Clive James (Vivian Leopold James) Quotes
It is almost better to be an impulse shirt-buyer than an impulse shoe-buyer. I have worn shirts that made people think I was a retired Mafia hit-man or a Yugoslavian sports convener from Split, but I have worn shoes that made people think I was insane.
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Anyone should be able to read comics.
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Those who promise us paradise on earth never produced anything but a hell.
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I've been in situations where I was the only black guy. We're in a time now where nobody wants to see that. But it still happens.
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It is every intelligent man's experience that evildoing recoils on the doer sooner or later.
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Anytime something starts to feel like a popularity contest or not about the music, I'd rather just not be involved. I'm not a big high-fiver. That really gets to people around me when we have a No. 1 or something big happen. I'm not a big, 'Let's go have a party about it!'
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You never know what the future brings.
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Even as a little kid, I just loved to make my own music. So I loved singing, and I loved sharing it because it was a way to connect to people.
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Under my contract with Capitol, I have complete freedom to do just about anything I want in my own way.
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The Destiny of every Nation is bound to the Destiny of all Others.
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It is almost better to be an impulse shirt-buyer than an impulse shoe-buyer. I have worn shirts that made people think I was a retired Mafia hit-man or a Yugoslavian sports convener from Split, but I have worn shoes that made people think I was insane.
