Joe R. Lansdale Quotes
I always disliked that anytime you had gays represented in - and there were some exceptions, certainly - but represented in popular fiction, they were usually the goofy neighbor next door, you know? And I just thought, 'Well, I know a lot of gay people, and they're just as varied as the heterosexual people I know.'
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The only time I really eat out is when I'm on the road. Then, I make the same choices that I would make at home - salmon and lots of oily fish and veggies.
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Anytime you have a tight race and you lose, it's not pleasant.
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Some people are used to having things done for them by her parents, I am not. I can do it myself.
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I never been a hater of these other cats, who never really had nothing, being successful. That's not my problem.
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I'd wanted to be famous for as long as I could remember.
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When confronting most crises, whether historic or contemporary, aid agencies generally muddle along on a case-by-case basis. They weigh insufficient information, extrapolate somewhat blindly about long-term pros and cons, and reluctantly arrive at decisions meant to do the most good and the least harm.
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Hors D'oeuvre: A ham sandwich cut into forty pieces.
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If you think that by threatening me you can get me to do what you want... well, that's where you're right. But - and I am only saying this because I care - there's a lot of decaffeinated brands on the market that are just as tasty as the real thing.
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One of the goals of the Feminist Elite is to reinforce to women the idea that men are obsolete.
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First of all my real full name is Lloyd Vernet Bridges III.
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There is a very thin line between confidence and arrogance.
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Acting can be a narrow and isolated experience, because you only examine your particular part.
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I prefer more to kind of show people different things than tell them 'oh, here's what you should believe' and, over time, you can build up a rapport with your audience.
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You count a man's U.S. Amateur titles after he starts winning professional majors. That's something any intelligent golf writer with a sense of history is supposed to know.
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When the American spirit was in its youth, the language of America was different: Liberty, sir, was the primary object.
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When I was 13, I thought I was pretty hot stuff because I knew BASIC programming, self-taught on the family's Commodore 64. One of my crowning accomplishments was writing a silly little program that showed a crudely-drawn Space Shuttle lifting off in a cloud of pixelated smoke.
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A consensus means that everyone agrees to say collectively what no one believes individually.
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To these ideals which were instilled in me when I was a youth, I attribute in a large degree the success that was mine on the bicycle tracks of the world.
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Some people get very confused about my game. They think it's better if the court is slow, because I have a good defence. But the faster it is, the better for me. My spin is more painful for my opponents, my aggressive game works better.
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The more aware of your intentions and your experiences you become, the more you will be able to connect the two, and the more you will be able to create the experiences of your life consciously. This is the development of mastery. It is the creation of authentic power.
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Not too many people can afford for the wife to stay home and raise the kids.
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I'm a very private person. I find it very daunting to have to give private parts of myself away to people, you know?
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Talented people almost always know full well the excellence that is in them.
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I always disliked that anytime you had gays represented in - and there were some exceptions, certainly - but represented in popular fiction, they were usually the goofy neighbor next door, you know? And I just thought, 'Well, I know a lot of gay people, and they're just as varied as the heterosexual people I know.'
