A perfect world Quote by Elvis Costello

“Even in a perfect world where everyone was equal. I'd still own the film rights and be working on the sequel.”

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Somebody should clip Sting around the head and tell him to stop using that ridiculous Jamaican accent.

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There is something wrong with you if you don't get angry about something.

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“Was it a millionaire who said "imagine no possessions?" A poor little schoolboy who said "we don't need no lessons?”

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Though the passion still flutters and flickers, it never got into our knickers.

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Life for me is about movement.

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Maybe I just never learned my harmony part, because what everybody says sounds odd to them sounds perfectly natural to me.

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So that's one of the reasons why we took time between the last one and this one, was to make sure that we could do something that we believe could be equal if not better than the last one. In this case we already have ideas of things we're talking about, and I think in a perfect world it will…

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I think every musician is different, every artist is different, and in a perfect world people would be able to pursue their own path…

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In a perfect world we don't want to be overly dependent on any single asset or be so dependent on the cycle or where…

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The world can be better if there's love, tolerance and humility.

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In a perfect world, my tennis game gets better. I have kids and a beautiful wife and live on some hill somewhere that's not…

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Anything and everything at any given time is sort of the point I think. We're dealing in real situations and that's why we have…

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I'm friends with everybody, I love everybody. I trust everybody because they don't give me reasons not to you know what I'm saying? So,…

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In a perfect world, I could be doing some bigger films and balance that with some independent films because they seem to be the…

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Nothing has to be changed, because all is beautiful - that is enlightenment. All is as it should be, everything is perfect. This is…

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Inside the snow globe on my father's desk, there was a penguin wearing a red-and-white-striped scarf. When I was little my father would pull me into his lap and reach for the snow globe. He would turn it over, letting all the snow collect on the top, then quickly invert it. The two of us watched the snow fall gently…

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Our lives are marked and shaped by our regrets. Things we all want to take back and can’t. In a perfect world, we would…

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“Zackary Connor's office building was made of glass, endless windows giving the impression of being outside. It was exactly how I liked nature--air conditioned…

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