Dave Gahan Quotes
I really believe that the more distractions and fixes I remove from my life, the better I'll feel about myself. The biggest of those is Depeche Mode. It's the one marriage that survived, but I'm not sure it works - for me, anyway. Jumping on a plane to go somewhere else and be told how wonderful I am doesn't feel good any more.
Quotes to Explore
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Don't go into any store that features shopping bags that can stand on their own accord in the middle of a table. This sort of shopping bag denotes prices that will start chipping into your children's college education fund. Avoid it.
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Memorial services are the cocktail parties of the geriatric set.
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When you look at the light bulb above you, you remember Thomas Alva Edison. When the telephone bell rings, you remember Alexander Graham Bell. Marie Curie was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize. When you see the blue sky, you think of Sir C.V. Raman.
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I think it's always easy to be sympathetic to parts of the government in detail; in their concrete manifestations. Because obviously, we don't have government for no reason.
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I will say this: I think 'Big Brother' is the biggest snooze known to mankind.
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I think watching Channing Tatum caress his Lego Oscar statue will be something I won't forget. Even if I try.
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The ball whizzes past like a bumblebee and the Indians are in the sea.
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The advice I would give to someone is to not take anyone's advice.
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Sometimes I wake up, I feel like, I'm like 80-years-old.
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I fell in love with New York at some indeterminate point in my early years.
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Racism is always there underneath, but usually it is exploited in these times of economic crisis, and it's hard to find out when one slides into another.
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'Iggy' was my dog - he was named after Iggy Pop - and 'Azalea' is the street where I grew up; together, they have the right amount of syllables to make the perfect name.
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We love playing music but we're too weird to play music.
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I do a lot of visualisations and meditation and a lot of hippie stuff.
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I picture my books as movies when I get stuck, and when I'm working on a new idea, the first thing I do is hit theaters to work out pacing and mood.
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Do you want to feel good, or do you want to do good?
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My family was very, very receptive to all; all races, religions.
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Whenever you argue with another wiser than yourself in order that others may admire your wisdom, they will discover your ignorance.
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I look for someone whose upbringing was somewhat similar to mine because they can understand me - love for the family and everything else. You see someone's relationship with their parents, and you realize what that person's going to be like as a parent.
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In business, every phase of things counts. Companies that just yell out a low price today to win business aren't going to make money in the long term.
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I was recently appointed by President Obama to the President's Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities. I am so excited that the President trusts me to advise him on things that are important to people with disabilities!
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'You bloody fool, you've killed the wrong man.'
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It is unacceptable that people often have to make huge sacrifices just to find a place to live, a roof over their heads.
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I really believe that the more distractions and fixes I remove from my life, the better I'll feel about myself. The biggest of those is Depeche Mode. It's the one marriage that survived, but I'm not sure it works - for me, anyway. Jumping on a plane to go somewhere else and be told how wonderful I am doesn't feel good any more.
