Joe R. Lansdale Quotes
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A waning United States would likely be more nationalistic, more defensive about its national identity, more paranoid about its homeland security, and less willing to sacrifice resources for the sake of others' development.
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If the perpetrators of the World Trade Center plane crashes had a nuclear weapon, there's no doubt in my mind but that they would've detonated it in New York.
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The only thing I regret about my past is the length of it. If I had to live my life again I'd make all the same mistakes - only sooner.
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I try to beat back the producers and engineers so they - there's not an excess of stuff used to squeeze my voice to make it artificial. There's a person in there, and people will listen; if they hear another person speak to them, they'll listen because it's lonely out here.
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I never get tired of performing to people who want to hear me. Hell, that's my handshake to the world. I'm doing just what I've wanted to do since that day I was 15 and heard Lenny Breau play the guitar.
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I'm not - I'm not a person looking for money. I have no political ambitions whatsoever. I don't seek power. I don't seek any kind of praise. I have no ego to fulfill.
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Where was Paris Hilton a year ago? She's a fabulous character to write about.
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Music is part of the life of fashion, too.
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I love working with kids and seeing the light come on when they realize they are smart. It's so beautiful to watch.
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Then I did one fight scene, and they said it looked good. Because I did it well enough, they've given me more.
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Veterans are my life's work. From the day my buddies saved my life in Iraq, I've woken up every single day dedicated to taking care of veterans and doing my best for veterans.
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Business creates jobs; government does not. Government creates a whole slew of jobs each time a new program or scheme is implemented, but always at the expense of the taxpayer. Small businesses invest in new businesses, which results in more jobs.
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I start out giving characters archetypes and parameters. Once I know the basics and have a rudimentary model, it's easier to carve unique curves and edges. It's quite easy to guess how a character is going to react if you know their background, and at a certain point, you realize you understand them personally.
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When you believe in a thing, believe in it all the way, implicitly and unquestionable.
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I think a policy of isolationism toward Cuba is misplaced and hasn't worked.
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I had rather see the portrait of a dog that I know, than all the allegorical paintings they can show me in the world.
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I am really excited and thankful for opportunity to work with Cotto Promotions, Tidal and Roc Nation.
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If there was a god, I'd still have both nuts.
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Not much goes on in the mind of a squirrel. Huge portions of what is loosely termed 'the squirrel brain' are given over to one thought: food. The average squirrel cogitation goes something like this: I wonder what there is to eat.
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You want to invite new ideas, not new rules.
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A short-story collection is harder to formulate pithy sentences about.
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We're facing serious issues. We can either complain about it or try to step in and solve it.
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Success in M&As comes with executing with vigour along with the obvious right choices that you got to make.
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I don't plot, and I don't plan. I like to be surprised like the reader.
