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.
Ram Dass -
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.
Irwin Shaw -
That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.
Quintilian -
As soon as street art got popular, I was just like, 'I'm out of here.'
Barry McGee -
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.
Tammy Duckworth -
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.
Watkin Tudor Jones
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What you look like, whether you're Brad Pitt or Charles Laughton, is significant for actors.
Jack Davenport -
As a little kid, I climbed a lot of trees because I always loved the bird's-eye view.
Felix Baumgartner -
As soon as I get home, all I want to eat is seafood.
Quvenzhane Wallis -
Pursue one great decisive aim with force and determination.
Carl von Clausewitz -
The real and lasting victories are those of peace, and not of war.
Ralph Waldo Emerson -
I've had much nastier things said about me in the British press than in the Bosnian press.
Paddy Ashdown
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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.
Daniel Cormier -
All vital truth contains the memory of all that for which it is not true.
D. H. Lawrence -
I understand that anything actors are doing, good or bad, is motivated by fear.
Baz Luhrmann -
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.
Walter Matthau -
It is not the money but the self-respect and wanting to create good music.
Barry Gibb Bee Gees -
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.
Ada Yonath
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The transaction cost approach maintains that some projects are easy to finance by debt and ought to be financed by debt. These are projects for which physical-asset specificity is low to moderate.
Oliver E. Williamson -
You can't propel a nation to move forward if all you are doing is taking something from them.
Adam Beach -
Easy mind, light heart. A mind that is too easy hides a heart that is too heavy.
Franz Schubert -
I've been a Lakers fan since growing up in Oklahoma. My hometown's finally got the Thunder, which is really exciting, but I've still got to stick with the Lakers.
Matt Kemp -
People don't know if i'm gay, straight or an alien from outer space.. its funny
Gerard Way My Chemical Romance -
Texas is as alien as Mars.
Joe R. Lansdale