Joe Strummer Quotes

Too many songs have been written about love already, you know? Subject's covered.

Joe Strummer The Clash

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• 'FlashForward' was on the outs when I was approached with 'Happy Endings.' I literally got the script on a Friday, and on Saturday morning I met with David Caspe, Jamie Tarses, and the Russo brothers. I took the role on that Saturday, and on Monday I was doing a table read. It all happened very fast, but it was super exciting.

  

  Zachary Knighton
  • Happy
  • Morning
  • Doing

• We got a chance to go and play in some places that the usual European tour by an American band didn't go to.

  

  Jack Irons Pearl Jam
  • American
  • Play
  • Band

• There are times in my life when I just want to be by myself.

  

  Aaliyah
  • Life
  • Myself
  • My Life

• If I was to keep playing, I had to play in Detroit, and it just wasn't for me anymore.

  

  Calvin Johnson
  • Me
  • Play
  • Playing

• Often, as a young actress, you find yourself being the only girl in a room full of men... and one of the reasons why I like 'Grey's Anatomy' is because they have such strong female characters and the women really drive this show.

  

  Rachael Taylor
  • Men
  • Women
  • Why

• If I get to spoil myself, I'm going to DQ. I always had it growing up, so I stick to it.

  

  Zach LaVine
  • Up
  • Growing
  • Myself

• We must come to the point where we realize the concept of race is a false one. There is only one race, the human race.

  

  Dan Aykroyd
  • Human
  • Race
  • Realize

• I'm not well versed on the verbiage of the internet.

  

  Larry Hagman
  • Internet
  • Well
  • Versed

• And if I'm being honest, I don't think I have an ex-boyfriend who would have something mean to say about me.

  

  Fiona Apple
  • Think
  • Me
  • Mean

• Within orthodoxy, there is always a danger of faith collapsing into fear.

  

  N. T. Wright
  • Fear
  • Faith
  • Always

• In my view, you can't go to the future if you haven't come from the past.

  

  Iris Apfel
  • Future
  • Past
  • View

• I read a poem every night, as others read a prayer.

  

  Tahar Ben Jelloun
  • Night
  • Prayer
  • Others

• Unite liberality with a just frugality; always reserve something for the hand of charity; and never let your door be closed to the voice of suffering humanity.

  

  Patrick Henry
  • Hand
  • Humanity
  • Suffering

• We are two abysses - a well staring at the sky.

  

  Fernando Pessoa
  • Sky

• She cried in a voice that hit me between the eyebrows and went out at the back of my head.

  

  P. G. Wodehouse
  • She

• 'Rather than trying to put an end to Eminem or some other rapper, politicians should think about why they're rapping. It's easier to try to censor some kid who's swearing about poverty than it is to stop the poverty.'

  

  Willie Nelson
  • Trying
  • Why
  • Stop

• Well, whoever Keyser Söze is, I can tell you he is going to get gloriously drunk tonight.

  

  Kevin Spacey
  • Drunk

• I am quite surprised, that with all my work, and some of it is very, very good, that nobody talks about The Miracle Worker. We're talking about Mrs. Robinson. I understand the world... I'm just a little dismayed that people aren't beyond it yet.

  

  Anne Bancroft
  • People
  • World
  • Good

• Time found our tired love sleeping,And kissed away his breath;But what should we do weeping,Though light love sleep to death?We have drained his lips at leisure,Till there's not left to drainA single sob of pleasure,A single pulse of pain.

  

  Algernon Charles Swinburne
  • Time
  • Death
  • Light

• I am urging Americans to be more careful about the kinds of media we support with our consumer spending. We've got to invest less in the media that glorifies violence and more in entertainment that lifts up the values of love, compassion, and the best in human nature.

  

  Bernice King
  • Up
  • Nature
  • Support

• EMILY's List members are deeply committed to electing pro-choice Democratic women whom we trust to stand up for our rights, treat us honestly, and make us proud. Our candidates fight for us every day. Blanche Lincoln failed to hold up her end of the bargain.

  

  Ellen Malcolm
  • Up
  • Women
  • Proud

• The type of work I like is pure and simple and profound.

  

  Michael Heizer
  • Work
  • Profound
  • Pure

• Every man is his own ancestor, and every man is his own heir. He devises his own future, and he inherits his own past.

  

  Frederick Henry Hedge
  • Future
  • Past

• Too many songs have been written about love already, you know? Subject's covered.

  

  Joe Strummer The Clash