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.
Irwin Thomas -
I felt I had to solve everyone's problems.
Joanne Rowling -
'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.
Karin Slaughter -
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.
Adam Ant Adam and the Ants -
I grew up watching 'Raging Bull.'
Vincent Cassel -
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.
Edmund Phelps
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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.
Ted Nugent -
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.
Danica McKellar -
Young men should prove theorems, old men should write books.
G. H. Hardy -
I don't believe I could work as effectively at what I do without the support of my wife.
Karl Urban -
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.
Safra A. Catz -
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.
Imtiaz Ali
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A theory is no more like a fact than a photograph is like a person.
E. W. Howe -
Music is God's gift to man, the only art of Heaven given to earth, the only art of earth we take to Heaven.
Walter Savage Landor -
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.
Randy Harrison -
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.
Orson Welles -
I did charity events with the Cup all the time.
Patrick Kane -
I probably spend the most time with Toews: we have the same schedule, and we're roomies on the road; we sit next to each other. We do a lot of promotions together.
Patrick Kane
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L.A.'s always been good to me.
Raekwon -
So many people are killing their childhood. It's like, "Okay, today I've decided I'm gonna be a grown-up, and I'm not a kid anymore." But, that's bullshit. You're still a kid. It makes no sense to kill the kid.
Quentin Dupieux -
I've always been into theater and movies. When I was in school, I did a monologue for my talent show. I would go to the local theater. I was always in dance. I was always performing. That was always my thing.
Odeya Rush -
When trust is lost, a nation's ability to transact business is palpably undermined.
Alan Greenspan -
'Prison Break' on Netflix has generated a whole new generation of viewers.
Dana Walden -
I really hate racism because I saw people denied possibilities.
Joe R. Lansdale