Joe R. Lansdale Quotes
The bottom line is, Texas and its people are pretty much what most people mean when they use the broader term 'America.'Joe R. Lansdale
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I'm not a power person. I like everyone to be on an equal footing.
Jack Nicholson -
When we don't have information, we go to the simplest outlook, to black and white. But then we have to lie to ourselves. Black is never as black as you're painting it and white is never as white.
Patricia Sun -
From my experience and understanding, I believe money follows name and fame, while recognition calls for a huge amount of sacrifice. To get something, you have to lose something. That's the rule of life.
Lata Mangeshkar -
Any effort to create a second class of Americans, I just can't swallow that.
Xavier Becerra -
I dare anybody to look at me and say I'm anorexic. I'm so totally not.
Fiona Apple -
Acting is great therapy - you get to do things you'd normally get arrested for.
Ian McShane
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It is not true that we have only one life to live; if we can read, we can live as many more lives and as many kinds of lives as we wish.
S. I. Hayakawa -
We're all interconnected. For example, a simple lack of fresh water can lead to population dislocation, which can lead to political radicalization, which can lead to great pressure on the states that receive refugees because of a migrating population.
Harrison Ford -
People like to hear me say, 'You love me, Chandler Bing. You just don't know you love me.'
Maggie Wheeler -
I keep pushing buttons and trying to grow as a person and as a filmmaker.
Famke Janssen -
It may easily come to pass that a vain man may become proud and imagine himself pleasing to all when he is in reality a universal nuisance.
Baruch Spinoza -
When I first started, I just wanted to work. I wouldn't necessarily do anything, but I'd pretty much almost do anything at the very beginning.
Aaron Paul
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In a culture defined by shades of gray, I think the absolute black and white choices in dark young adult novels are incredibly satisfying for readers.
Maggie Stiefvater -
Being in 'Doctor Who' has been so amazing. I don't think I will ever have a job quite so fun ever again. I feel sad because I am going to leave, but with any story, it has to come to an end.
Karen Gillan -
Israel's master strategy needs to be moving toward a regional arrangement that will enable a full normalization of relations with the Arab states and the establishment of a demilitarized Palestinian state alongside the State of Israel.
Yair Lapid -
I have a really hard time abiding by falsehoods being left in place.
Karen Handel -
There are pros and cons to everything but especially with what I have chosen. There are cons - the privacy level and everything that comes with it - but I feel there are a lot more pros. And I am doing what I love to do, so I am not complaining at all.
Taylor Lautner -
I worry that I can come off smarmy. I wonder if I was listening to myself if I'd want to kick my own ass.
Adam Brody
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We may be surprised at the people we find in heaven. God has a soft spot for sinners. His standards are quite low.
Desmond Tutu -
'What do you mean - Happy anniversary? It's not my birthday.'
Peter Greenaway -
I stay up late; I'm like a vampire. I stay up until, like, 6 A.M. and then sleep till 4 P.M. I lay in bed till it's dark, and then I come alive in the night.
Jacob Whitesides -
People think I'm rude. I'm not rude; I'm just not networking. It's just honesty.
Louise Wilson -
Those who decide to use leisure as a means of mental development, who love good music, good books, good pictures, good plays, good company, good conversation - what are they? They are the happiest people in the world.
William Lyon Phelps -
The bottom line is, Texas and its people are pretty much what most people mean when they use the broader term 'America.'
Joe R. Lansdale