Robert Wyatt Quotes

I've always liked pop music. There was a bit of a misunderstanding with the avant-garde rock scene, because I think I was sort of swimming the wrong way, really.

Robert Wyatt

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MusicSwimmingThinkWrongRockWay

We are on this planet but once, and to spend it holding back our gushing appreciation of the things that light us up is a shameful waste.

Jen Sincero

LightAppreciationBackUpPlanet

What I wanted was for everyone listening to understand that these things mattered - not necessarily for me, but in this particular forum they mattered in terms of whether of not we were getting a person who should sit on the Supreme Court.

Anita Hill

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There was a library near us in San Francisco. It was the West Portal Public Library. I would ask my father to drive me there at night and pick me up when it closed. I think he was worried about this routine but never let on. Also, I kept this a secret from my friends, as I don't think it would have been considered the 'coolest' habit.

Jeffrey Tambor

FatherHabitMeNightDriveLibrary

My father was a minister and so rock music was banned in our house.

Tori Amos

FatherMusicHouseRockRock Music

I hope, when I stop, people will think that somehow I mattered.

Martina Navratilova

HopePeopleThinkStopWillSomehow

I can't worry about whether roles will be there for me when I'm older. They're there now, and I'm just not going to panic.

Mireille Enos

MeWorryNowWillPanicGoing

I love a Dustbuster. You go around, pick up little crumbs, and everything is nice again.

Joy Behar

LoveYouGoNiceEverythingUp

I want to date someone who likes who I am as a person and not what I do for a living.

Josh Henderson

I AmSomeonePersonWantLivingWho

In particular I want to talk about natural black hair, and how it's not just hair. I mean, I'm interested in hair in sort of a very aesthetic way, just the beauty of hair, but also in a political way: what it says, what it means.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

BeautyHairBlackPoliticalWant

Commercial success and quality are not necessarily allied.

Anthony McCarten

SuccessQualityCommercialAllied

I see nothing wrong with the human trait to desire. In fact, I consider it integral to our success mechanism. Becoming attached to what we desire is what causes the trouble. If you must have it in order to be happy, then you are denying the happiness of the here and now.

Peter McWilliams

SuccessHappinessHappyBe HappyYou

I believe it's important that Hong Kong does not become another Chinese city.

Richard Li

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