Neil Tennant Quotes
For a while we were chasing a book by Graham Greene to do Brighton Rock as a musical. We didn't get the rights, so we decided to create something from scratch, with Jonathan. By that time we were big fans of his work.
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I've always - honestly - never thought of myself as an independent director.
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The reforms proposed by the Patent Reform Act of 2007 are precisely the type of congressional action needed. The Act will remove obstacles to growth and restore balance to the patent system.
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Let us remember we are all part of one American family. We are united in common values, and that includes belief in equality under the law, basic respect for public order, and the right of peaceful protest.
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I'm a proud family man.
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Be there for your kids. Later, when you need them, they'll be there for you.
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People expect me to be that guy. But I'm more east London boy than east Baltimore.
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In India, there's a way of seeing life as a cosmic play. It's called Lila. I can watch my life, and I can see my guru playing with me.
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Conviction without experience makes for harshness.
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Love is never lost. If not reciprocated, it will flow back and soften and purify the heart.
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I don't know why, but I respond well to tortured characters.
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When I took over as president, I studied the Constitution, and the more I studied it, the more I realised that it does not prevent the president of India from giving the nation a vision. So when I went and presented this vision in Parliament and in legislative assemblies; everyone welcomed it, irrespective of party affiliations.
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There was a bit of a comparison that Bret was making between Vince McMahon and my dad. He looked up to Vince as a dad and stuff, and it was a shame to see the whole thing end the way it did.
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Don't put my name on it. These are simply documents I make.
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I didn't go to school a lot.
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This whole beauty thing is something I've never comprehended.
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People I respect complimenting me on my work in fashion is more exciting to me than anything I ever achieved as a Spice Girl. I am now competing in an arena where I can hold my head high. I feel quite confident in what I'm doing now, much more than the singing. I was never going to give Mariah Carey any competition.
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I don't have any respect at all for the scum-bags who went to Canada to avoid the draft or to avoid doing their fair share.
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It's high time for the art world to admit that the avant-garde is dead. It was killed by my hero, Andy Warhol, who incorporated into his art all the gaudy commercial imagery of capitalism (like Campbell's soup cans) that most artists had stubbornly scorned.
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We think of stars as celestial beings. And once in a while, they smile at us from the pages of 'People' magazine.
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My livelihood depends on my surface beauty, but when I wash my face, I see a real person there.
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I'm not going to lie: I'm a competitive player. I think there's no point playing football if you're not competitive and you don't want to win games.
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I have a love/hate relationship with just about everything, but certainly with America.
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The man never feels the want of what it never occurs to him to ask for.
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For a while we were chasing a book by Graham Greene to do Brighton Rock as a musical. We didn't get the rights, so we decided to create something from scratch, with Jonathan. By that time we were big fans of his work.
