Joe Klein Quotes
You know, larger than life is always better than smaller than life in politicians. And, you know, God save us from mediocrities.Joe Klein
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If someone is sad, they put on a song, or if someone wants to rock out, and they want to get into a good mood, they put on music. Just being able to be a part of something like that I feel like was my ultimate push to do music.
Adam Hicks -
Time has lost all meaning in that nightmare alley of the Western world known as the American mind.
Florence King -
I buried Joel on our 48th anniversary. I had been with her since I was 16.
Aaron Neville -
Culturally, the First World War is the war that stands in for other wars.
Pat Barker -
The last thing I wanted was to be with someone who's the same age as me and wanted the limelight, wanted the attention. There's lots of girls out there who do.
Gareth Gates -
In this era in which we live, the old-fashioned virtues grow increasingly unpopular.
B. Carroll Reece
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Escapism makes a lot of intuitive sense - whisk people away from their cares with stories of a better life.
Adam Cohen -
One rose says more than the dozen.
Wendy Craig -
You have to realize that up until about 1959, Africa was dominated by the colonial powers. And by the colonial powers of Europe having complete control over Africa, they projected Africa always in a negative light - jungles, savages, cannibals, nothing civilized.
Malcolm X -
I've only chosen films that offered me something concrete, even if it is less than what I get to do in the South.
Kajal Aggarwal -
No formal course in fiction-writing can equal a close and observant perusal of the stories of Edgar Allan Poe or Ambrose Bierce.
H. P. Lovecraft -
I took religion much too seriously, however, and its overall effect was depressing. I would have really liked to discard it, but somehow I couldn't.
Jack Dee
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I was the youngest and on my own a lot. I think this probably taught me independence and how to be okay with my own company. Also, it meant I read a lot.
Zoe Foster Blake -
Black women as a group have never been fools. We couldn't afford to be.
Barbara Smith -
Most people want security in this world, not liberty.
H. L. Mencken -
My mom bought me a white Strat, but that wasn't what I wanted, so I went to a guitar store in Cleveland and - the guy told me it was a really good deal - made an even swap for a blue Teisco Del Ray. I loved that guitar and used it a bunch.
Dan Auerbach The Black Keys -
I'm a stand-up. I'm never worried about getting my next role. That's never distressing to me.
T. J. Miller -
There's always a spattering of people who see Hanson who were influenced by classic '60's and '70's rock and roll. In a lot of ways, we're sort of the anatomy of a '70's rock band if you examine what we do: white guys who grew up listening to soul music from the '50's and '60's.
Taylor Hanson Hanson
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Live action writers will give you a structure, but who the hell is talking about structure? Animation is closer to jazz than some kind of classical stage structure.
Ralph Bakshi -
I'm looking for things where, like with 'Ten,' I don't look like me, and I'm playing something a bit different. I'm just trying to flex a different muscle and see if it works. I've saved the world and killed monsters and done all that. Now I want to try something a bit different and a bit more challenging.
Sam Worthington -
What I am suggesting is hard work and it can be slow work, but the rewards are well worth it.
Jesse Helms -
I hear God as an audible voice.
David Oyelowo -
Being a grandmother is one of the least strange things in my life. It makes more sense than a lot of things... like photo shoots!
Neneh Cherry -
You know, larger than life is always better than smaller than life in politicians. And, you know, God save us from mediocrities.
Joe Klein