- Dinner
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- Nov 07, 2020
Saying Quotes
The gap between what's said and what's meant.
This set focuses on the friction around saying things: doubts other people voice about an unusual project, the strangeness of writing lyrics meant for someone else's voice, and family conflicts that get said and later forgiven. It pairs well with our Know quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Fear
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- Nov 07, 2020
I fear that too many have sadly surrendered their agency to the adversary and are saying by their conduct, 'I care more about satisfying my own desires than I do about bearing the Savior's power to bless others.'
- Style
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- Nov 07, 2020
Increasingly, to dismiss any popular artistic style is seen as the worst kind of snobbery. And snobbery, it goes without saying, is unacceptable in a diverse and democratic world.
- Nov 07, 2020
I get letters and messages on Twitter saying I've become a bit of a role model, which is wonderful.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
What inspired me was the love of making music and having no one around and just saying, 'I've gotta figure this out.'
- Hell
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- Nov 07, 2020
Somebody talked me into writing an autobiography about six or seven years ago. And I said I'd try. We talked into a tape recorder, and after a couple of months, I said, To hell with it. I was so depressed. It was like saying, 'This is the end.' I was more interested in what the hell was coming the next day or the next week.
- Handsome
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- Nov 07, 2020
Given the choice between someone saying I was handsome in a role or ugly but good, I know which I'd choose.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
People are saying I am against the chador. I am not. On the contrary. I am for traditional family values.
- Others
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is a saying in Arabic meaning that every situation must be considered based on the realities on the ground. I can talk in some places freely, but not in others.
- First One
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- Nov 07, 2020
Ever since I was in the Chelsea academy, I've had that awareness that people were saying I would be the first one to break through since John Terry. I believed I could, but the opportunities didn't quite come for me.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I never remember, like, saying, 'Well, I'm going to belong - join the civil rights movement.'
- Copy
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- Nov 07, 2020
No, sir, I'm not saying that charming, witty and warm copy won't sell. I'm just saying I've seen thousands of charming, witty campaigns that didn't sell.
- Late
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- Nov 07, 2020
I worked at CBS in the late '90s, and I remember sitting in meetings with both advertisers and digerati, and everyone was saying, 'Network TV is dead.'
- Funny
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I used to watch comedians with my dad, he laid it all out for me. He wanted to be a comedian himself, and he was so funny. We'd watch stand-up on TV, and he'd tell me the subtext of what they were saying.
- Started
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- Nov 07, 2020