Richard Thompson
Richard Thompson
Guitarist, songwriter, and performer who played with the British folk-rock group Fairport Convention.
NationalityBritish
ProfessionGuitarist
Date of Birth3 April 1949
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Popular is a tricky word. People in large numbers don't always have the best taste. I prefer to concentrate on songs that are deserving, but slightly too arcane to be in every household - the also-rans, the misfits, the hidden jewels.
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The best thing you've got going for you is individuality.
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Everyone agrees what has happened is totally wrong. But the solution is way too broad for what has been discussed here.
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They've got it marked where the rock piles are, where you're not supposed to get in with a boat. Otherwise, it's a real nice place to come.
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It was a good day for the school board, ... Miller admitted it was a religious or philosophical statement and that book is still being sold in the United States and he is receiving royalties from it.
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Art was my favorite subject at school, and to me the Who were like an art project.
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At this point, we probably have 70 percent of our regulatory signs back up, and probably 30 percent left to do. Our street markers are way down - we've only done about 50 percent.
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The metaphoric implications are irresistible. If you look at the symbols, this hits you right in the face.
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They can't understand what you're doing and why you're saying what you're saying, and that might be the problem with the Discovery Institute.
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We got a lot of input from all of our cat friends, ... We wanted to be sure that tabby cats and Persians got all of their demographics in.
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Compromises have been made -- this is not being taught in class. We don't advocate teaching intelligent design at this point.
There's not much that we can do. It's out of our hands.
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This issue is bubbling under the surface all over the country, but the Dover board had the courage of their convictions.
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