Roy Wood Quotes

To me, 'Blackberry Way' stands up as a song that could be sung in any era, really. We do it with the new doing all sort of fanfare things in it and it works really well. It goes down great with audiences.

Roy Wood

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The more you worry, the more you throw off the delicate balance of hormones required for health.

Andrew J. Bernstein

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1950s education didn't agree with me. I was totally lost.

Robert Ingpen

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I love pairing bright details with simple looks or casual materials like denim or cotton.

Jeanne Damas

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I seem to get a general reaction at just, like, 'Oh! A mustache!' but mostly people are fine with it. But I don't actually do it for the ladies. It's more a guy thing, an appreciation. All the dudes want to do it, but they don't have the balls to do it, so they just give me the nod.

Steven Adams

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To us, the definition of philanthropy is what we spend. A P&L account means expenditure, lines of revenue. There is a surplus; it goes to the balance sheet. A transparent foundation should disclose this.

Shiv Nadar

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There's a style to doing period pieces, and you can't do a Western without understanding 'My Darling Clementine.'

Mary Steenburgen

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For those of us in the opposition movement under dictatorships, part of our job is confronting police and spending time in prison. So, a dissident not only needs to learn how to oppose oppression but also how to face the crackdowns and time in prison.

Liu Xiaobo

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I never danced a step in my life so naturally. My first motion picture was a musical, and Bob Fosse was the choreographer. I didn't exactly dance for Fosse, I just did the best that I could to do what he taught us to do.

Dick York

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I think stories can grow out of the visual. It can be an engine for literacy.

Chris Riddell

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I'm happy to hang out with friends, but I'm not the type who entertains guests, not even at home.

Coco Martin

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It sounds strange to say it, but you can be in a war zone and have a lot of fun. Even though war is essentially pain on all sides, human beings have the capacity to enjoy themselves. The soldiers are mostly young people, full of enthusiasm and energy, and that's an exciting thing for an old guy like me.

Bruce Cockburn

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I've always loved the wild rumpus in 'Where the Wild Things Are' by Maurice Sendak, because the words disappear, the pictures take up the whole page, and we move forward in the story by turning the pages.

Brian Selznick

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