Adam Clayton famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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From an early age I didn't buy into the value systems of working hard in a nine-to-five job. I thought creativity, friendship and loyalty and pushing the boundaries of what was acceptable was much more interesting.
-- Adam Clayton -
I don't think rock 'n roll is necessarily a young man's game. I think Neil Young is just as rock'n'roll now as he was in his 20s. I'd like to think we can still be edgy and challenging.
-- Adam Clayton
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When I write I have no loyalty except to historical truth as I see it and care no more about British achievements and mistakes than any other.
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Stand with anybody that stands right, stand with him while he is right and part with him when he goes wrong.
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Loyalty in a free society depends upon the toleration of disloyalty.
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A 2002 Oxford study showed counting sheep actually delays the onset of sleep. It's just too dull to stop us from worrying about jobs and spouses.
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Sometimes things are the way they are and can't be changed, other times it's because no one ever tried. Your job is to find the latter.
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Rent' was my first professional job, ever.
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Ambition often puts Men upon doing the meanest offices; so climbing is performed in the same position with creeping.
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My father taught me to work, but not to love it. I never did like to work, and I don't deny it. I'd rather read, tell stories, crack jokes, talk, laugh -- anything but work.
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All progress has resulted from people who took unpopular positions.
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Almost anything is easier to get into than to get out of.
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