Ry Cooder Quotes
Needless to say, you've got to have someone who can speak for you.
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There was this old soccer game called 'Goal' for the old Nintendo, and ever since then, I've played everything from the old school games to the 360.
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The one thing that is sort of sneered at and not really believed is bisexuality. Any bisexual man is just seen as a closeted gay man. That shows how narrow-minded people are. The other thing that's totally neglected and which nobody approves of is celibacy. People again assume that you're just repressing something.
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Success follows doing what you want to do. There is no other way to be successful.
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I'm very open-minded.
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Well football teams are perhaps easier to control than political parties, I'm sure the Prime Minister would agree with me, but yeah I think every team needs discipline and a sense of self-belief and that's important, that's what leadership's all about.
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China's one-child policy was born in 1980, after years of less severe measures to discourage births. The Communist Party promised that the policy would be temporary.
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Maven is very much a haunting presence in 'Glass Sword.' His influence is everywhere, and he dogs Mare and Cal like no other. He's my favorite character to write because he's so complex, but also because he affects everyone else so deeply. He's kind of like the source of gravity. Everyone moves around him and what he's done.
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I guess my main influences are Jesus, rock 'n' roll and ex-wives. In that order.
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My heart is in independent film-making. For me, it's where the fun, gritty storytelling is being told.
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If only we'd stop trying to be happy we'd have a pretty good time.
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I have been dealing with claims that I cheated and had an unfair advantage in winning my seven Tours since 1999.
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I learned early on that in the real world, the masks of tragedy and comedy adorn the proscenium of every life.
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Whether it's mending a failing company, fighting corruption, tackling disease, or rebuilding a marriage, the hardest problems defy just-add-water remedies. Indeed, slapping on a Band-Aid when surgery is needed usually just makes things worse.
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Imagine if Beethoven had a tape recorder. Then you'd know exactly what he meant. Maybe he meant 'Da da da da' instead of 'Boom boom boom boom!' Who knows?
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Some people are ok with doing nothing all day after they retire, but then some people if they had nothing to do would go mad and start banging their heads against a wall.
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Every vote counts and every vote must be counted.
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I'm always going to love my father.
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I love fishing and surfing, and I work out every day.
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Of my infancy I can speak little, only I do remember that in the fourth year of my age I had the measles.
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Always be ready to speak your mind, and a base man will avoid you.
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Always speak the truth.
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For me, my rule in this industry is I've got to listen to my butterflies. So if I got butterflies, then those are the scripts I go after.
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Needless to say, you've got to have someone who can speak for you.
