Paul Simonon Quotes

I obviously had my reggae, but I got quite into rockabilly when I was a kid, because I was trying to find something that represented me as a white person.

Paul Simonon

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: musician
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: December 15, 1955

Topics

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Our world is drowning in a sea of self-centeredness. You can make yourself quite unique right away by leaving this ocean of selfishness and choosing to be curious about other people.

John Bytheway

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We all drive differently and have different styles. For me I need a car I can develop beneath me and feel comfortable in. If the car feels neutral and unbalanced it doesn't work for me.

Jenson Button

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The love of our private friends is the only preparatory exercise for the love of all men.

John Henry Newman

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The essence of faith is being satisfied with all that God is for us in Jesus.

John Piper

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One thing I learned is that the park by the river in a recent story, 'Getting Closer,' is the same park by the river that appears for a moment near the end of 'The Eighth Voyage of Sinbad,' a story first published 23 years earlier. This echo at first irritated me, then pleased me deeply.

Steven Millhauser

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Search for the truth. I tell you things and I always ask you to verify what I say. I told you yesterday that there was an attack and a retreat at Saddam's airport.

Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf

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I didn't write those songs, but I can relate to every one of them... I have.

Joss Stone

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Think of how dark that Friday was when Christ was lifted up on the cross... It was a Friday filled with devastating, consuming sorrow that gnawed at the souls of those who loved and honored the Son of God.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

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They said it was impossible to touch the third rail of politics, to take on public-sector unions and to reform a pension and health benefits system that was headed to bankruptcy. But with bipartisan leadership, we saved taxpayers $132 billion dollars over 30 years and saved retirees their pensions. We did it.

Chris Christie

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I've been working on my finishing for quite some time. It's just a question of paying attention to the minor details.

Cobi Jones

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My cards and flowers always got rejected on Valentines Day.

Anurag Kashyap

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States are not moral agents, people are, and can impose moral standards on powerful institutions.

Noam Chomsky

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