John Darnielle Quotes
As an idea occurs to me, I'll either follow it or not, but I'm more instinctive than master-planner about stuff.
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Every one of us, no matter how damaged or abnormal or shut down, we're all looking for love. Every person needs love in this world, but our views on what love is vary enormously.
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I don't watch television. I'm not a TV guy.
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Because of the relationship between programmed cell death and human disease, the identification of the genes and proteins that function in the process of programmed cell death has provided new targets for possible intervention in a broad diversity of disorders.
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I love books.
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I have been in more classrooms than any legislator will ever walk into in their lives, and I see wonderful, caring, dedicated teaching out there.
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People think that Israelis are mean, evil people who only want to hurt Arabs all day.
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I'm a child of the Disney Renaissance, so the new classics are near and dear. I suppose this is a legend more than a fairy tale, but 'Mulan' is easily my favorite. Not only is it a fun, action-packed, beautiful movie, but it's so important for young girls to have.
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Usually, TED only invites the most accomplished and famous people in the world to give talks.
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I live with the fact that while I am playing, I am going to give everything I have, and I will live with those consequences.
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It slaps your dignity just right. I loved the idea of these proud, dignified black men, and I saw the older ones wounded, and it wounded me ten times as much because I couldn't stand seeing them hurt like this.
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I think the more avenues that open up when people want to publish, the better. Some of the authors that want to jump ship from the traditional houses and go on their own, you know what? Good luck. It's going to be a lot tougher than you think.
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The Beltway Right has entered into a civil union with Big Brother.
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You are a human boy, my young friend. A human boy. O glorious to be a human boy!... O running stream of sparkling joy To be a soaring human boy!
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If a cluttered desk is the sign of a cluttered mind, what is the significance of a clean desk?
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The code core of the 2001 browser upgrade campaign was the first instance of capability detection in place of browser detection.
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Friends come and go but enemies accumulate.
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I fell in love with hip-hop a little bit late; I grew up on Another Bad Creation and Kris Kross. But my mom got me a TV in my room, and I remember seeing Biggie's 'Give Me One More Chance,' and I was like, 'Oh, this is how a house party looks!' I really, really fell in love with it when Tupac created 'Dear Mama.'
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We've become such a multitasking society that just paying attention to the road doesn't seem to be that important anymore. I have to remind my kids all the time that that's what you're supposed to be doing in the car.
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I'm a folk artist at heart.
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I was 5-foot-8 when I graduated high school, but then I shot up to 6-foot-4 and got more into playing basketball.
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It'll be interesting to see if I ever have to play a typical, bland romantic interest. I'm quirky, and playing it kind of straight and bland doesn't interest me a whole lot.
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Whatever they did for democracy, the U.S. interventions in the Middle East and the vaunted Arab Spring have proved to be pure hell for Arab Christians.
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Goddess-nurse of the young, give ear to my prayer, and grant that this woman may reject the love-embraces of youth and dote on grey-haired old men whose powers are dulled, but whose hearts still desire.
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As an idea occurs to me, I'll either follow it or not, but I'm more instinctive than master-planner about stuff.
