Robert Wyatt Quotes

If you've never felt that you quite got a hold of it, you just feel that before you die, you've got to try and get it right once. And hope that the experience you have makes up for the some of the diminishing energy.

Robert Wyatt

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HopeExperienceEnergyFeelDieYou

So if you're on tour for eight months, a year... or whatever it is you definitely don't want arguments and I'm happy to say that I've always had a really nice bunch of people around me all the time.

Joan Armatrading

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My motto is never to try to imitate anybody: I have always looked inward and followed the inward voice.

John Burroughs

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I like comedy as a group sport.

Maya Rudolph

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Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.

Jean de La Fontaine

SoulManAnythingFiresMadeHis

I don't like to be gone all weekend and at night too. Because for 20 years, I've had children who are in school.

Meryl Streep

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Bride: A woman with a fine prospect of happiness behind her.

Ambrose Bierce

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There is something essentially sanguine about me, which I am inclined to attribute to the fact that I was born by caesarean section. It must affect you.

Simon Callow

I AmMeYouBornAffectSomething

I work for ABC. If the thing that ABC is paying me for is storytelling - not to make sure that a costume is exactly right or all those other things - then it is up to me to find the most creative space possible so that that function of my job can happen.

Shonda Rhimes

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As we say in the hood, I'm a stoop kid.

Michael K. Williams

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When you're working in crisis situations, people have a tendency - particularly the media - to stake out your house.

Judy Smith

PeopleMediaYouHouseCrisisOut

I came to America at such a young age, and I was so naive that I didn't realise what I was getting myself into; maybe that's why it worked out for me.

Claire Holt

AgeMyselfMeAmericaYoungWhy

I'm a country musician. I know how to play jazz, and I can play rock. But I've had to fight my entire career to get a little respect from people who don't understand where I come from.

Brad Paisley

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