Ryan Adams Quotes
The process of making music is more interesting to me than the end result. If I was a cook, I'd be more interested in cooking food than eating food.
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I was probably never going to get to do the kind of things dramatically that I really wanted to do, so I returned to theater from time to time, and to write, and produce. It's by no means sour grapes.
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I try to talk about policy issues intelligently, I try very hard to avoid thought bubbles. I make sure my speeches are well researched and footnoted. I make sure I am not talking through my hat.
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There is a tendency by a lot of officials to hide behind the king. And it's about time that officials take their responsibility and are responsible in front of the people.
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The rules of evidence in the main are based on experience, logic, and common sense, less hampered by history than some parts of the substantive law.
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When I eat something like vegetable bibimbap, I get that warm and fuzzy feeling of eating stuff that I grew up with.
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I like listening to music and driving. How do you say... It's the only way I can 'chillax.'
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Good science fiction is always based in contemporary truths.
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The way to a man's heart is through his chest.
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I wanted to act; that was my one goal. I wanted to devote all my time to acting and not waitressing or anything else.
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I want to cause a change with my life, make the world a little better.
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What the government and we in society need to do is to address the issue of gender justice.
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I'm a typical Irishman in that I only get home for weddings and funerals.
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I don't get jealousy, I don't get how people hate each other - I never did.
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Reducing caloric intake is the only proven method of extending life. If caloric intake is reduced to 20 percent below maintenance, you can extend your lifespan considerably.
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When you get out of the Marine Corps, you feel like you can do anything.
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I think that sexiness should be in the subtleties.
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I've always felt that the traditional novel doesn't give you enough information about the narrator, and I think it's important to know the point of view from which these tales are told: the moral makeup of the teller.
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I think maybe because I do other things and they mean as much to me as movie acting, it takes the onus off me. It's not the end of the world if I can't get a film job, or if a movie doesn't turn out well - even though I don't like it when that happens.
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The world of the stage and the performance on the stage usually does not tend to translate very well - it doesn't tend to hold very well - once cameras are on it; it's not like it's terrible or embarrassing or bad anything, but, I, as an actor, would perform a role differently for an audience than I would for just cameras.
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I listened to a lot of Marvin Gaye and Motown records.
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Things can be done under the incentive of terror and fear that can not be done when the fear disappears.
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I'm compelled to paint nearly every day. I just felt like making a painting, went out and bought paints and a canvas. Now it fulfills me creatively when I'm not doing music: it's something you can do by yourself and it's totally yours. It's a great adjunct to my life.
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If we overregulate, over control, impose too many burdens and too much bureaucracy - or if we do it across the board, without taking into account the differences among businesses and their relative impact on society - that could make people risk-averse and dampen the entrepreneurial spirit.
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The process of making music is more interesting to me than the end result. If I was a cook, I'd be more interested in cooking food than eating food.
