Joan Armatrading Quotes

Inspiration doesn't really work like that - you're not looking out for it. Inspiration is something that tends to capture you rather than you capture it.

Joan Armatrading

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: musician
  • Nationality:
  • Birth: December 9, 1950

Topics

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I'm fascinated by Buddhism. I adore Buddhism, and I read about it all the time, but I haven't formally become a Buddhist, although I don't really know why I haven't. I guess I feel I don't need to.

John Burdett

TimeFeelKnowWhyBecomeNeed

There is no great invention, from fire to flying, which has not been hailed as an insult to some god.

John B. S. Haldane

GodGreatFireFlyingInsultBeen

I'll fly Away took place in the 50's and 60's in America's South, and there are a couple of scenes where me and my friends are supposed to be skinny dipping with these girls.

Jeremy London

MeFlyFriendsAmericaPlaceSkinny

It's rare that you have a policy issue that can be solved by throwing more money at the problem, but the technology to make bus service more frequent and equip buses with GPS systems that provide real-time schedule updates to bus stops exists and operates in many parts of the world. We should be installing it in our major cities.

Matthew Yglesias

TechnologyServiceMoneyWorldYou

I have funny bones. If there's ever any kind of tension, I'll always be the one to try and be funny to loosen things up.

Matt LeBlanc

FunnyKindTryAlwaysUpTension

Of course Brexit means that something is wrong in Europe. But Brexit means also that something was wrong in Britain.

Jean-Claude Juncker

WrongEuropeSomethingBrexitMeans

I consider myself a lazy guy, but I do a bunch of stuff, and I'm so busy that in my downtime, I like to be with my wife, who I'm just madly in love with.

Jeff Bridges

LoveMyselfWifeBusyLazyGuy

Childish egocentrism is, in its essence, an inability to differentiate between the ego and the social environment.

Jean Piaget

EgoEnvironmentChildishSocial

Bilingualism is a great asset for any individual, but it has perilous consequences for a nation.

Tom Tancredo

GreatConsequencesNationIndividual

In good relationships, we are happy to grow as the other person becomes part of us and who we are.

Miroslav Volf

GoodHappyGrowPersonRelationships

It's always good when you see your name with legends of a club like Liverpool. It's a different feeling, and I'm very happy about that.

Mohamed Salah

GoodHappyNameYouFeelingLegends

I was raised to speak out about politics and the world around me. I would do it whether I was in the public or not. It is the way I was taught. The American way.

Judy Collins

PoliticsMeWorldSpeakAmerican

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