Jim Woodring Quotes
Every time I write something down I check it to see if it has that telltale glow, the glow that tells me there's something there. If it glows, it stays. Everything is either on or off.
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They think my life is glamourous. It's not true. I obviously get to come in and do radio interviews. That's the glamour. But other than that, I eat and sleep and that's it. Eat, sleep and do shows.
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You have to have an idea of what you are going to do, but it should be a vague idea.
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I'm not predicting; I just love playing with superconductors.
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I don't think that I ever believed that poetry would be a career. I have always thought of poems as something more private than professional... I would never introduce myself as a poet. I will always have some other thing that I am.
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Some players are more physical than others, some play with more finesse. Some are just really great all-around players. So you have to change your game.
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I used to have the very standard worldview. I can easily identify with people who see computers getting faster and smarter, and technology getting more and more beneficial, without seeing the other side.
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Whither goest thou, America, in thy shiny car in the night?
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Rarely do you walk down the street doing anything that my grandparent's generation did. And half of that comes with the technology advances.
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Better than any argument is to rise at dawn and pick dew-wet red berries in a cup.
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Albania, Macedonia and Greece have managed to create a good partnership in the south of the Continent and are making progress in blocking the spread of the conflict. But any spillover could destroy this European-oriented partnership and create problems for the European Union countries themselves.
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Tardiness in literature can make me nervous.
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The biggest part of Loopt is about discovering the world around you, never replacing a social experience - only adding to it.
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All animals, except man, know that the principal business of life is to enjoy it.
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If I were a woman, I would love to have lots of kids. But for men, I don't believe in it.
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I've never seen anything so abhorrent in my life as Harry Reid. He's an equal opportunity basher. He goes after everybody, and I think it has been so, frankly, disgusting.
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But I think it's more that when you're young, you're invincible, you're immortal - or at least you think you are. The possibilities are limitless, you're inventing the future. Then you get older and suddenly you have a history. It's fixed. You can't change anything. I find that a bit disturbing, to be honest.
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I'm interested in the murky areas where there are no clear answers - or sometimes multiple answers. It's here that I try to imagine patterns or codes to make sense of the unknowns that keep us up at night. I'm also interested in the invisible space between people in communication; the space guided by translation and misinterpretation.
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The State of Israel is a state that was formed before the people were even in it. You have to understand: In India, in Burma, in Pakistan - all of the people were already there. Their problem was for the English to leave so they could be independent.
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Portland hardly got to have an identity before that identity became a joke - I live in a joke. Seattle at least got to wear out its identity before it became a joke.
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Foo, a beautiful gal wastes her time gracin' up this swamp.
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For a long time, it was believed that war was waged by armies which could not be identified with the nation itself. Professional soldiers took upon themselves the job of defending national interests, and it was understood that the war affected only them; the country itself went on living and working.
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I don't have a favourite designer. If I like the piece, I don't really care if it's any particular brand - I'll buy!
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I'm not big on game shows.
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Every time I write something down I check it to see if it has that telltale glow, the glow that tells me there's something there. If it glows, it stays. Everything is either on or off.
