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Andy Partridge

"It's very schizophrenic because I like a lot of very straight pop, like Small Faces, Stones, Kinks; and on the other hand, I like a lot of avant garde things."

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"It's very schizophrenic because I like a lot of very straight pop, like Small Faces, Stones, Kinks; and on the other hand, I like a lot of avant garde things."

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"You have to put on more faces to pretend who you are."

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"I asked him if he ever hung out with black guys in high school and he said, 'Well, no. They always had these angry looks on their faces. Who wouldn't look ticked off having to deal with nitwits like him?"

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Amber Hurdle

"The very best thing about doing it is seeing the reaction on kid's faces when you tell them you've done it."

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"First you forget names, then you forget faces. Next you forget to pull your zipper up and finally, you forget to pull it down."

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"I had a guitar when I was 6 or 7, a plastic guitar with the Beatles' faces on it. It would be a collector's item now. It would fetch a hefty sum, I imagine."

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"I believe that robots should only have faces if they truly need them."

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"A blank wall of social and professional antagonism faces the woman physician that forms a situation of singular and painful loneliness, leaving her without support, respect or professional counsel."

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Amber Hurdle

"It's nice to see that look of alarm on the faces of the others."

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Amber Hurdle

"I always have trouble remembering three things: faces, names, and - I can't remember what the third thing is."

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"The Beatles, the Small Faces and the Kinks were great bands, but that was in the '60s."

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