Billy Al Bengston Quotes

I paint stupid things; that's what I do. I can't think of anything more boring than a really beautiful thing. You have to mess it up. There has to be something a little kinky to keep their attention.

Billy Al Bengston

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BeautifulStupidThinkAttentionYou

My dad always said, 'Champ, the measure of a man is not how often he is knocked down, but how quickly he gets up.'

Joe Biden

ManMeasure Of A ManMeasureDownUp

Education is more than Pisa. Particularly musical education. We also need education and training for more than reasons of usefulness and marketability.

Johannes Rau

EducationTrainingMoreNeedReasons

England is a fairly envious little country and it's embodied in the press. They don't like anyone being more distinguished than they are.

John Cleese

CountryMoreLittleBeingPress

All my life, books have felt alive; some more so than people, or rather, some people. Alive - this has to do with me, I know, and not the books - in a way that some people aren't. Alive as teachers, alive as minds, alive as imaginative triggers.

Andrea Barrett

LifePeopleMeMy LifeAliveKnow

In the beginning, everybody that gets to work with me, thinks I'm nice. But three weeks later, they hear a bell ringing. Then they realise I meant everything I said during that first week. It's not my fault people are not taking me serious from the first moment.

Andrew Eldritch

WorkMomentBeginningPeopleMe

There is a difference between civil partnerships and marriage. That difference does not mean one is better than another.

John Sentamu

MarriagePartnershipsBetterMean

I was very influenced by Eric Clapton and Jimi Hendrix, both of whom I had the pleasure of playing with and becoming friends with.

Mick Taylor

FriendsPleasurePlayingBecoming

There are plenty of guys who played great golf, had great careers and only won a few majors.

Johnny Miller

GreatGolfOnlyWhoFewGuys

I'm not going to sit here and bash the manager, we have to regroup.

David Wells

ManagerSitHereGoingBashRegroup

I moonlight as a singer.

Bryan Adams

SingerMoonlight

I came from Iowa, south central Iowa. It was a very rural area. I saw a lot more hogs growing up than I saw people.

Peggy Whitson

PeopleGrowing UpGrowingMoreUp

I like driving. A lot. I think that's something I just enjoy the most. I can, at a moment's notice, drive across the country if, you know, I had to.

Shahzia Sikander

MomentDriveThinkDrivingEnjoy

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