Rick Derringer Quotes

The first time I heard Johnny play at the Fillmore East, I wasn't really impressed. He had come on the scene with everybody telling me how great he was, and I didn't hear it.

Rick Derringer

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GreatTimeMePlayFirst TimeFirst

Oddly my name has been no professional help at all! It seems to have made no difference. I admire him hugely, both for his benevolence and his enormous psychological perception.

Joanna Trollope

PerceptionNameHelpProfessional

Limit use of shareware and public domain software to systems without fixed disks. If you do use them on fixed disks, allocate separate subdirectories... Public domain or shareware software should never be placed in the root directory.

John McAfee

Public DomainYouNeverLimitRoot

Nobody wanted to help me get my start, not to mention it's tough being a female in a man's world of stand-up comedy. It's a very competitive world, and it was a challenge to find my own voice, stick to my guns.

Anjelah Johnson

ChallengeManMeWorldStartVoice

I'm also very proud to be a part of a trilogy of films that, if they do nothing else, allow people to check their problems at the door, sit down and have a good time.

Michael J. Fox

GoodTimePeopleDoorProudDown

My children, who are almost two: watching them develop has made me pay much closer attention to how we become who we are.

Amy Waldman

ChildrenMeAttentionBecomePay

Many activists and antagonists who are on the wrong side of an issue employ the tactic of, 'the best defense is a good offense.'

Mike Gallagher

GoodBestWrongSideDefenseWho

No wind serves him who addresses his voyage to no certain port.

Michel de Montaigne

LeadershipWindHimPortVoyageWho

When I was a girl, the idea that the British Empire could ever end was absolutely inconceivable. And it just disappeared, like all the other empires. You know, when people talk about the British Empire, they always forget that all the European countries had empires.

Doris Lessing

GirlPeopleEndYouKnowForget

I was looking to do something non-fiction because I had done a strip, 'My Mom Was a Schizophrenic.' I really enjoyed the process of doing that strip, despite its subject matter. To do it I'd had to do a lot of research and reading and I figured I'd like to do that again.

Chester Brown

MomResearchLookingReadingDoing

I sometimes still feel I am living in a goldfish bowl, but I now manage it better. I still have a naughty streak, too, which I enjoy and is how I relate to those individuals who have got themselves into trouble.

Prince Harry

I AmBetterFeelEnjoyNowLiving

The idea of democracy has been stripped of it moral imperatives and come to denote hollowness and hypocrisy.

Paul Wellstone

DemocracyHypocrisyMoralComeBeen

Millionaires are risk-takers, and they don't become millionaires until they're 40 or 50. It's a slower process than a lot of people think.

Thomas J. Stanley

PeopleThinkProcessBecomeThan

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