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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It is harder to explain why free markets create wealth than it is to pander to workers who have been displaced by global competition.
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Johnny Cash has only passed into the greater light. He will only become more important in this industry as time goes by.
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I see genres as generating sets of rules or conventions that are only interesting when they are subverted or used to disguise the author's intent. My own way of doing this is to attempt a sort of whimsical alchemy, whereby seemingly incompatible genres are brought into unlikely partnerships.
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My sculpture can last for days or a few seconds - what is important to me is the experience of making. I leave all my work outside and often return to watch it decay.
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How many Republicans does it take to change a light bulb? Three. One to mix the martinis, one to change the light bulb, and one to reminisce about how good the old one was.
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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.
