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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You gotta constantly purify yourself, living in the city, around human beings. There might be people close to you who affect you inside yourself in such a corrupt way that it screws with your ability to do what you do. But if you make sure that the people who are close you are good people who are there for you and love you, you can create your temple everywhere you go.
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Usually, the music inspires the lyrics. The lyrics just sort of fall off like a bunch of crumbs from the melody. That's all I want them to be - crumbs. I don't want to work any kind of fabricated message.
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Touring is starting to feel more like home than home does.
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It's really important to like what you're wearing. It's pretty clear when I don't like what I'm wearing, and it's pretty clear if you got dressed for other people. Even if you're not looking the the best you can, or maybe your outfit isn't spot on, if it looks like you got dressed and you like it, you'll probably look cool anyway.
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You should try to do something if you think you can see your way clear.
