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"Youths write me and tell me that their band will go nowhere because of all the bad bands in the world. I tell them there has always been awful music and that no great band ever wasted any time complaining, they just got it done. Their ropey ranting is just a way to get out of the hard work of making music that will do some lasting damage."
"We are too prone to find fault; let us look for some of the perfections."
"You know what, my new mantra is this: ANT AND DEC. Ant and Dec. I might get their names tattooed on each wrist. Because they smile, and they never complain, and it seems to work for them and I wish I could be more like that."
"I imagine that it saddens the heart of God when we murmur and complain, instead of being thankful after He's been so good to us."
"You don't have to give way to careless speech or complaining. You don't have to let your feelings get in the way of what God wants to do in your life."
"I do understand the perspective of die-hard fans who complain that we don't play the same as the record, but at the same time I think fans are getting an amazing deal."
"If you do not like anything, alter it. If you can not change it, adjust your mindset. Will not complain."
"I had rather complain of ill-fortune than be ashamed of victory."
"Some writers are more natural public performers than others; personally I find it quite strange giving interviews. But everyone has parts of their job that they like more than others. You can't complain if you get to do what you love doing most of the time, can you?"
"I would never complain that Hollywood is racist when I'm one of the people touted as a welcome entity there."
"We had a rule in the school that when you're punished, you carry out the punishment and then complain, which I felt was absolutely unfair: if I'd done it, what was the point of complaining?"
"Sometimes I think it is a great mistake to have matter that can think and feel. It complains so."
