The music comes first. When Geoff has made something the inspiration comes automatically. His music is very expressive. But still is is a very difficult process. I have to add something to his music, not push it away. It has to be equal, and I find that very difficult. ~Beth Gibbons
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It is extraordinary how inventive one can be with ethanol right now. ~Daniel Yergin
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Work hard, be patient, and be a sponge while learning your business. Learn how to take criticism. Follow your gut instincts and don't compromise. ~Simon Cowell
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Patty Griffin is iconic, and there's no other word to really describe her. She is iconic for a lot of people; not only for me but for a lot of fans. Her voice is one of a kind, and she's such an important figure in the American music scene. ~Dierks Bentley
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We need better neighbors, neighbors that care about the schools in their neighborhood, whether they have kids in them or not, because they know that the health and vitality of that neighborhood depends on it. ~Thomas Friedman
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May God in his mercy enable us without obstinacy to perceive our errors. ~Michael Servetus
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A lie travels round the world while truth is putting her boots on. ~French Proverb
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The recognition of the art that informs all pure science need not mean the abandonment for it of all present art, rather it will mean the completion of the transformation of art that has already begun. ~John Desmond Bernal
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Since the day he came into office, President Bush has worked to gut more than 34 years of hard work by weakening many of our Nation's standing environmental laws, some of which were signed into law by his father. ~Jim Jeffords
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I didn't meddle. If I did meddle there wouldn't be all this violence. All this horrible sexism in games. ~Lincoln Chafee
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If you look back today over the last 25 years, it is a fact that we have had a progressive degeneration of our intelligence community in general; in particular in the field of human intelligence. ~Paul Bremer
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Help your brother’s boat across, and your own will reach the shore. ~Hindu Proverb
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An imaginary ailment is worse than a disease. ~Yiddish Proverb
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There is a curious relationship between a candidate and the reporters who cover him. It can be affected by small things like a competent press staff, enough seats, sandwiches and briefings and the ability to understand deadlines. ~Ronald Steel
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Winning is everything in Hollywood. ~Olympia Dukakis
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If nothing is going well, call your grandmother. ~Italian Proverb
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In many ways, theatre is more rewarding for a writer. I used to think it was like painting a wall - that when the play is finished, it's done; but now I realise it's more like gardening; you plant the thing, then you have to constantly tend it. You're part of a thing that's living. ~Lee Hall
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I'm a mixed race lad from Liverpool. I get to play a lot of hard characters, and some people perceive that's what I'm like, but it's great for me 'cos they're always the most interesting characters. ~Stephen Graham
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After all the evidence is in, after you've run all the facts by everything you know, and you're still lost, you have to do some things on faith. ~Christopher Moore
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The ways to the One are as many as the lives of men. ~Zen Proverb
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I didn't go to drama school, so I feel like I did all my growing up on "Hollyoaks." ~Nathalie Emmanuel
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I don't buy trends, because the pieces don't last and I wind up never wearing them. That's why I like to shop with my children; they'll always tell me the truth. ~Danielle Steel
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But the first published thing I did was a detective story, detective novel, and I did that on my own. ~Peter Shaffer
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Every step of life shows much caution is required. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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There are many paths to the top of the mountain, but the view is always the same. ~Chinese Proverb
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