sexy version and a cheesy nightclub version. I am trying to infuse it with maturity. I will never escape that song. I will always be Mr. 'Puppy Love.'
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When someone between twenty and forty says, apropos of a work of art, 'I know what I like,' he is really saying 'I have no taste of my own but accept the taste of my cultural milieu.
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One of my problems is I'm not really sure if I slot into rock or not. I've always tried to combine world music, folk, jazz, blues and rock, and have done since Traffic.
