David Byrne Quotes

Most of our lives aren't that exciting, but the drama is still going on in the small details.

David Byrne

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It was a really interesting time in New York in the late 70s and early 80s, and the music scene was really, really interesting because you didn't have to be a virtuoso to make music, it was more about your desire to express things.

Jim Jarmusch

MusicTimeNew YorkInterestingYou

I'm a great believer in possibilities.

Ann Maxwell

GreatPossibilitiesBeliever

Ultimate authority in a global system remains with sovereigns. Governments will not have it any other way: politicians face instant rejection from their electorate if they allow transnational authorities to dictate terms.

Michael Ignatieff

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The Internet will change the way we work, live, learn, and play.

John T. Chambers

WorkChangeLiveInternetLearnWay

When I'm at a show, I'm there to have fun. Let's just not care for a moment. So this cake in your face is to make you lose your mind. And it's not about caring about whatever you are wearing and caring what other people are thinking about you. Out of the context, I'm trying to develop something else.

Steve Aoki

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I've a big bum and chunky calves. My husband says I've got elephantiasis of the legs.

Trinny Woodall

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If they do something like that, maybe a Freddy Krueger fan, a girl, a really sick goth girl starts killing kids herself and Freddy has to put a stop to it, or they have to fight it out.

Robert Englund

GirlFightSickStopOutSomething

When you walk into a doctor's office, you've got to have the same attitude you would about anything else. You've got to ask tough questions, and you've got to not be afraid to challenge their credentials.

Tom Brokaw

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I like smart jokes, I like dumb jokes, and I like dumb jokes done smartly.

Mike Myers

SmartDumbDoneJokesLike

I hope that by 2050 the entire solar system will have been explored and mapped by flotillas of tiny robotic craft.

Martin Rees

HopeWillCraftSolarSystemBeen

In Britain, the major public holiday used to be Guy Fawkes Day... that was celebrated on November 5th with things like bonfires and fireworks... I think that made Halloween seem preferable. The idea of having pumpkins and costumes and parties seemed much more appealing than burning down your neighborhood.

Lisa Morton

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I joined the Wildlife Conservation Society, working there, in 1995, but I started working with them as a student in 1991. I was appointed as a teaching assistant at my university because I accomplished with honor.

Corneille Ewango

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