John Darnielle Quotes
I think 'The Sunset Tree' is really the album on which I really learned to trust other musicians, which is so important.
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He's too short, he's too... tall, he's... just not going to work.
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A 'philosophical dictionary' is not a dictionary of philosophy that you use to look up obscure thinkers or recondite terms. It is a collection of brief and pithy essays on diverse topics, informed by one vision, and usually arranged in alphabetical order.
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Write your own songs. It helps you to mean what you're singing, which will then make it mean something to listeners.
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Phrases that have historical significance or become headlines don't just magically appear in the moment. They are mindfully planned.
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The characters are always the focal point of a book for me, whether I'm writing or reading. I may enjoy a book that has an intriguing mystery or a good plot, but to become one of my real favorites, it has to have great characters.
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Nice to see your home fans boo you. That's what loyal support is.
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We are more casual about qualifying the people we allow to act as advocates in the courtroom than we are about licensing electricians.
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People are basically the same the world over. Everybody wants the same things - to be happy, to be healthy, to be at least reasonably prosperous, and to be secure. They want friends, peace of mind, good family relationships, and hope that tomorrow is going to be even better than today.
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As a direct line to human feeling, empathic experience, genuine language and detail, poetry is everything that headline news is not. It takes us inside situations, helps us imagine life from more than one perspective, honors imagery and metaphor - those great tools of thought - and deepens our confidence in a meaningful world.
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There is that indescribable freshness and unconsciousness about an illiterate person that humbles and mocks the power of the noblest expressive genius.
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There will never be talking pictures.
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It's okay to take time for yourself. We give so much of ourselves to others and we need to be fueled both physically and mentally. If we are in balance, it helps us in all our interactions.
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Within Internet users, you have a big chunk of people who can convert to online shopping.
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The enchanting charms of this sublime science reveal only to those who have the courage to go deeply into it.
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I never wanted to be one of those 'Where are they now?' kids.
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I just think that if one is going to preach nonviolence and one is going to advocate for nonviolence, one's standard should be consistent.
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If I get married again, I want a guy there with a drum to do rimshots during the vows.
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Music is the social act of communication among people, a gesture of friendship, the strongest there is.
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One day the stars will be as familiar to each man as the landmarks, the curves, and the hills on the road that leads to his door, and one day that will be an airborne life.
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When I was born, that was right smack in the middle of 'The Cosby Show.' But what I remember is my mother took me with her... She exposed me to the world in such a way where I was included. And I didn't feel like she chose her career over me.
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An honest man is in Hell when he is in debt.
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Concern yourselves more with the needs of others, with the needs of all humanity, and you'll have peace of mind.
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And that's all it takes to make you happy? You kill little kids, then go home and wait until it's time to do it all again? What the hell kind of existence is that?
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I think 'The Sunset Tree' is really the album on which I really learned to trust other musicians, which is so important.
