"I will jump on anybody's private plane at the drop of a hat. I'm an old-fashioned lower-middle-class boy."

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Eric Idle

#Boys Quotes #Class Quotes #Hats Quotes

“In pre-school, I was drawing dinosaurs - I was huge into dinosaurs. I wanted to be a paleontologist, not a cartoonist or a filmmaker or anything like that - just a paleontologist. So I would draw dinosaurs.”
“Living and working for four decades in a Bologna apartment and studio he shared with his unwed sisters, Morandi painted little but bottles, boxes, jars, and vases. Yet like that of Chardin and the underappreciated William Nicholson, Morandi's work seems to slow down time and show you things you've never seen before.”
“I didn't grasp the basic principle of being a promoter, which was: Put on music but also generate an income. I was on the dole most of the time.”
“Even when I illustrate multiple articles on the same person, the focus of the pieces are never the same, so I automatically get to reflect different ideas. But it doesn't mean that it's not a painful process. There are some really late nights.”
“I don't spend as much time on my hair as people think. I get out of the shower, whack some grease on there and I'm done.”

Source : "Chris Isaak: 'My advice is: if you've got to be miserable to write great music, then drive a truck!'". Interview With Tim Jonze, www.theguardian.com. March 1, 2012.
“I have been a ballerina, a cheerleader and a sorority girl. I was the girliest girl alive.”
“At that elusive moment when we transcend our ordinary performance and feel in harmony with something else-whether it's a glorious sunset, inspiring music or another human being-our studies have shown that what we are really coming in sync with is ourselves. Not only do we feel more relaxed and at peace, but this entrained state increases our ability to perform well and offers numerous health benefits.”
“I don't know nothing about nothing.”

Source : "If You Come Softly". Book by Jacqueline Woodson. Chapter 8, p. 88, 1998.

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