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I could be accused of being a wannabe tribesman, of wanting to be a tribal dude, but that is not how I see it. I see it as me doing what they wanted me to do, showing them respect and hanging out with them.
Source: As quoted in Do you really want to be in our tribe? in The Telegraph (1 March 2005) -
I could name a few songs and say exactly what summer they came out and what boy I thought I was in love with when I was fourteen years old, but I think that music used to be really more a part of the culture when people went out dancing in a different way than they do now.
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I delight in men over seventy. They always offer one the devotion of a lifetime.
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I detest life-insurance agents: they always argue that I shall some day die, which is not so.
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I discovered a long time ago that if I helped people get what they wanted, I would always get what I wanted and I would never have to worry.
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I dislike arguments of any kind. They are always vulgar, and often convincing.
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I dislike modern memoirs. They are generally written by people who have either entirely lost their memories, or have never done anything worth remembering.
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I distrust Great Men. They produce a desert of uniformity around them and often a pool of blood too, and I always feel a little man's pleasure when they come a cropper.
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I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on them unless they act.
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I do not believe that friends are necessarily the people you like best, they are merely the people who got there first.
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I do not know whether there be, as a rule, more vocal expression of the sentiment of love between a man and a woman, than there is between two thrushes. They whistle and call to each other, guided by instinct rather than by reason.
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I do not think athletes should get a free pass. I don't think we should train our children and future athletes to believe that they are above the law and morality.
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I do outlines when I'm writing with someone, but they also need to have a certain amount of freedom.
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I don't believe people die from hard work. They die from stress and worry and fear - the negative emotions. Those are the killers, not hard work. The fact is, in our society today, most people don't understand what hard work is all about.
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I don't care how much a person talks, if they only say it in a few words.
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I don't even correct people when they mispronounce my name now.
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I don't have a warm personal enemy left. They've all died off. I miss them terribly because they helped define me.
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I don't know what effect these men will have upon the enemy, but, by God, they frighten me.
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I don't know what effect these men will have upon the enemy, but, by God, they terrify me.
― Arthur Wellesley Duke of Wellington
Irish military leader and statesman, defeated Napoleon (1769 - 1852) -
I don't know what it's like for a book writer or a doctor or a teacher as they work to get established in their jobs. But for a singer, you've got to continue to grow or else you're just like last night's cornbread - stale and dry.
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