Ry Cooder Quotes
You should try to do something if you think you can see your way clear.
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I used to kind of go for it, right? Like, I'd be the one who would say, 'All right, there's Kate Moss. I'm going to try to make out with her.'
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I get intrigued by a first lin and I write to find out why it means something to me. You make discoveries just the way the reader does, so you're simultaneously the writer and the reader.
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Language is me, in a way. Really, I feel it.
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If the world sees that we can defend our borders... then no one will try to come to Hungary illegally.
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Medicine is the means by which we poor feeble creatures try to keep from dying or aching.
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I try not to be in situations where I'm being grabbed at. For the most part, you can avoid them.
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Diplomacy is to do and say the nastiest things in the nicest way.
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The only way you know what it is to be a boxer is to be one.
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You try not to become so emotionally attached to your character, but you do.
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You just try to learn and see what you can put in your repertoire, and that's what I try to do.
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Government can do best by simply getting out of the way.
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I am not attempting to preserve culture, or record actual events or stories. Instead I bow my head in gratitude to those storytellers who have gone before and paved a way for me play in their stomping grounds. Doubtless those who want to be offended, will - allowing me to make them happy, too, which pleases me as much as it pleases them.
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When we moved to L.A., I started going out for more commercials, and then one day they emailed me a movie script. The first thing I said was, 'No way. I love commercials.'
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I'm still enjoying discovering more designers and getting to play dress-up in a bigger way than I ever have before.
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I'll try anything once, twice if I like it, three times to make sure.
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I try to prepare for everything beyond the extent of preparation.
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I worked my way up in the private sector and implemented Georgia's tough voter ID law.
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I always try to be reasonable and effective.
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The most beautiful sight in the world is a little child going confidently down the road of life after you have shown him the way.
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In 2008, as a matter of fact, I had people accusing me of being a Senator Obama supporter because I wouldn't slam him. I said, 'Well, consider the fact that I voted for impeachment for President Clinton, but it wasn't a personal vote. I voted based on the facts and the law and the Constitution and what we were dealing with.'
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One lesson I learned from 'The Monstrumologist' was never to get too attached to your own characters. That's harder in practice than in theory. At the end of the third book - which coincided with the end of my contract - I was an emotional wreck. I mourned Will Henry and Warthrop.
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I think the mistake people make most often when they invest in other kinds of startups is they say, 'This is totally different.' And so the things that matter, like making a product that people desperately want, like talking to customers, they throw this out the window. That is a recipe for heartache and tears.
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Your biggest problem, is that you think the current problem you're facing is your problem
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You should try to do something if you think you can see your way clear.
