"In the music business, to survive for so long, you have to be able to cut off from your emotions sometimes. And being a father, you're faced with that situation. I know that my father was, with me. I understand why he had to be distant, because to rip yourself away, time after time, is almost more devastating."

-- Rufus Wainwright

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“One thing I have frankly decided is that when it comes to political reform we have two conservative parties in British politics. Both the Labour and Conservative parties have constantly and repeatedly failed to honour promises they have made about reforming, cleaning, modernising our clapped-out system.”

Source : "Nick Clegg takes thorny path out of the Rose Garden". Interview with Nicholas Watt, www.theguardian.com. August 28, 2012.
“Standards should not be forced down from above but rather set by the production workers themselves.”
“[On Hollywood:] It looks, it feels, as though it had been invented by a Sixth Avenue peepshow man.”
“The Globe' is one of the most terrifying theatres in London. It's that mob element - everyone packed in and staring up at you.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I have wit in my work and a sense of humor, but I do not use irony in any way”
“Hunger is not an issue of charity. It is an issue of justice.”
“Opposition doesn't prevent the presence of God, it provides an opportunity to prove the presence of God.”
“I donâ€™t want to be one of those people thatâ€™s constantly promoting myself on Twitter. I think the fun thing about Twitter is being able to share all the little random things that happen in my life.”

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