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Back then, I, most rockers loved Chuck Berry, Little...

Back then, I, most rockers loved Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis... you know in the '60s.

Quote by Joe Cocker about contentment

Back to the U.S. - they have a problem with historical...

Back to the U.S. - they have a problem with historical emptiness. Those who support moderation could strangle those who stand for direct attack.

Quote by Mick Jagger about attack

On the field, blacks have been able to be super giants. But, once our playing days are over, this is the end of it and we go back to the back of the bus again.

Quote by Hank Aaron about day, end

Happy, happy Christmas, that can win us back to the delusions of our childhood days, recall to the old man the pleasures of his youth, and transport the traveler back to his own fireside and quiet home!

Quote by Charles Darwin about happiness, christmas, childhood, quiet, youth, day, home, old, olderness, man

Then when I was five we moved to a real bad part of Detroit. I was getting beat up a lot, so we moved back to K.C., then back to Detroit again when I was 11.

Quote by Eminem about bad luck, real estate, bad

I know people who go back and check themselves, but it drives me crazy. Everybody wants to look in the mirror and see Cary Grant looking back at them, but that's just not the case.

Quote by Dennis Farina about nation, people

I would like to go back to Wales. I'm obsessed with my...

I would like to go back to Wales. I'm obsessed with my childhood and at least three times a week dream I am back there.

Quote by Anthony Hopkins about childhood, dream

When my mother died, I was 17 years old, and I literally got on a plane and flew to America, and didn't really come back. I have been back to Ireland in short spurts, just skimming the surface of my formative years.

Quote by Anjelica Huston about parents, mother, old, olderness

You can hold yourself back from the sufferings of the world, that is something you are free to do and it accords with your nature, but perhaps this very holding back is the one suffering you could avoid.

Quote by Franz Kafka about suffering, nature, contentment, world

When walking to a bus stop, if you'll look back to see if the bus is coming, it won't, if you won't look back, the bus will pass you just as you'll reach the bus stop.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about cars, contentment

Then I contacted Ken, then he called me back, then we had a great meeting. Then he called and asked if I would come back to the show. Which was awesome.

Quote by Austin Peck about opinion, meetings

I have always been pushed by the negative. The apparent failure of a play sends me back to my typewriter that very night, before the reviews are out. I am more compelled to get back to work than if I had a success.

Quote by Tennessee Williams about opinion, failure, night, success, work

If you fight back and get hit, it hurts a little while;...

If you fight back and get hit, it hurts a little while; if you don't fight back it hurts forever.

Quote by Joel Siegel about opinion, fight, contentment

You just don't give up. There have been times when everything seemed to conspire against getting a book done or printed, and I would feel like turning my back on the whole thing. But I came back and persisted.

Quote by Dee Brown about perseverance, things, contentment

Love of my life

Love of my life, you've hurt me You've broken my heart and now you leave me Love of my life, can't you see? Bring it back, bring it back Don't take it away from me, because you don't know What it means to me

Quote by Freddie Mercury about love, contentment, life, heart

Some songs call for a little more power, and I am able to...

Some songs call for a little more power, and I am able to go there, but my signature style is very laid-back and relaxed.

Quote by Aaliyah about music, style, power

I look back on it, yeah, I'm in a much worse financial position than I was eight years ago. I'm going to have to go out at age 62 and kind of readdress some of that.

Quote by Bruce Babbitt about money, age, olderness

I think the people will- who advocate having a step back and read those public opinion polls on the front page of the newspapers all over this country saying public supports restoration in restoration of the Everglades, protection of the parks and...

Quote by Bruce Babbitt about politics, public, creation, opinion, country, people

The tragedy of modern war is that the young men die...

The tragedy of modern war is that the young men die fighting each other - instead of their real enemies back home in the capitals.

Quote by Edward Abbey about tragedy, enemies, home, war, real estate, death, man

I have some history books that I come back to when I'm...

I have some history books that I come back to when I'm trying to debug my worlds.

Quote by Lynn Abbey about books, history

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