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There may be said to be three sorts of lawyers, able, unable, and lamentable.

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Robert Smith
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: April 21
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Robert James Smith
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I do a job I really, really love and I kind of have fun with. People think you can't be grown up unless you're moaning about your job.
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It's really easy to slide into a depression fueled by the pointlessness of existence.
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Hendrix was the first person I had come across who seemed completely free, and when you're nine or 10, your life is entirely dominated by adults. So he represented this thing that I wanted to be. Hendrix was the first person who made me think it might be good to be a singer and a guitarist - before that I wanted to be a footballer.
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I'm in the strange position of the world drifting away from me, but you know what? I'm actually quite content with that. It doesn't bother me in the slightest. I don't feel like, 'Oh God, I'm being left behind.'
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When you're in a young band for the first time, geographically you're in the same place and you tend to go out and socialize. You play more shows, you spend more time together. You're a unit. As you grow older, inevitably you develop a life outside the band. I think it would be tragic if you didn't.
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When you're on stage, the real world just drops away for that time. It's pretty intense.
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Refusing to grow up is like refusing to accept your limitations. That's why I don't think we'll ever grow up.
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I'm not going to worry about the Cure slipping down into the second division it doesn't bother me because I never expected to be in the first division anyway
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It's better to forget than remember me and cry.
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The further I get from the things that I care about, the less I care about how much further away I get.
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It's a perfect day for letting go.
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I look thuggish when I shave my head and wear big boots. I walk into a newsagent and people think I'm going to jump the counter.
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I am very self-conscious a lot of the time.
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