Charles Hazlewood Quotes
A hundred years ago, concerts were far more come-what-may - people played cards, drank beer and appreciated the music. If we go some way towards restoring that spirit, I'll be happy.
Quotes to Explore
-
We all have these challenges and stereotypes that exist, but you can't let that hold you down... If that's the first thing you think about as a black woman - the challenge that lies ahead - you are thinking in the wrong direction, in my opinion.
-
I even have a Harmony Rocket and a Stratocaster with a scalloped neck back in Florida.
-
For decades, scholars have studied the ways in which implicit biases affect how we perceive other people in this multiethnic society of ours. The data consistently shows that about 90 percent of us possess some implicit prejudices - and, unsurprisingly, people typically favor their own group.
-
If people get to the end of the record, then that is a treat.
-
The names are bigger, the show is worldwide, but I get a royal pass into life in the broadcasting business.
-
We have to embrace the good over the bad. That has to be one's personal project.
-
Whenever he saw a dollar in another man's hands he took it as a personal grudge, if he couldn't take it any other way.
-
The older I get, the more I understand that the only way to say valuable things is to lose your fear of being correct.
-
It's always been a dream of mine to get somewhere and to have my mom and dad with me up there.
-
Whatever our bedtime was as kids, we could stay up an extra half hour if we were reading. My parents didn't care as long as I was under the spell of a Stephen King or a Douglas Adams. Now I read in bed. I read at work. I read standing in line. It's like, 'Hello, my name is Nathan and I am a reader.'
-
I think my novel, 'Walden Two,' has made people stop and look at the culture they have inherited and wonder if it is the last word or whether it can be changed.
-
In our society, everyone wants to be a celebrity overnight.
-
If we were truly in the studio making a record, it would have been more time consuming, and certainly I would have been more involved in the writing process.
-
Historical costumes from the 18th and 19th centuries look so complicated, but when you see the patterns, it's very systematic. I've always been impressed by how the patterns economize the fabric.
-
Fantasy is my favorite genre for reading and writing. We have more options than anyone else, and the best props and special effects. That means if you want to write a fantasy story with Norse gods, sentient robots, and telepathic dinosaurs, you can do just that. Want to throw in a vampire and a lesbian unicorn while you're at it? Go ahead.
-
I once went on the most grueling radio tour. Living in hotel rooms, sleeping in the backs of rental cars as my mom drove to three different cities in one day.
-
If you have a particular faith or religion, that is good. But you can survive without it.
-
I was born and grew up in Fitzgerald, way down in south Georgia. It was a mill town and my family ran the cotton mill. My grandfather was mayor many times and my family felt deeply rooted to that spot.
-
Repetition on things like that becomes quite painful. If you do a stunt sometimes it can look like a stunt.
-
With a book called 'Keeping Score,' I really did want to write a book about the Korean War, because I felt that it is the least understood war in the American cultural imagination. So I set out with the idea that Americans didn't know much about the Korean War and that I was going to try to fix a tiny bit of that.
-
When I am gone, I do not want men to say Look at his piles of wealth, his cities, his palaces and fine clothes.” Genghis paused for a moment. “Instead I want them to say Make sure he is truly dead. He is a vicious old man and he conquered half the world.
-
Beer. Now there's a temporary solution.
-
A hundred years ago, concerts were far more come-what-may - people played cards, drank beer and appreciated the music. If we go some way towards restoring that spirit, I'll be happy.
