John Darnielle Quotes
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I don't think many of us launched ourselves into the world of writing books fully formed.
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I wanted to write a happy song. I didn't know how.
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Previously, young children had to be shown by their parents how to use a mouse or a remote, and the connection between what they were doing with their hand and what was happening on the screen took some time to grasp. But with the iPad, the connection is obvious, even to toddlers.
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Australia has a very big history of incarceration. What does that mean to us? What does it mean that we came over to a country that's not necessarily ours and filled it with white prisoners?
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You can't spend your life beating yourself up for something that happened yesterday. You die if you don't follow your desire.
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Never has a strong, responsible trade union movement been so needed. With austerity policies biting hard and with no evidence that they are working, people at work need the TUC to speak up for them now more than ever.
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Jill Clayburgh's life so closely paralleled mine, I feel as though a part of me lived a little through her and died a little with her.
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We pay when old for the excesses of youth.
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There is only one difference between a madman and me. The madman thinks he is sane. I know I am mad.
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Is there in all the history of human folly a greater fool than a clergymen in politics?
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This match is about sport and I separate that completely from politics.
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We always keep God waiting while we admit more importunate suitors.
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That professionalism comes from what I've watched people do on the set. I'm just trying to be as respectful to the environment, as they have been. I think I still act like a kid. I just try to be as professional as I can.
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My friends in the opposition have forgotten that the constitution of the Philippines was amended in 1973 with their participation. The constitution mandates the administration, including the Batasan, or legislature, to convert slowly into a semiparliamentary form of government. The president in such a situation can issue decrees and edicts.
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All I say cancels out, I’ll have said nothing.
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I loved Heidi Klum, but now I know Kathy Ireland is on the cover of Forbes, so that’s pretty amazing as well.
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Ein Mittler ist derjenige, der Göttliches in sich wahrnimmt, und sich selbst vernichtend Preis giebt, um dieses Göttliche zu verkündigen, mitzutheilen, und darzustellen allen Menschen in Sitten und Thaten, in Worten und Werken.
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No, I am not pregnant. I am fat. And, as the Prime Minister, its my right to be fat if I want to.
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I often think about starting a band again, doing my solo stuff and a band. I grew up in bands.
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The next great technology revolution might be around the corner, but it won't automatically improve most people's lives. That will depend on politics, which is indeed ugly but also inescapable.
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Wigs are my best friends. They let you be whoever you want to be.
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"Ecod, you may say what you like of my father, then, and so I give you leave," said Jonas. "I think it's liquid aggravation that circulates through his veins, and not regular blood..."
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I'd played with Jon Wurster as a duo just for a lark.
