"By doing what I do, by just staying, pardon me, true to myself and maintaining my maverick position, unbranded, unbought in a corporate sense, I've managed to migrate to and participate in the work of people far younger than my own children. This astounds me. It makes me feel all at once, beyond retirement age, as a player in the present tense. I'm a lucky guy."

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Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

Van Dyke Parks

#Retirement Quotes #Children Quotes #Player Quotes

“The best teams I've had had a little bit of swagger.”
“Emotions of the sould should be watched, regulary examined, and kept well balanced.”
“so" he asked. She was stunned and amazed-and happier than she'd ever been before. It couldn't possibly be real, she thought-unless she spoke the truth aloud, with Daniel and the rest of the fallen angels there to witness. "I'm Lucinda," she said. "I'm your angel.”
“I might do 'X Factor' next year. It's looking good that I won't get the sack at Christmas.”

Source : "Gary Barlow: the sexy one". Interview With Barbara Ellen, www.theguardian.com. October 8, 2011.
“We once installed a $1.49 trap in a woman's toilet and she never had ghost problems again.”
“Rome is a place almost worn out by being looked at, a city collapsing under the weight of reference.”

Source : "The magus of the Midlands", www.theguardian.com. October 20, 2000.
“I feel like there's a moment, in every young girl's life, whether it happens with your family, or a tragedy or death in your family, or a relationship, where there's a turning point where you go from extremely hopeful and cheery to wondering whether you are okay with where you are. That's always awkward.”
“As a matter of fact, I constantly tell audiences all over the world that the single greatest icon of American culture from the publication of "To Kill A Mockingbird" was that novel so that if we say, what conversation can we have that would lead us on a road of tolerance, and teachers have decided that if you're going to teach values in a school in America, the answer that American teachers at all kinds of schools have come up with, just let Harper Lee teach "To Kill A Mockingbird." And then all the teacher has to do is stand back and guide the discussion.”

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