Ringo Starr Quotes

I've never been able to sit round on my own and play drums, practice in the back room, never been able to. I've always played with other musicians. It's how I play, there's no joy for me in playing on my own, bashing away. I need a bass, a piano, guitar, whatever, and then I can play.

Ringo Starr

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No one writes about the emotional things you go through.

Jimmy Chamberlin

YouGoEmotionalThroughThings

'Lucky Us' ends with a description of a photograph of the novel's fictional family. I could never get enough of my own family photo albums.

Amy Bloom

FamilyEnoughMy OwnLuckyNeverUs

I learned how important timing is; having a really good idea five years ahead of its time is practically worthless.

Trip Adler

GoodTimeImportantTimingAhead

Our body is the only one we've been given, so we need to maintain it; we need to give it the best nutrition.

Trudie Styler

BestBodyNutritionNeedGiveBeen

The way I write my shows, every character is its own organic thing. No character has a life at all until I see it played by somebody.

Shonda Rhimes

LifeCharacterWayWriteSeeOwn

The first newspaper I worked on was the 'Springfield Union' in Springfield, Massachusetts. I wrote over a hundred letters to newspapers asking for work and got three responses, two no's.

Tom Wolfe

WorkThreeLettersNewspaperAsking

Greatness comes by doing a few small and smart things each and every day. Comes from taking little steps, consistently. Comes from a making a few small chips against everything in your professional and personal life that is ordinary, so that a day eventually arrives when all that's left is The Extraordinary.

Robin S. Sharma

LifeDaySmartGreatnessSmall

I have a soft spot for charities that help children.

Ruth Rendell

ChildrenHelpSoftSpotSoft Spot

I know there is a God because in Rwanda I shook hands with the devil. I have seen him, I have smelled him and I have touched him. I know the devil exists, and therefore I know there is a God.

Romeo Dallaire

GodDevilHandsKnowHimSeen

Since 2001, I've done what every elected official should be doing in government right now. My staff and I took a look at the books, thought outside the box and proposed reforms.

Mike Quigley

GovernmentThoughtDoingLookDone

I really want to do good work. I really do. My priority isn't stardom.

Michelle Monaghan

WorkGoodGood WorkWantPriority

Only in the English countryside could violent death remain something that is 'cosy.'

Liz Williams

DeathCountrysideSomethingEnglish

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