"The first band I saw were Mike Sheridan and The Nightriders, in their brown mohair suits, in 1966."

-- Jeff Lynne

#Band Quotes #Saws Quotes #Firsts Quotes

“Objectively, class differences in accent, dress, manners, and general style of life are very much smaller; and one cannot, strolling about the street or travelling on a train, instantly identify a person's social background as one can in England. Subjectively, social relations are more natural and egalitarian, and less marked by deference, submissiveness, or snobbery, as one quickly discovers from the cab-driver, the barman, the air-hostess and the drug-store assistant.”

Source : "The Future of Socialism". Book by Anthony Crosland, 1956.
“I didn't want to be 40 or 50 years old and still playing clubs, I didn't feel like I was making any progress, and I actually gave the band notice at one point. I began to have doubts about my abilities.”
“Good food is very often, even most often, simple food.”

Source : Anthony Bourdain (2011). “Tony Bourdain boxset: Kitchen Confidential & Medium Raw”, p.78, A&C Black
“Being a Pagan without knowing much about Paganism is a bit silly, in the sense that you would probably have been a Pagan had you known more, but you could not really be because you only knew so much about it.”

Source : Source: heathenharvest.org
“When you get into your car, after you close the door, pause for a few seconds and observe the flow of your breath. Become aware of a silent but powerful sense of presence.”
“If you are busy pleasing everyone, you are not being true to yourself”
“The ultimate test of practical leadership is the realization of intended, real change that meets people's enduring needs.”

Source : James MacGregor Burns (1979). “Leadership”, HarperCollins
“You can prove anything you want by coldly logical reason---if you pick the proper postulates.”

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