Daniel Woodrell Quotes
I think my grandmother Woodrell was most responsible for my becoming a writer. She wasn't quite literate, but was very proud that she attended school as far as the third grade. She worked as a maid, housekeeper and cook.
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During the 2008 election, I made clear to the Obama campaign that I don't think it's wise for me to force my personal political agenda on anyone.
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I brought several national projects to Katihar.
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The networks are not some chicken-coop manufacturing lobby whose calls nobody returns.
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If we are ever to halt climate change and conserve land, water and other resources, not to mention reduce animal suffering, we must celebrate Earth Day every day - at every meal.
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Ten men waiting for me at the door? Send one of them home, I'm tired.
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I think the interesting thing about the word 'posh' is that it is so relative; it's quite a provocative title because people have strong feelings about that word.
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When you read a comic book, there's a space between what's happening on the panel and what you have to literally see in your mind. That's not true of movies, where you see everything.
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The Enlightenment, the Age of Reason, is seen as the beginning of modern depravity.
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When I need names they drop out of my head; when I don't need them they drop back.
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I'm from outside Philadelphia, a town called Wayne, which is, like, 25 minutes northwest.
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The fundamental thing about my personality is that I think I'm an imposter.
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There's more things that I'd like to do. You know, each song is a little bit of a puzzle. I see most of them as just failed attempts.
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I love to get home and hang out with my family. My brothers and I love spending time at the beach. I enjoy doing all kinds of surf sports and keeping healthy.
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I don't have a caustic sense of humor. What I find funny, that humor comes from a much gentler place.
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There are so many elements that make a good film. You need a great director who's driving it.
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There were a lot of offers before 'Vicky Donor,' but I wanted to wait for the right opportunity.
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I want to be different and have a good story. If it's a good story, then everybody is trying to tell it, everybody is better for it, and it's just more fun.
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I love doing every role I do!
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I have showed things in sparring and camp that I don't show in fights.
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I think having kids just makes you want to do things to help people. You have children, and you see how fragile and innocent and helpless they are when they first start out. If they are going to be a victim of whatever they are surrounded by, I just do everything I can to try to make whatever change I can.
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I grew up outside Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in a little town, and went to a regular high school. I was a... very average student in that high school. Then I joined the Navy, and while I was in the Navy, I was in a motorcycle accident and woke up deaf in a hospital.
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I love short trips to New York; to me it is the finest three-day town on earth.
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You need to make a commitment, and once you make it, then life will give you some answers.
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I think my grandmother Woodrell was most responsible for my becoming a writer. She wasn't quite literate, but was very proud that she attended school as far as the third grade. She worked as a maid, housekeeper and cook.
