John Lee Hooker Quotes
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The Venturer is one who keeps his eye on the hedgerows and wayside groves and meadows while he travels the road to Fortune.
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Strangely enough, the first character in Fried Green Tomatoes was the cafe, and the town. I think a place can be as much a character in a novel as the people.
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I really am an open book. I don't keep anything in at all, which is good and bad.
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When I was releasing EPs by myself, I was generating royalties. And when I signed, I thought I'd put those royalties into other artists. And interestingly, streaming is most of the income for those artists.
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I'm a character actor, but I look like a leading man.
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I mean, I like to consider myself a reasonably athletic guy.
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I never dreamt of being a musician for my livelihood. I certainly never would have wanted to be in the business that I'm in, meaning the fame and the glory, the glitter, the rock star, the famous part.
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Akhenaten's allegedly monotheistic worship of Aten and the more naturalistic art produced during his reign, a revolutionary break from the more formal art of earlier periods, have made him a sympathetic figure to many.
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Influence is best measured not only by military hardware and GDP, but also by other people's perceptions that we, the United States, are using our power legitimately. That belief - that we are acting in the interests of the global commons and in accordance with the rule of law - is what the military would call a 'force multiplier.'
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Triple tonguing? It was sort of invented. It wasn't in the script. It was something that I came up with.
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Ah! That must be Aunt Augusta. Only relatives, or creditors, ever ring in that Wagnerian manner.
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What fascinates me about Duchamp is the idea of tearing down the wall between the art object and reality.
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I want to win too bad.
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The beautiful thing about this country is that I can be a Christian and feel free to do so. Or somebody cannot be a Christian and do whatever that entails. Or somebody can be a Christian and still be gay, and I support it.
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Everybody knows I'm not a clay-court specialist. I'm not feeling so well on this surface.
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I've never had trouble finding inspiration for new songs, no matter what I'm doing.
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Your Heavenly Father will help you find the right path as you seek His guidance. Remember though, after you pray you must get off your knees and start doing something positive; head in the right direction! He will send people along the way who will assist you, but you must be doing your part as well.
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I prefer to write books for children instead of reading them. But I do strongly believe in childhood and in respecting childhood innocence. I don't like books for children that deal with adult themes.
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We're all wounded in some way, im just tryin to heal!
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I get mail from people all over the world now from people who tell me that they didn't really understand Down syndrome, but because of me they have read about it and studied it and now they know a lot more about it.
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One of the reasons so many kids bought Famous Monsters was that it gave them ability to order 8mm and Super-8 versions of their favorite monster movies.
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I think I hit the bottom when my wife left me while I was on the road.
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It don't take me no three days to record no album.
