Tony Iommi Quotes
In the past, I'd sort of know before Ozzy sang something, what he was going to sing. I'd know what sort of way a melody was going to go 'cause of the way he'd approach it.
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If the interview was done in the studio, Frank McGee would automatically do it. But if I went out and got it, then the interview was mine. So I was considered a pushy cookie, because I would get the interview.
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Example is the school of mankind, and they will learn at no other.
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How hard have those intolerant of John Adams's perspective worked to strip from young people any hope of knowing the concepts and truths that help deal with life?
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I liked 'Scream of the Banshee' because it was a real challenge. I thought, 'How am I going to pull off this character?' But, I also thought, 'Oh, man, I'm going to go for it.' He's got all the defects of character that an actor loves to play. So, I had a really great time.
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In so far as one denies what is, one is possessed by what is not, the compulsions, the fantasies, the terrors that flock to fill the void.
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Leaders cannot work in a vacuum. They may take on larger, seemingly more important roles in an organization, but this does not exclude them from asking for and using feedback. In fact, a leader arguably needs feedback more so than anyone else. It's what helps a leader respond appropriately to events in pursuit of successful outcomes.
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I tell young actors to do anything that will sustain them.
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I've been married twice. Most women would rather not be married to a traveling blues singer.
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I am very much against makeup and high heels and all that we inherit as 'beauty.'
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We read Robert Browning's poetry. Here we needed no guidance from the professor: the poems themselves were enough.
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I love going to the cinema. Whenever I get time off, that's where I go.
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The people of Iran have had to endure repressive laws that have stifled their freedom of speech and religion for too long.
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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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I threw a lot of balls and walked a lot of batters. Not something I'm proud of, but something I learned from.
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For nine years I worked to change what was hairdressing then into a geometric art form with color, perm without setting which had never been done before.
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What is a farm but a mute gospel?
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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 love my life and my mistakes and my triumphs - all of it.
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You guys are trying to stop Musial in 15 minutes while the National League ain’t stopped him in 15 years.
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When I was about 21 and just about to get out of college at NYU, Vietnam was raging, and I was a frustrated musician for a little bit.
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And in fact you're not like everyone else: you weren't ashamed just now to confess bad and even ridiculous things about yourself. Who would confess such things nowadays? No one, and people have even stopped feeling any need for self-judgment.
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The ball whizzes past like a bumblebee and the Indians are in the sea.
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No life goes past so swiftly as an eventless one, no clock spins like a clock whose days are all alike.
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In the past, I'd sort of know before Ozzy sang something, what he was going to sing. I'd know what sort of way a melody was going to go 'cause of the way he'd approach it.
