Ryan Adams Quotes
I have found in black metal the lyrics are profoundly beautiful... a pathos and mythos at the same time.
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Lives have been altered in fundamental ways, and later, after they acquire a more complete understanding of what goals are actually attainable, many are left facing a lot of pain and frustration. And yet, there's no culture of complaint.
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Like many writers, I started by writing short stories. I needed to learn how to write and stories are the most practical way to do this, and less soul-destroying than working your way through a lengthy novel and then discovering it's rubbish.
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Indie movies got co-opted by the studio system. The studios insisted that only stars could make movies successful.
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A church is a place in which gentlemen who have never been to heaven brag about it to persons who will never get there.
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To this day, I've never figured out a single locked-room mystery.
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By the usual reckoning, the worst books make the best films.
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The last thing I would ever do is try to become a network programmer.
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I don't remember scenes. I'm like, 'Really, we shot that?'
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I used to write bits and pieces of comedy material for various comics that were at the Windmill... as well as my film job, I was under contract, I was allowed to do that and everything.
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Many times, when you do what I do or work in journalism in general, people try to not explicitly present their opinions on topics.
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My mum is an artist and very into creative expression and freedom.
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I have a fascination with Flight 93. My emotions are mixed: awe, gratitude, fear, heartache, pride - even, in some ways, guilt.
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I'm by no means condemning prescription medicine for mental health. I've seen it save a lot of people's lives.
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But I think mainly, you know, just up in the East Coast, it's where it all originated. You know, Philadelphia. It goes back to the beginning. So, you know, fans have a lot of history, and they love their teams up here.
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Real people - the interesting ones, anyway - don't remain static, and neither do the ones I write about. Changes take place, and they react to them.
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Humility is an attribute of every good Hindu.
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I originally passed on 'Girls' because I thought TV was evil.
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I'm klutzy, and I don't embarrass easily.
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I think, when I wrote 'Children of Jihad,' I wrote it with a very optimistic view of what technology can do. Today I maintain that optimistic view, but I'm also aware of the challenges we have. So I would say I'm not a techno-utopian, but I'm a techno-pragmatist.
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Someone once asked me what I want on my epitaph when I pass away. Just the words 'I tried.' That's what this game of life is all about. Trying. There's the tryers, the criers, and the liars.
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Presidential campaign and White House are two aggressively separate things. They still think I'm the weird kid in the corner, so I don't have much power. But I'll definitely do something to help.
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In the bigger scheme of things the universe is not asking us to do something, the universe is asking us to be something. And that's a whole different thing.
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I have found in black metal the lyrics are profoundly beautiful... a pathos and mythos at the same time.
