John Sweeney Quotes

Working people are under the worst attack in 80 years. Never has there been a stronger need for a stronger union movement.

John Sweeney

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PeopleStrongerWorstNeverMovement

My family are from Liverpool, so I have some twang there - I have a Midlands accent, and I was raised about an hour north of London, so my voice is a mess. Although, to American ears, it sounds like the crisp language of a queen's butler.

John Oliver

FamilyQueenVoiceLanguageAmerican

You have moments of grief in life, and if you can put pen to paper and capture that, that's something wonderful. I can revisit actual songs about past deaths, and I know that emotion is as true now as it was then.

John Lydon

LifeGriefPastMomentsYouPen

Any new ideas go into PiL. My inspiration is everything that the human being gets up to. I don't listen to any music when I'm in PiL-zone, because influences can poison your well. Otherwise, I listen to anything.

John Lydon

MusicIdeasGoNewListenHuman

It shone on everyone, whether they had a contract or not. The most democratic thing I'd ever seen, that California sunshine.

Angela Carter

SunshineCaliforniaEveryoneContract

Songwriting isn't always something that's directly proportionate to the experience.

Amos Lee

ExperienceSongwritingAlways

But by providing the background picture - the universal situational awareness that we desire - by showing the anomalies, the Space-Based Radar will change the nature of how we do our analysis and our intelligence.

Stephen Cambone

NatureChangeIntelligencePicture

Keeping an active mind has been vital to my survival, as has been maintaining a sense of humor.

Stephen Hawking

HumorMindSurvivalSense Of Humor

The best people make mistakes.

Stan Van Gundy

BestMistakesPeopleMake

Frank Sinatra discovered me at a nightclub called P.J.'s in Hollywood. It was 1962. He used to come in there a lot with all his big star friends. I was so nervous to see him. I've only had one idol in my life, and that was Frank Sinatra.

Trini Lopez

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My favourite places on earth are the wild waterways where the forest opens its arms and a silver curve of river folds the traveller into its embrace.

Rory MacLean

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The idea of going back to college scares me, and I didn't even go. I went to college for one year, two semesters. If you add up the total time, I probably didn't even go one semester.

Rush Limbaugh

TimeCollegeMeYearYouBack

The best thing I know between France and England is the sea.

Douglas William Jerrold

SeaBestKnowFranceBetweenThing

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