John Darnielle Quotes
For years, I've written narrators who aren't gender-identified. When I do autobiographical stuff, that's different, obviously. But I've always tried to keep my songs as potentially not a man's thing.John Darnielle
Quotes to Explore
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It is annoying to be honest to no purpose.
Ovid -
The reason a poet is a poet is to write poems, not to advertise himself as a poet.
Yehuda Amichai -
Fear is the dark room where the Devil develops his negatives.
Gary Busey -
I want to pursue a career in film.
O'Shea Jackson, Jr. -
Few men can be said to have inimitable excellencies: let us watch them in their progress from infancy to manhood, and we shall soon be convinced that what they attained was the necessary consequence of the line they pursued, and the means they used.
Adam Clarke -
Any time Khaled comes to your video, it just steps it up that much more. He's so fun; people love him.
Fat Joe
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Predominantly I'm an Adidas guy who walks around in sports gear all the time because there's always a ball right next to me somewhere. I do a lot of sports, but I do enjoy wearing a lot of suits.
Mads Mikkelsen -
A love of books has opened so many doors for me. Stories have inspired me and taught me to aspire.
Malorie Blackman -
I don't know how to make Harper and Alloy want me, not just my name.
L. J. Smith -
The Stonewall riots were a key moment for gay people. Throughout modern history, gays had thought of themselves as something like a mental illness or maybe a sin or a crime. Gay liberation allowed us to make the leap to being a 'minority group,' which made life much easier.
Edmund White -
Sex appeal is in the workplace every day of the week. I'm not saying that's the only calling card, but it's a whole crayon box.
Barbara Corcoran -
Privatization of the state-owned economy is not yet on the agenda. We cannot do it immediately; my colleagues would not agree to it. But we must put all forms of ownership on an equal footing immediately and let different types of ownership compete with the state firms.
Vaclav Klaus
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Wise is he who enjoys the show offered by the world.
Fernando Pessoa -
You can condemn and criticize religion... all those things are fine, but you can't mock and disrespect people.
Hamza Yusuf -
Hair is also a problem. I remember once, when I was reporting from Beirut at the height of the civil war, someone wrote in to the BBC complaining about my appearance.
Kate Adie -
As the numbers of native-born Europeans begin to fall, with their anemic fertility rates, will the aging Europeans become more magnanimous toward destitute newcomers who do not speak the national language or assimilate into the national culture but consume its benefits?
Pat Buchanan -
If you ask me to summarise our mission, I would put it this way: We were a military regime that sought to lay the foundations for freedom and liberty in a complex society.
Ibrahim Babangida -
I love India so much. It's sort of the most chaotic but also disciplined place at the same time. Every time I go there, I feel like I'm ready to rock and roll.
Manish Dayal
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I'm the first person in my family to go to college.
Jessica Chastain -
You can get excited and feel unstoppable, but every week presents a new challenge. Each week, you have to work and get better.
Antonio Brown -
My dad was a keen actor when he was young; my auntie is heavily involved in amateur dramatics back in Northern Ireland, and my great aunt was a woman called Greer Garson.
Jamie Dornan -
Those three chords were part of my life - G, F, Bb - yeh, it is, it is, and I can't help noticing it. But there have been other things nearly as close to it which people haven't noticed, other things we have done.
Ray Davies The Kinks -
Every time you get in shape for a role, there's a different way to do it so it doesn't get boring.
Luke Evans -
For years, I've written narrators who aren't gender-identified. When I do autobiographical stuff, that's different, obviously. But I've always tried to keep my songs as potentially not a man's thing.
John Darnielle