Bill Bruford Quotes

I mean, Chris is, I'm sure, a wonderful guy. But in those days he also very, very late. For all appointments and departures and arrivals and sound checks and anything.

Bill Bruford

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LateSoundMeanDaysAnythingGuy

In Australian culture, people are just more laid back, people aren't as serious, they just take their time with things. It's just like, whatever, if I don't get it done I don't get it done.

Andrew Bogut

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I'm skeptical of any mission that has advertisers at its centerpiece.

Jeff Bezos

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Because I was born in Casablanca and my parents were from the south of Spain, I do not have a big central root in France. I feel French but in a few ways, not at all French.

Jean Reno

ParentsFeelBornBigBecauseSpain

Do I think I'm a national treasure? I don't see why not? I don't see why I shouldn't be. I'm a good lad, really.

Robbie Williams

GoodThinkTreasureWhySeeWhy Not

Seeing my child born is so much more important than anything else I've got going on.

Lukas Forchhammer

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ISIL is dangerous. They're a threat. They're a brutal, horrible force that needs to be dealt with.

Lois Frankel

DangerousForceDealtHorribleNeeds

Investing in better-quality education outcomes - especially in maths and science - more than pays for itself.

Julia Gillard

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Growing up where I grew up, we looked to athletes. They were our first heroes. They came from the same places we came from. I mean, you can't watch TV and see someone who is successful that you can really relate to. That person isn't real; he doesn't exist. But athletes traveled the world, had these big houses and gave their families a better life.

Jay-Z

LifeGrowing UpWorldBetterSomeone

I'm a yes person. I'm too concerned with trying to make too many people happy.

Jorja Fox

HappyPeopleTryingPersonYesMake

But at a certain point, and I don't really know... people have asked me this. I don't know exactly what it was that pushed me towards directing, but I think it was a naive notion that if I directed I would be able to play all the roles. A kind of greed.

Peter Bogdanovich

PeopleMeThinkGreedPlayKnow

I've never talked to our guys about being young. That's an easy crutch to fall on. You really just have to come in and build the spirit up of your team by working them everyday, showing them examples of what they've done and reinforce their work.

Scott Brooks

WorkTeamEasyYouFallYoung

I grew up in a drive-in theater, from the time I was 8, working in a snack bar watching four features every week. It was silent theater in the sense that this was a drive-in, which meant that I often saw the films going with no sound. But I learned to tell stories through action.

Twyla Tharp

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