Joe R. Lansdale Quotes
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I was born into a world where a lot of people who came to the house were performers.
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I grew up in a very large, poor family.
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I felt I had to solve everyone's problems.
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'Encyclopedia Brown Takes the Case,' 'The Secret of the Old Clock,' 'Are You There God, It's Me, Margaret,' 'Flowers in the Attic,' 'Gone With the Wind' - these are the books that defined my childhood. They thrilled me. They made me feel like I wasn't alone in the world.
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Depression is something that doesn't just go away. It's just... there and you deal with it. It's like... malaria or something. Maybe it won't be cured, but you've got to take the medication you're prescribed, and you stay out of situations that are going to trigger it.
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I grew up watching 'Raging Bull.'
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Without being aware, I think I was being indoctrinated into what was called Vitalism, the idea that what makes life worth living, the good life, consists of accepting challenges, solving problems, discovery, personal growth, personal change.
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The good news is that real-world hands-on conservation is alive and well and catching on across the America I travel.
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I went to about one frat party a year. A year seemed to be enough time for me to forget how much I didn't like frat parties, and my friends would eventually convince me to go to one. Cheap beer, guys looking for a quick hook-up, and girls playing 'dumb' to get in on the hook-up. I just never got into it.
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Young men should prove theorems, old men should write books.
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I don't believe I could work as effectively at what I do without the support of my wife.
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The Indian market is potentially the largest market in the world with the leadership at both central and state level focused on leapfrogging into the future.
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Especially on unexpected journeys, you have time; you can figure certain deeper things out, like who you are and what you want. That's why I enjoy journeys.
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A theory is no more like a fact than a photograph is like a person.
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Music is God's gift to man, the only art of Heaven given to earth, the only art of earth we take to Heaven.
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I love my parents. Coming out to them was sort of coming out to myself. I educated them, and I wanted our relationship to keep growing. I wanted them to be a part of my life still. I wanted to be able to share with them what I was going through.
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Criminals are never very amusing. It's because they're failures. Those who make real money aren't counted as criminals. This is a class distinction, not an ethical problem.
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I did charity events with the Cup all the time.
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Suburbia, to me, was the most fantastical, unusual place. I thought it was Disneyland.
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Why is it so hard for people to believe that white people are poor?! I wouldn't say I lived in a ghetto, I'd say I lived in the 'hood. The same friends I had back then are the same people on tour with me now.
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Direct access to sea is an essential part of foreign policy.
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It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone.
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I really hate racism because I saw people denied possibilities.
