Joe R. Lansdale Quotes
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Adopting the right attitude can convert a negative stress into a positive one.
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I had this dream in my head of, if I got hired by 'SNL, what that moment would be like. And I dreamed that I would, like, collapse on the sidewalk and cry to the heavens. I got this call, and it didn't happen naturally. But I did it anyway because I wanted to have that moment. So I did collapse.
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I'm just trying to approach what I make with as much respect and research as I can, and just make it with a good heart.
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I would love to be employed for the rest of my life... But what I would want to do is things that would frighten me, things that would scare me. I've never done that before; can I do that, can I show them that I can do it?
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Being honest with you, it's not the 'great' wall of China. It's an all right wall. It's the 'All Right Wall of China.'
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There is but one honest limit to the rights of a sentient being; it is where they touch the rights of another sentient being.
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I was on the cover of a lot of magazines, and there were compliments about beauty and fashion and what I was wearing. Man, if you get locked into that, you can lose your freedom as an actress.
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I wrote poems in my corner of the Brooks Street station. I sent them to two editors who rejected them right off. I read those letters of rejection years later and I agreed with those editors.
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It's not what other people believe you can do; it's what you believe you can do.
Gail Devers -
On average, people should be more skeptical when they see numbers. They should be more willing to play around with the data themselves.
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Two out of my three cats follow me around like furry little stalkers. It's such a nice ego boost.
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I have always read that the world, both land and water, was spherical, as the authority and researches of Ptolemy and all the others who have written on this subject demonstrate and prove, as do the eclipses of the moon and other experiments that are made from east to west, and the elevation of the North Star from north to south.
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For those of us in the financial world, Black Friday has a strong negative connotation, referring to a stock market catastrophe.
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Hendrix was a natural genius who played many beautiful styles. Talent as great as his doesn't come through life very frequently. Hendrix was one in a billion.
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Allan Cubitt has written exceptional material, and I feel very privileged to be working with him and the very talented cast.
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I love people who have goals. Somebody who's passionate about life and does their own thing.
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Mum would have a panic attack if she had to stand up and give a speech around a table.
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When I do a mix tape for my kids, for my friends, for my lover, I meticulously choose the tracks, and it's beautiful. And when they are alone they think of me - and when I am alone I think of them.
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Anglo Saxons: To blame for everything.
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Normally, I'd believe that the saying 'There's no small parts, only small actors' is a load of crock because, more often than not, actors relegated to the small-part category stay in 'Who was that guy from that thing' purgatory - however, '90s sitcom 'Friends' proved that the saying is true.
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I think I built my reputation by not worrying about it.
