Ry Cooder Quotes
No second chances in the land of a thousand dances, the valley of ten million insanities.
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I always thought that one day I would be somebody. I would be successful in music, and I would have fans that cared about my music. At the same time, I really feel like an ordinary guy; I have been an ordinary guy forever.
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I grew up with Bond.
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To have this gold medal around my neck is an indescribable feeling. I'm the happiest person right now.
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They came out in a dim, damp basement - a generic sort of place, full of moulding boxes. 'You take me to the nicest places,' Claire said, and sneezed.
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Nice things are nicer than nasty ones.
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Life is islands of ecstasy in an ocean of ennui, and after the age of thirty land is seldom seen.
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We are in a period of searchers rather than of creators.
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The Silvertop and the Goldtop both had subtlety where it was needed but lots of definition as well. I liked the different voicings of the distortion/fuzz elements.
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The spirit of the gospel is in absolute disagreement with the spirit of the world.
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God sendeth cold after clothes.
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I'd still thought that everything I thought about that night-the shame, the fear-would fade in time. But that hadn't happened. Instead, the things that I remembered, these little details, seemed to grow stronger, to the point where I could feel their weight in my chest. Nothing, however stuck with me more than the memory of stepping into that dark room and what I found there, and how the light then took that nightmare and made it real.
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The Loire Valley is grossly underestimated. The prices are fair, and the wines are real.
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All the poems have wolves in them. All but one. The most beautiful one of all. She dances in a ring of fire and throws off the challenge with a shrug.
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When you feel stuck in a hard time, jump-start a pro-change attitude by letting go of possessions that no longer work for you - like old clothes and old shoes.
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My life's not tragic at all. How many guys do you know who are bankrupt and just bought a $3 million house and are getting ready to get $6 million more?
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No second chances in the land of a thousand dances, the valley of ten million insanities.
