"Strangely enough, when the Sugababes' 'Freak Like Me' went to number 1, which was built around my 'Are 'Friends' Electric' song, I had another song called 'Rip' go to number 1 in the Kerrang TV chart, so I was pulling new people in from very different areas of musical interest. That was quite an amazing week."

-- Gary Numan

#Song Quotes #Rip Quotes #Numbers Quotes

“I daydreamed for motivation. I didn't lie to myself and talk about my passions and how if I was passionate enough about something I could be successful at it.”
“Golden Ruleâ€: â€œThat which is hateful to you, do not do to your fellow. That is the whole Torah; the rest is the explanation; go and learn.”
“Anyone who truly walks with God, walks humbly. The closer we draw near to Him, the more we behold His majesty!”
“Reading is socially accepted disassociation. You flip a switch and youâ€™re not there anymore. Itâ€™s better than heroin. More effective and cheaper and legal.”
“How real is any of the past, being every moment revalued to make the present possible...”

Source : William Gaddis (1955). “The Recognitions: A Novel”, Harcourt
“I have been a goof my whole life. I wasn't really the popular girl in school and didn't have any boyfriends in high school because I was a nerd. I was a geek.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“God loves you as do I and no matter what physical characteristics that differ from each and every one of us, we are but one family under the heavens.”
“this is what I know about courage: You don't have to think about courage to have it. You don't have to feel courageous to be courageous. You don't sit down and say you're going to be courageous. At the moment of action, you don't see it as a courageous act. Courage is the most hidden thing from your eye or mind until after it's done. There's some inner something that tells you what's right. You know you have to do it to survive as a human being. You have no choice.”

Source : Unita Blackwell, JoAnne Prichard Morris (2006). “Barefootin': Life Lessons from the Road to Freedom”, Crown

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