Jerry Goldsmith Quotes
If our music survives, which I have no doubt it will, then it will because it is good.
Quotes to Explore
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I'm such a stereotypical female learner in that I love social studies and love literature, and I always struggled with math and science.
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When I ran in Texas, I told the people of Texas, 'if you elect me, I will lead the fight against amnesty.'
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My brothers and I love playing outside and climbing trees. We really love sports, too - I think football's probably my favorite.
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When it comes to memories of that iconic type, memories that are burned into you, I have maybe ten or so from my childhood. I'm a bad rememberer of situations. I forget almost everything as soon as it happens.
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Greetings and death to our enemies.
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Opponents of legal birth control, including abortion, have tried for decades to play the race card, saying that legal abortion is racist. What they ignore is that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. accepted the Margaret Sanger Award from Planned Parenthood in 1966.
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There is something uniquely American about the motel: It speaks to the transient nature of America itself, one enabled and encouraged by our roads and highways.
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Adulthood is not a goal. It's not seen as a gift.
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Reason cannot calm the storm of emotion, and emotion usually wins, until it settles down and allows reason to rise again and apologize on behalf of it.
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The greatest weakness of most humans is their hesitancy to tell others how much they love them while they're alive.
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Silk Road to Ruin has all the analysis and it's structured very well. I rely on my notes more and I use direct quotes. But there's nothing like writing about it right away.
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It wasn't until I set out to write a novel about marriage that I realized how little I knew about the institution.
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Help is dangerous because it exists outside the human economy: the only payment for help is gratitude.
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I want to be the first person to laugh at myself. It makes other people feel at ease - we're all on an even playing field.
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I've been very lucky.
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I've probably read more bad science fiction than anyone else alive. But I've also read more good science fiction than anyone else alive.
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Most British cheeses are now vegetarian and are labelled accordingly. However, French and Italian manufacturers still tend to use rennet.
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I prefer drawing the things I've written to handing them off to another artist. Turns out I'm a huge control freak - and because I write in thumbnails, the art is already happening by the time I start writing!
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Americans call them hillbillies, rednecks, or white trash. I call them neighbors, friends, and family.
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I tend to want to put my fingers over my ears and not hear all of that, not hear that there are so many fans.
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Often I have to move my body in a certain way, like exercising, to begin to get into the right rhythm for writing a song.
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My husband John Lennon was a very special man. A man of humble origin, he brought light and hope to the whole world with his words and music.
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If our music survives, which I have no doubt it will, then it will because it is good.
