Joe R. Lansdale Quotes
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When I look at my life, I see that I wanted to be free of the physical plane, the psychological plane, and when I got free of those I didn't want to go anywhere near them.
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You must avoid giving hostages to fortune, like getting an expensive wife, an expensive house, and a style of living that never lets you aford the time to take the chance to write what you wish.
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That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.
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As soon as street art got popular, I was just like, 'I'm out of here.'
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The ADA is the living testament to our Nation's commitment that we will always stand up for our neighbors' right to live fulfilling lives.
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I think because people can't understand our style, they think it's a joke. Our music isn't intellectual - we make music for the common man.
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What you look like, whether you're Brad Pitt or Charles Laughton, is significant for actors.
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As a little kid, I climbed a lot of trees because I always loved the bird's-eye view.
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As soon as I get home, all I want to eat is seafood.
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Pursue one great decisive aim with force and determination.
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The real and lasting victories are those of peace, and not of war.
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I've had much nastier things said about me in the British press than in the Bosnian press.
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I have to be smart. You cannot be going in there, trying to go forward and pressure guys, and be taking damage and getting hurt on the way to doing it.
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All vital truth contains the memory of all that for which it is not true.
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I understand that anything actors are doing, good or bad, is motivated by fear.
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Every actor looks all his life for a part that will combine his talents with his personality... 'The Odd Couple' was mine. That was the plutonium I needed. It all started happening after that.
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It is not the money but the self-respect and wanting to create good music.
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When a man sits in our jails for a number of years, and around him friends and family become angry, that is how we create terrorists.
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There is not an example on record of any free state holding a province of the same extent and population without disastrous consequences. The nations conquered and held as a province have, in time, retaliated by destroying the liberty of their conquerors through the corrupting effect of extended patronage and irresponsible power.
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Trevor Horn has worked with some of the biggest stars there is. And he was happy to do a record with me. He's worked with some amazing people, and then there's little old me walking in.
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I try to surround myself with people smarter than me - if I'm the smartest guy in the room, I change rooms.
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With any kind of mean girl, or anyone who bullies anyone, there's always a reason for it. There is that sadness in them or insecurity that makes them feel like they need to act out or hurt other people.
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The bottom line is, Texas and its people are pretty much what most people mean when they use the broader term 'America.'
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Texas is as alien as Mars.
