Darrell Royal Quotes
I try not to play two days in succession. I usually try to space it so I have a day in between.
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For every benefit you receive a tax is levied.
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I knew I would read all kinds of books and try to get at what it is that makes good writers good. But I made no promises that I would write books a lot of people would like to read.
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Listen, I'm not a politician. I'm not a news reporter. I make music, and I act.
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Palestinian propagandists can say and do anything they please without concern for the truth, in the belief that if they repeat it often enough it will simply become the truth.
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Newt Gingrich seldom misses a chance to note that he is a historian.
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Sometimes one creates a dynamic impression by saying something, and sometimes one creates as significant an impression by remaining silent.
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I would be a fool to put my feet down in a position where I can't accommodate metamorphoses.
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The advice I would give to someone is to not take anyone's advice.
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I love sitcoms, and I grew up on sitcoms. That's my tasty junk food.
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Don't be surprised if you find me doing some charity work in another country.
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I don't intend to simply go away and write my plays and be a good boy. I intend to remain an independent and political intelligence in my own right.
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I am sick and tired of being sick and tired.
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As awful as crime can be, it's what happens afterward - the struggling to get out of bed, to put one foot in front of the other - that alters people.
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Fame came quickly. I was only 19 when I secured my initial recording contract and my first two hit records - 'Are 'Friends' Electric?' and 'Cars' - were number ones.
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Sharks are being driven to extinction because people want to eat their fins and their flesh.
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Our economy's growth functions by inciting us to produce more and more with each passing year. In turn, we require cultural forms to enable us to sort through the glut, and our rituals are once again directed towards the immaterial, towards quality and not quantity.
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Any poet, if he is to survive beyond his 25th year, must alter; he must seek new literary influences; he will have different emotions to express.
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I like the fact that I can do stunts, but I don't think of myself as a stunt guy. Those guys are really good at what they do.
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Recognize and embrace your flaws so you can learn from them. Sometimes it takes a little polishing to truly shine.
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I think growing up in such a small town - before cell phones, before the Internet, before Facebook, before we had access to people's interiors - there was a great deal of space between people's lives. I spent a lot of time imagining into the lives of the people I grew up with.
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To me, a theater is a kind of a sacred space. It needs a kind of ceremony, like what happens when you consecrate a church.
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We don't have a lot of space in our imaginations to allow people to expand what they do.
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As long as you understand that you find happiness through family, friends and love, then money is just a nice bonus.
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I try not to play two days in succession. I usually try to space it so I have a day in between.
