Joe R. Lansdale Quotes
The Aryan Nation, the Klan, all these anti-immigrant groups - they've never really disappeared, and if you think they have, then you've been living in a bubble.
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This dragonfly came up to me. He was hovering right in front of my face, and I was really examining him, thinking, How does he see me? I became enlightened.
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Yeah, I'd like to get the girl and at least make it through the film.
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Just as appetite comes by eating, so work brings inspiration, if inspiration is not discernible at the beginning.
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We must master our egoism, and through this mastery, step outside ourselves and educate ourselves in giving. Fasting requires that we rediscover all that is alive around us, and reconcile ourselves with our environment.
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Riding a race bike is an art - a thing that you do because you feel something inside.
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People are always telling me that they've seen people reading my books on the subway, or the beach, or whenever.
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Once I'm in a situation where I can not do anything for three years and go off the map, I'll focus more on writing. Right now, I want to just make Flume awesome... and big.
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I'm not sought after. I never get enough work. It's the history of my career. There just isn't anything to turn down, let me put it that way.
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I have found, writing a blog, that being non-opaque is necessary. You pretty much have to say what you know in much more firm terms or risk that the legions who always know more than you do will tell the story better.
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America's a faith-based experiment as a country. We should celebrate and invite faith. And our motto is, 'In God We Trust.' This isn't something that divides; this is something that pulls together and lifts us up.
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Often the last thing I want to do is stand up in front of 50 cameras on the red carpet. I'd rather have a cup of hot milk and an early night.
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It's funny how being an actor forces you to do things or go places that you wouldn't ordinarily.
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I was panicked a bit because I really don’t know about … the Cuban Missile Crisis. It had to do with Cuba and missiles, I'm pretty sure. I came home and I asked my husband, I said, 'Wasn't that like the Bay of Pigs thing?' And he said, 'Oh, Dana.'
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How can art be realized?
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A monoculture is not only Hollywood, but Americans trying to export democracy.
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I wanted to write something visual that I could read to the children. This was when I created the idea of Redwall Abbey in my imagination. As I wrote, the idea grew, and the manuscript along with it.
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If every other store in town is paying workers $9 an hour, one offering $8 will find it hard to hire anyone - perhaps not when unemployment is high, but certainly in normal times. Robust competition is a powerful force helping to ensure that workers are paid what they contribute to their employers' bottom lines.
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Respect the place you live, be aware of the impact that you have on things.
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Whenever I realize I'm being a goofball, I write it down. When I release the joke onstage, I love watching the effect it has on the audience. No one wants to see someone talk who takes themselves too seriously.
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I'd been living in the tunnel for about three months before the idea came up about making the film and really became good friends with the people.
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Jesus didn't die so we could fill auditoriums, he died so that lives could be transformed.
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Families in Illinois don't want lies and political mudslinging.
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We don't want to bank all our risk on a small collection of big companies. We don't want to lose 20 percent of our business if one big account goes away.
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The Aryan Nation, the Klan, all these anti-immigrant groups - they've never really disappeared, and if you think they have, then you've been living in a bubble.
