Paul McCartney Quotes

I was still 15 when I met John Lennon at a village fete in Woolton, in Liverpool.

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• In Israel, waves of anger and fear circulate all the time, but so do jokes and gossip and silky evening breezes. So, too, in America.

  

  P. J. O'Rourke
  • Time
  • America
  • Fear

• It's human nature that we come in our own flavours, and it doesn't make any sense to write a monochromatic or monocultural story unless you're doing something extremely small - a locked room-style story.

  

  N. K. Jemisin
  • Nature
  • Small
  • Style

• One who loves God sees everything in relation to God. Therefore, their love flows spontaneously toward everyone, at all times, everywhere. They even love those who wish them harm. If you love God, you can't hate anything or anyone. If the love one offers is met with hate, it doesn't die; rather, it manifests in the form.

  

  Radhanath Swami
  • God
  • Love
  • Die

• When men cut jobs, they're seen as decisive. When women do, they're vindictive.

  

  Carly Fiorina
  • Men
  • Women
  • Decisive

• Everyone deserves to feel good about themselves, and if you don’t then start because everyone is beautiful.

  

  Niall Horan One Direction
  • Good
  • Beautiful
  • Feel Good

• Malcolm X raised my consciousness about myself and my people and other people more than any person I know. I knew him before he became Malcolm X.

  

  Lena Horne
  • People
  • Myself
  • Person

• Lauryn Hill is quite political and is very bold and isn't afraid of wearing her heart on her sleeve, and same with Bjork, except she is a little bit more kind of fragile.

  

  Ellie Goulding
  • Heart
  • Political
  • Kind

• Peace is only better than war when it's not hell too. War being hell makes sense.

  

  Walker Percy
  • War
  • Peace
  • Sense

• You can't criticize people for wanting to have a decent life or wanting to live decently.

  

  Angela Davis
  • People
  • Life
  • Live

• Scrabble - The game is available in Braille. That’s a nice fact. This makes me feel better about humanity for some reason. I can’t really explain why.

  

  A. J. Jacobs
  • Why
  • Game
  • Nice

• I think there is something, more important than believing: Action! The world is full of dreamers, there aren't enough who will move ahead and begin to take concrete steps to actualize their vision.

  

  W. Clement Stone
  • World
  • Important
  • Dream

• But he is pretty. God, I hope he's not an asshole. Do you think there's any chance he's both non-orifice and single? I mean, seriously. What are the chances?

  

  Laini Taylor
  • God
  • Thinking
  • Hope

• The fire first has to be laid before the match can be put to it.

  

  P. K. Page
  • Fire
  • Firsts
  • Burning

• Something is infinite if, taking it quantity by quantity, we can always take something outside.

  

  Aristotle
  • Take
  • Infinite
  • Quantity

• I never like being touched, ever. People used to say I held my breath when they were hugging me. I still do.

  

  Angelina Jolie
  • People
  • Stills
  • Used

• I found myself jealous of the people who wrote the books. They were dead and they were still taking up my time. Who did they think they were?

  

  Ned Vizzini
  • Time
  • Book
  • Found

• I have been listening a lot to The Carpenters and Neil Diamond, Elton John, and thinking, like, 'God, it'd be great to write a sort of subversive, alternative ballad,' like Lou Reed does so well with 'Perfect Day.' And I really loved 'Video Games' - at the time, it hadn't really got as big, but it's a classic song; you can't deny it.

  

  Bat for Lashes
  • Time
  • Great
  • God

• I was still 15 when I met John Lennon at a village fete in Woolton, in Liverpool.

  

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