James Ellroy Quotes
I love thinking about American history, thinking about LA history. I love brooding on crime.
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Well Sid Pollack was... He was I would say probably, probably the most influential on me.
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IM is interesting because you look at your buddy list and, at a glance, see what your friends are listening to, what they're working on, what they're doing. The problem was that you were bound to the computer keyboard.
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The perfect normal person is rare in our civilization.
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My father, I think he played percussion in high school. My mother played piano when she was very young, but only for a brief while. I don't think she had a great teacher. In any case, neither of them were really into music at a young age.
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Every time you load a webpage is a HTTP request. That's a lot of HTTP requests. If you are earning bitcoin on every HTTP request, that could be a lot of earned bitcoins.
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Love what you do, not the love you get for doing it.
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The people will save their government, if the government itself will allow them.
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I despise making the most of one's time. Half of the pleasures of life consist of the opportunities one has neglected.
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I'm not so sure I believe in dopplegangers. I just prefer to be Dane DeHaan.
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It's great to design a beautiful, modern, sleek home like you'd see in a magazine. But if it doesn't suit your lifestyle, it's really wasted.
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I think anyone that isn't fired up right now shouldn't probably be out here.
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I have this data bank garbage can in the back of my head that is an emotional collection of events that have occurred in my life.
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In the U.S., search engines are king. That is because everyone already knows what they are looking for. Brands have been around for a long time.
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I'm a firm believer that the world should be your oyster when you're cooking. People should open themselves to other cuisines - there are a lot of hidden secrets all over the world.
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The type of leukemia that I am dealing with is treatable. So if I do what my doctors tell me to do - get my blood checked regularly, take my meds and consult with my doctor and follow any additional instructions he might make - I will be able to maintain my good health and live my life with a minimum of disruptions to my lifestyle.
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The actors in 'Eight Men Out' really know how to play, and the background athletes are all professionals.
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Since I have been singing for so many years, I don't always need to approach a song quite so laboriously and meticulously.
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I didn't like children. I didn't think of myself as a child. I didn't like any of the things other children were interested in.
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Although the story of George and Lennie in 'Of Mice and Men' ends on a depressing note, there is a peculiar aura of human dignity in it, a hint of redemption.
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I've met so many of my idols, but the one person that has eluded me is Bono. But because he's done 'Spider-Man,' I keep thinking maybe, through a Broadway connection, somehow our paths will eventually merge.
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There are always some areas world history does not reach, zones of silence and undisturbed ignorance.
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I think voice is like a good wine. If you work it well, it will mature.
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Some of my songs are about the feeling you belong somewhere else. But there's also something grounding about coming from a small town.
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I love thinking about American history, thinking about LA history. I love brooding on crime.
