Joe Strummer Quotes
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Watching a whole cluster of friends, and my own mother, die over quite a short space of time convinced me that purely materialist 'explanations' for our mysterious human existence simply won't do - on an intellectual level.
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I read part of it all the way through.
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I find very often people like to confront rumors. It depends on how much they trust you. And you have to have a line between what is tasteful and what isn't.
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I know what feels good to eat and what doesn't. I try to err on the side of choices I know will leave me feeling more energized and ready to go, because it's always better to feel healthy.
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Recruiting is the hardest part of any business, but in charity, it is 10 times harder.
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When I was in the private sector, I found it immensely useful to go out and talk to customers and co-workers.
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I think that everyone should get married at least once, so you can see what a silly, outdated institution it is.
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God doesn't know things. He is things.
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Sometimes I'm happy - you can tell via Twitter. Sometimes I'm pissed off - you can tell via Twitter. I just think, at the end of the day, I don't want them to see me as a celebrity; I just want them to see me and say, 'He's like a regular person at his job right now who's mad.'
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I have managed to infuriate the bank bosses; acquire a fatwa from the revolutionary guards of the trades union movement; frighten the 'Daily Telegraph' with a progressive graduate payment; and upset very rich people who are trying to dodge British taxes. I must be doing something right.
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My songs are very personal, which means they are fantastically therapeutic to write, but performing them night after night is emotionally draining.
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At the end of the day, you can't have a vision; you have to have a hope. This is where the miracle comes in.
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I'm a conservative Republican, small-business guy, married to same gal - love of my life - for 36 years. Strong family man, deacon at my church; I believe in America. I know government is not the answer; individual liberty and personal responsibility is the answer.
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People want entertainment, a whole night of it, a whole experience.
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If I don't train enough, of course I'm nervous.
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I've had the most untraumatic life a human being can have. But I've always been drawn to those who have had far more complicated histories.
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I mean, I can sit down with a guitar, and in fact, we do two, three songs with just guitar and percussion.
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I want to teach. I've got to figure a way to continue doing this in some capacity.
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Death always seems to be around me.
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Too often we're happy to receive thanks from the nonprofits we fund, accepting gratitude instead of feedback or performance measurements.
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In case you missed it, this week, there was a tragedy in Kansas. Ten thousand people died – an entire town destroyed.
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To me, a cat is an easy pet, they don't need any spoiling or looking after.
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I always tell people a clean cooking area is a clean mind which is available for the creativity.
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All the power's in the hands of people rich enough to buy it.
