David Byrne Quotes

I cycled when I was at high school, then reconnected with bikes in New York in the late '70s. It was a good way of getting around the clubs and galleries of the Lower East Side and Soho.

David Byrne

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I was actually very ugly. I was ugly. I felt very insecure.

Jessica Hahn

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A hero has faced it all: he need not be undefeated, but he must be undaunted.

Andrew Bernstein

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I'm really enjoying the process of learning to fly. How it will fit into my life down the road - I'm looking forward to discovering that.

Matthew Fox

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I've always been a big reader.

Stewart O'Nan

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I went to the store and bought lady fingers, when I got home I noticed one of the fingers was missing so I went back to the store and the manager was nice enough to give me the finger.

Jay London

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But I remember the moment when my father died. I wasn't a very committed Catholic beforehand, but when that happened it suddenly all felt so obvious: I now believe religion is our attempt to find an explanation, for us to feel more protected.

Javier Bardem

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People have always assumed that I am privileged. And that has been a problem sometimes. When I first started modelling, and I was schlepping around London with no money, I found it rather irksome that people thought I had a private income when I didn't.

Jasmine Guinness

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Certainly the research shows that grateful people are more innovative thinkers.

Deborah Norville

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Women's virtue is man's greatest invention.

Cornelia Otis Skinner

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The thrill of hearing your own voice recorded is still there, I still love it, going into the studio and thinking how can I sing this song and between the producers and the musicians you find a way of doing it.

Cliff Richard

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I believe that evolution is a true account of nature, but I think we should try to escape it or transcend it in our society.

Peter Thiel

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But to this day I am convinced that the real reason we met was because Alexander is from Nebraska, and he was completely fascinated that I was about to go off and make a movie with Brando - perhaps the most famous Nebraskan of all.

Thomas Haden Church

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