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You Quotes by Rufus Wainwright
- I'm your knight in shining armor. I'm here to save you from Linkin Park.
- I believe a lot of our lives are spent asleep, and what I've been trying to do is hold on to those moments when a…
- The moment something happens to one you love, it's twenty times more intense. You experience pain and enlightenment on a much vaster scale.
- Let the little fairy in you fly!
- Being uncool is being pretty much the coolest you can be.
- As an artist, you put so much into what you do and it can all be torn down in a nanosecond.
- I am always writing; if you want to survive in this business, you need to keep working, keep creating and never stop the output.
- I think the minute you mention death, people run for the hills - unless it's heavy metal. People do not like death.
- I want to carve out a serious period of time to focus on the next opera without any distractions. And to do that you need…
- You get to a certain age, and you feel the need to reward yourself just for existing.
- I basically have needed to go to the piano and give voice periodically to, you know - I'm always afraid to describe it as a…
- I made the decision to take on board the critical feedback. Reviews are something you can easily ignore as a performer or writer but I…
- In the music business, to survive for so long, you have to be able to cut off from your emotions sometimes. And being a father,…
- My parents were serious working musicians, but they were not stars - not like pop stars that you have now. They had to make a…
- The Germany I was enthused with was more old fashioned and kind of romantic. I just got there, and the next thing you know, I…
- You know the question: 'How do you get to Carnegie Hall?' Answer: 'Practise?' Well, in my case, I got there by not practising. I didn't…
- I think my mother, more than anyone, knew the importance of inspiration. If it was occurring, you had to use it.
- One of the main destructive forces within our family has been these runaway egos. I think if you look at any show business family, that…
- Writing an opera and premiering in England, you could say I was going right into the eye of the storm and I came out successfully.…
- In the present world, this technological, psychotic, politicised, nonsensical world, you have to believe that the good guys are going to win! That evil will…
More You Quotes
- Dedicate yourself to the good you deserve and desire for yourself. Give yourself peace of mind. You deserve to be happy. You… — Hannah Arendt
- These are the fifties, you know. The disgusting, posturing fifties. — Hannah Arendt
- I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore… — Pietro Aretino
- If you want to annoy your neighbors, tell the truth about them. — Pietro Aretino
- Flattery and deceit are the darlings of great men, and so with these men spread the butter on thick, if you want… — Pietro Aretino
- Having been a child actor, I remember how directors would trick me to get good performances out of me. I don't think… — Asia Argento
- In Italy the censor is very old and there are many judges and psychiatrists who analyse you. — Dario Argento
- I do think the heart can balance out the mind, if your heart is in a good place it can give you… — Alexis Arguello
- I believe more in precision, when you have the capability, like when you see a mosquito fly and you're able to hit… — Alexis Arguello
- I'd take precision any day over power; as far as being tactical you know you have to see what's going on in… — Alexis Arguello
- Haiti, Haiti, the further I am from you, the less I breathe. Haiti, I love you, and I will love you always.… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- When you care about human beings, you do your best to not repress and to not let people to repress and to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide