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I liked the name Frog Brigade because it lent itself to a lot of cool imagery with the whole frog th...
LES CLAYPOOL

I like to open new doors and blaze new trails through the jungle and all that whatnot. What keeps me...
LES CLAYPOOL

In the early days all I hoped was to make a living out of what I did best. But, since there's no rea...
LES CLAYPOOL

Daniel Day-Lewis is my favorite actor walking the planet right now. He never ceases to amaze me.
LES CLAYPOOL

I've always said the bass just happens to be the crayon I picked out of the box. I'd still b...
LES CLAYPOOL

My heroes are guys like Frank Capra and Elia Kazan and Coen brothers and Terry Gilliam, more so than...
LES CLAYPOOL

The first film I made was when I was 13 and it was called 'The Dogs That Ate Detroit.' It st...
LES CLAYPOOL

I had one guy pretend to be me, go to a hotel room, and tell the people at the front desk that it wa...
LES CLAYPOOL

I have a very difficult time describing my music. Because I run into people in the hardware store an...
LES CLAYPOOL

San Francisco is an interesting place. It's always been such a nice culturally diverse environme...
LES CLAYPOOL

Band chemistry is a tricky thing. If one guy isn't feeling right with the other guys, everything...
LES CLAYPOOL

To me, if you're going to talk about funk, you have to go back to George Clinton and Bernie Worr...
LES CLAYPOOL

I didn't realize Metallica was as big as they were. I just thought it was my buddy Kirk's ba...
LES CLAYPOOL

I've never been on the cover of 'Tiger Beat' magazine, let's put it that way. But th...
LES CLAYPOOL

You don't go see Primus to see what kind of new clothing I'm wearing or what my new hairdo i...
LES CLAYPOOL

It's a great little ego boost to look out and see all these people. I saw Roger Waters there recentl...
LES CLAYPOOL

I enjoy my John Deere tractor quite a lot. It's a tool that I must use to keep Mother Nature at ...
LES CLAYPOOL

In the early days all I hoped was to make a living out of what I did best. But, since there’s no r...
LES CLAYPOOL

Rage Against the Machine just broke up. The Chili Peppers are taking a hiatus. I just heard Newsted ...
LES CLAYPOOL

You might have a favorite book or film, but you can only watch or read it so many times before you h...
LES CLAYPOOL

Comedians get jokes offered to them, rock stars get women and underwear thrown onstage, and I get gu...
LES CLAYPOOL

I think Phish will come back. I just think it's time for a breather.
LES CLAYPOOL

For me to do a project - I have a pretty successful solo career, so - for me to even want to do Prim...
LES CLAYPOOL

I love character actors. If I'm switching channels, and something with Slim Pickens is on, or Wa...
LES CLAYPOOL

I'm a big believer in spontaneity.
LES CLAYPOOL

As I've moved through life, I've found that I like things to be as casual and as spontaneous...
LES CLAYPOOL

Music in general is looking for something new overall.
LES CLAYPOOL Fire ants can sting and bite, and can do that seven or eight times within the same general area.
JOHN CLAYPOOL The way of forgiveness is the way of gratitude and astonishment. It lets the past become our teacher...
JOHN CLAYPOOL We've had scandals at every level of government. We need to assure the public that people are hired ...
COMMISSIONER FORREST CLAYPOOL

I'm not saying my mother didn't like me, but she kept looking for loopholes in my birth cert...
LES DAWSON

Forgive those who have hurt you.
LES BROWN

Don't let someone else's opinion of you become your reality.
LES BROWN

We have to live life with a sense of urgency so not a minute is wasted.
LES BROWN

Our ability to handle life's challenges is a measure of our strength of character.
LES BROWN

In every day, there are 1,440 minutes. That means we have 1,440 daily opportunities to make a positi...
LES BROWN

Forgive yourself for your faults and your mistakes and move on.
LES BROWN

You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.
LES BROWN

Wanting something is not enough. You must hunger for it. Your motivation must be absolutely compelli...
LES BROWN

Mind you, I've always been musical... Mother used to sit me on her knee and I'd whisper, ...
LES DAWSON

My mother-in-law said, 'One day I will dance on your grave.' I said 'I hope you do; I wi...
LES DAWSON

I've just had some bad news. Tomorrow is the mother in law's funeral. And she's cancelle...
LES DAWSON

Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss you will land among the stars.
LES BROWN

You cannot be wimpy out there on the dream-seeking trail. Dare to break through barriers, to find yo...
LES BROWN

Other people's opinion of you does not have to become your reality.
LES BROWN

Some people would rather get even instead of get ahead.
LES BROWN

There are winners, there are losers and there are people who have not yet learned how to win.
LES BROWN

The only limits to the possibilities in your life tomorrow are the buts you use today.
LES BROWN

Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in the small ones.
LES BROWN

With wives, men hide behind the air of bravado, which is basically a defence mechanism, I think. Cle...
LES DAWSON

The best way to save money is not to lose it.
LES WILLIAMS

The wife's run off with the bloke next door. I do miss him.
LES DAWSON

It's important to me that money not be important to me.
LES BROWN

I believe that life is a journey, often difficult and sometimes incredibly cruel, but we are well eq...
LES BROWN

You have the courage and power to live your dreams.
LES BROWN

Just because Fate doesn't deal you the right cards, it doesn't mean you should give up. It just mean...
LES BROWN

You must take action now that will move you towards your goals. Develop a sense of urgency in your l...
LES BROWN

Take action in order to move toward your goals.
LES BROWN

Believe that you possess a basic goodness, which is the foundation for the greatness you can ultimat...
LES BROWN

Your level of belief in yourself will inevitably manifest itself in whatever you do.
LES BROWN

Change is difficult but often essential to survival.
LES BROWN

You have the power to change.
LES BROWN

You cannot expect to achieve new goals or move beyond your present circumstances unless you change.
LES BROWN

I advise you to say your dream is possible and then overcome all inconveniences, ignore all the hass...
LES BROWN

Don't let the negativity given to you by the world disempower you. Instead give to yourself that whi...
LES BROWN

If you don't program yourself, life will program you!
LES BROWN

You don't get in life what you want; you get in life what you are.
LES BROWN

Live out of your imagination instead of out of your memory.
LES BROWN

If you do not develop the hunger and courage to pursue your goal, you will lose your nerve and you w...
LES BROWN

You gotta be hungry!
LES BROWN

There were no last words. His wife was with him to the end.
LES DAWSON

Goals help you channel your energy into action.
LES BROWN

When you face your fear, most of the time you will discover that it was not really such a big threat...
LES BROWN

Fear does not have any special power unless you empower it by submitting to it.
LES BROWN

Other people
LES BROWN

I was sat at the bottom of the garden a week ago, smoking a reflective cheroot, thinking about this ...
LES DAWSON

If you're not using your smile, you're like a man with a million dollars in the bank and no checkboo...
LES GIBLIN

Accept responsibility for your life. Know that it is you who will get you where you want to go, no o...
LES BROWN

You take on the responsibility for making your dream a reality.
LES BROWN

Accept the consequences of your actions in order to become the agent of your mental, physical, spiri...
LES BROWN

It takes someone with a vision of the possibilities to attain new levels of experience. Someone with...
LES BROWN

Practice only makes for improvement.
LES BROWN

The only limits to the possibilities in your life tomorrow are the buts you use today.
LES BROWN

The things you want are always possible; it is just that the way to get them is not always apparent....
LES BROWN

If you are carrying strong feelings about something that happened in your past, they may hinder your...
LES BROWN

See yourself confronting your fears in your mind's eye and handling those fears like a champ.
LES BROWN

You must see your goals clearly and specifically before you can set out for them. Hold them in your ...
LES BROWN

When you want something, you have to be willing to pay your dues.
LES BROWN

One of the most essential things you need to do for yourself is to choose a goal that is important t...
LES BROWN

Honor your commitments with integrity.
LES BROWN

Someone's opinion of you does not have to become your reality.
LES BROWN

You are the only real obstacle in your path to a fulfilling life.
LES BROWN

Some people are born to fatness. Others have to get there.
LES MURRAY

As you reach your goals, set new ones. That is how you grow and become a more powerful person.
LES BROWN

Choosing goals that are important to you is one of the most essential things you can do in order to ...
LES BROWN

Goals are not dreamy, pie-in-the-sky ideals. They have every day practical applications and they sho...
LES BROWN

You may not accomplish every goal you set -- no one does -- but what really matters is having goals ...
LES BROWN

Your goals are the road maps that guide you and show you what is possible for your life.
LES BROWN

You must be willing to do the things today others don't do in order to have the things tomorrow othe...
LES BROWN

In the end, it is the person you become, not the things you have achieved, that is the most importan...
LES BROWN

All of us need to grow continuously in our lives.
LES BROWN

You must think of failure and defeat as the springboards to new achievements or to the next level of...
LES BROWN

If you don't stand up for something, you may fall for anything.
LES BROWN

Be determined to handle any challenge in a way that will make you grow.
LES BROWN

Love yourself unconditionally, just as you love those closest to you despite their faults.
LES BROWN

Get your ideas on paper and study them. Do not let them go to waste!
LES BROWN

Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars.
LES BROWN

Life takes on meaning when you become motivated, set goals and charge after them in an unstoppable m...
LES BROWN

Begin to read a book that will help you move toward your dream.
LES BROWN

If you want to look with only one eye then you will only see part of the picture.
LES WILLIAMS

You must remain focused on your journey to greatness.
LES BROWN

You need to make a commitment, and once you make it, then life will give you some answers.
LES BROWN

On my own, pretending he's beside me. All alone I walk with him 'til morning. Without him I feel hi...
LES MISERABLES

If you view all the things that happen to you, both good and bad, as opportunities, then you operat...
LES BROWN

My wife is a sex object - every time I ask for sex, she objects.
LES DAWSON

Shoot for the moon and if you miss you will still be among the stars.
LES BROWN

My mother-in-law fell down a wishing well. I was amazed; I never knew they worked.
LES DAWSON

If you set goals and go after them with all the determination you can muster, your gifts will take y...
LES BROWN

I'm often accused of saying some pretty rotten things about my mother-in-law. But quite honestly...
LES DAWSON We go in there and we work on altering those ideas and in many cases go in different directions.
LES PAUL

We ought to be providing protective sanctuaries for the Kurdish rebels. That means finding some plac...
LES ASPIN

Where do we enroll in Life 101? Where are the classes dealing with the loss of a job, the death of a...
LES BROWN

We were all born with a certain degree of power. The key to success is discovering this innate power...
LES BROWN

There are winners, there are losers and there are people who have not yet learned how to win.
LES BROWN

Just because Fate doesn't deal you the right cards, it doesn't mean you should give up. It j...
LES BROWN

My mother-in-law has come round to our house at Christmas seven years running. This year we're h...
LES DAWSON

Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears.
LES BROWN

If you take responsibility for yourself you will develop a hunger to accomplish your dreams.
LES BROWN

If you put yourself in a position where you have to stretch outside your comfort zone, then you are ...
LES BROWN

Life has no limitations, except the ones you make.
LES BROWN

We are living in very challenging times. Pressured in the workplace and stressed out at home, people...
LES BROWN

Review your goals twice every day in order to be focused on achieving them.
LES BROWN

Help others achieve their dreams and you will achieve yours.
LES BROWN

I took my mother-in-law to Madame Tussaud's Chamber of Horrors, and one of the attendants said: ...
LES DAWSON

I think of myself as a catalyst of action and a messenger of hope, turning people onto themselves an...
LES BROWN

My lad chewed and swallowed a dictionary. We gave him Epsom salts - but we can't get a word out ...
LES DAWSON

I discovered the wife's got asthma. Thank God - I thought she was hissing at me.
LES DAWSON

When life knocks you down, try to land on your back. Because if you can look up, you can get up. Let...
LES BROWN

There's a certain amount of sympathy here for the Bush administration's problem, which is th...
LES ASPIN

Your smile will give you a positive countenance that will make people feel comfortable around you.
LES BROWN

Anytime you suffer a setback or disappointment, put your head down and plow ahead.
LES BROWN Now I need to take a piece of wood and make it sound like the railroad track, but I also had to make...
LES PAUL

In day-to-day commerce, television is not so much interested in the business of communications as in...
LES BROWN

That was not part of the U.N. resolution; it was not part of the mandate to go on to Baghdad and, fr...
LES ASPIN

In awe, I watched the waxing moon ride across the zenith of the heavens like an ambered chariot towa...
LES DAWSON

You must see your goals clearly and specifically before you can set out for them. Hold them in your...
LES BROWN

Life has no limitations, except the ones you make.
LES BROWN

How can you analyse what is funny? What's funny to one isn't funny to another... What's ...
LES DAWSON One minute we're over here, the next minute we're doing something completely different. But ...
LES PAUL I wanted something very dense, something that would sustain long and more pieces of wood that would ...
LES PAUL

We must look for ways to be an active force in our own lives. We must take charge of our own destini...
LES BROWN

We should have done more damage to the Iraqi forces before they withdrew from the Kuwaiti theater.
LES ASPIN

There's a certain amount of sympathy here for the Bush administration's problem, which is they would...
LES ASPIN

Long-term, we must figure out a way that the Kurdish territory within Iraq operates with a certain a...
LES ASPIN

Before we give you billions more, we want to know what you've done with the trillion you've got.
LES ASPIN That's sports and we can't do anything about it. We've got to play with the players we have. What ca...
LES ALEXANDER I heard him moaning and groaning. It was really sad to see a guy be in that much pain.
LES ALEXANDER This is an exciting time for the Rockets. He will become one of the great players in NBA history. He...
LES ALEXANDER The doctor told me he thinks it's a bad back spasm and hopefully he'll be OK. He doesn't think it's ...
LES ALEXANDER

Help others achieve their dreams and you will achieve yours.
LES BROWN Were excited to have Earl join our staff. He comes to LSU highly recommended. He did a great job at ...
LES MILES You learn fast from others how to be an entertainer as well as a musician; you don't necessarily...
LES PAUL

The way prices are rising, the good old days are last week.
LES DAWSON

I used to sell furniture for a living. The trouble was, it was my own.
LES DAWSON

Make each day count by setting specific goals to succeed, then putting forth every effort to exceed ...
LES BROWN

Don't let someone else's opinion of you become your reality.
LES BROWN

I saw six men kicking and punching the mother-in-law. My neighbour said 'Are you going to help?&...
LES DAWSON I think we played a full 60 (Sunday). I think we were tense the first game and we couldn't bury our ...
LES BORSHEIM This has been one of the worst years for surf.
LES CONGELLIERE I think there was a sense of urgency in the locker room. I don't think anybody wants to celebrate wi...
LES MILES optimistic for a full recovery.
LES MILES

I'm the most unromantic lump of Northern suet. Yes, a woman did accost me once in South Shields,...
LES DAWSON It (the shoulder) just hasn't gotten better fast enough.
LES MILES

I can always tell when the mother in law's coming to stay; the mice throw themselves on the trap...
LES DAWSON We've asked the governor to suspend the gas for one month to give a break to the citizens of Florida...
LES MILLER

A lot of people do not muster the courage to live their dreams because they are afraid to die.
LES BROWN I think he's comfortable as our starting quarterback.
LES MILES It has a lace cap bloom that is not terribly impressive to me. I am waiting to see if the fall color...
LES PARKS Eclectic would be an understatement.
LES GARLAND Intel has a slew of products coming out within a span of the next two or three quarters that could h...
LES SANTIAGO

Forgive yourself for your faults and your mistakes and move on. Les Brown
LES BROWN As far as I'm concerned, I'm just a guitar player, and my job is to go out there and play an...
LES PAUL I saw several acts of good sportsmanship, too.
LES MILES Then a guy said, 'Well, you know, 12 victories is probably just what we'd like, Coach,' ... I said, ...
LES MILES We cannot sustain the mistakes that we made, and I will not allow it,
LES MILES I actually thought we were going to win in overtime. I couldn't believe that we didn't win the game.
LES MILES We had families of our players staying in the dormitory with them, and still do,
LES MILES

When you face your fear, most of the time you will discover that it was not really such a big threat...
LES BROWN I want to emphasize that what happened here at Fort Stewart is not just a Fort Stewart issue, ... It...
LES BROWNLEE All of the thrusting is in the inner solar system, then it coasts.
LES JOHNSON The key is that no matter to what extent we played close to our opponent, we still found a way to wi...
LES MILES

One of the most essential things you need to do for yourself is to choose a goal that is important t...
LES BROWN I'm a cheesecake connoisseur, and it was awfully good.
JIM LES

I've got a friend who is a lion tamer. He used to be a school teacher till he lost his nerve.
LES DAWSON

The mother-in-law is the centre of a family.
LES DAWSON

The mother-in-law came round last week. It was absolutely pouring down. So I opened the door and I s...
LES DAWSON

My mother-in-law's so fat that when she passes her handbag from hand to hand she throws it.
LES DAWSON We always did say we were going to look at the fountain and see if we can keep it. If not, we were c...
LES MORRIS It could come up if we have a special session in October. I think that's a little bit too late. The ...
LES MILLER

We've all had our thing. I listened to the Monkees when I was little kid.

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