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Roger Taylor Quotes

My own introduction to music came quite early. My father didn't have much of an education, but he was keen for me to get some qualifications, and I ended up winning a choral scholarship to a cathedral school.

Roger Taylor

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: musician
Nationality: american
Birth: July 26, 1949

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Education Father Music School Me

Everything I was, physically and mentally, that's what I put on that field.

Steve Carlton

Everything Field Mentally Physically

I don't think I'm a total pessimist, so I think you can find hope in all my films.

Spike Lee

Hope Think You Find Pessimist Total

Developing films with directors, developing films with actors, is a poor percentage play for a screenwriter.

Tony Gilroy

Play Poor Directors Developing Films

I don't know if I've ever read a movie that's as strange and unpredictable and hilarious and wonderful as the stuff we're doing on 'The Last Man on Earth.' It's jaw-dropping every week when I get a script, because it goes to such strange places.

Mary Steenburgen

Man Doing Week Earth Know Strange

Definitely, it would be foolish to try and make my Czech films here in America, as foolish as it is when some Czech filmmakers try to make movies of America in Czechoslovakia.

Milos Forman

America Movies Try Foolish Here

We are constantly - in order to cope with painful realities - shuffling through third-rate, half-remembered fantasies taken from movies, from TV, from people we admire. We do this individually, we do it collectively - we tell stories to escape our most painful truths.

Joshua Oppenheimer

People Escape Movies Admire Tell

You want 100% and 100% to make 200, instead of 50 and 50 making 100.

Jason Bateman

You Want Make Making Instead

I used to drive a convertible around L.A. a lot.

Jonathan Levine

Drive Used Around Lot Convertible

If you're feeling a little down, you're never fully dressed without a strong heel. But only if you're depressed - if you need a pick-me-up.

Jonathan Van Ness

Strong You Feeling Down Dressed

One of the rules of running for Congress is no matter where you go, you speak like you're speaking to the whole district.

Jon Ossoff

Speak You Rules Congress Go Matter

For many women, and a fair number of men, saying 'I'm sorry' isn't literally an apology; it's a ritual way of restoring balance to a conversation.

Deborah Tannen

Women Men Balance Sorry Saying Way

Diplomacy is listening to what the other guy needs. Preserving your own position, but listening to the other guy. You have to develop relationships with other people so when the tough times come, you can work together.

Colin Powell

Work Tough Times Together People You