Joe Strummer Quotes
Everyone has got to realise you can't hold onto the past if you want any future. Each second should lead to the next one.
Quotes to Explore
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We should read music in the same way that an educated adult will read a book: in silence, but imagining the sound.
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But are not the dreams of poets and the tales of travellers notoriously false?
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Food doesn't necessarily have to suck in order to be healthy. It doesn't have to be terrible to be healthy anymore.
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Iraq did not spontaneously opt for disarmament. They did it as part of a ceasefire, so they were forced to do it, otherwise the war might have gone on. So the motivation has been very different.
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Textbook rental is a great concept. It is just a great business model.
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'Made in Italy' is from the tycoons of the '80s, not me. It is people who represent an Italy which I don't belong to and I don't feel a part of.
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My valleys are higher than most people's peaks. I stay at that level.
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I love the fact that everyone's trying to be good-looking in L.A. - then I turn up and I get work.
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I don't mind going back to daylight saving time. With inflation, the hour will be the only thing I've saved all year.
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My choosing Islam was not a political statement; it was a spiritual statement.
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The communication of the dead is tongued with fire beyond the language of the living.
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I don't know if I have a brand. I just see myself as an athlete and a competitor, someone who just works really hard at trying to get better at golf. I guess I'm kind of the feel-good story who's seen every level of professional golf.
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Illinois needs a single-payer health care system, and as governor, I will take the steps to get us there.
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I had to make peace with my past because I can't change it.
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I thought I would lose, so I didn't prepare a speech.
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The Fourth of July should be celebrated with big hearts.
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It's obvious that I come down on the side of free speech for anybody's work.
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I had to figure out how to bring the world into my work.
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As I make my slow pilgrimage through the world, a certain sense of beautiful mystery seems to gather and grow.
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The true poet has no choice of material. The material plainly chooses him, not he it.
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The Republicans are, 'the party of the rich,' my mom said, 'We're poor, so we're Democrats.' That convinced me. I had no wish to remain poor, so I became a Republican at the age of 12.
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I can't speak for other people, but I still hate losing. When I did lose, I found it easier to yell than to cry. Guys aren't supposed to cry, are they?
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The more we give, the more we receive. It's important to give back, because the seeds you plant today, you will harvest tomorrow.
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Everyone has got to realise you can't hold onto the past if you want any future. Each second should lead to the next one.
