Ryan Adams Quotes
I do craft songs, that this is designed. It's almost like the song was written to produce this desired effect. And it probably really works for somebody. It's maybe somebody's favorite tune, and it's really hard to come down on that, even if I feel a little embarrassed for it. Because some songs are written like a commercial, and that can be a little strange.
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Knowledge is knowing that we cannot know.
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As a working-class actor, leaving school with no qualifications, being a printer and then becoming an actor and then working with people who to a certain extent had had a leg up. I never had that advantage. It's less an artistic need to express myself and more a need to prove myself.
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There is a clear link between illegal migrants coming to Europe and the spread of terrorism.
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The value of an arts education is widely accepted, especially in California.
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I don't expect anything from anybody. When you grow old... Your days are gone; it is part of life.
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Whoever in discussion adduces authority uses not intellect but rather memory.
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No hero in your tragedy,No daring in your escape,No salutes for your surrender,Nothing noble in your fate,Christ, what have you done? - The Pass (1989)
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Now there's no more oak oppressionFor they passed a noble lawAnd the trees are all kept equalBy hatchet, axe and saw - The Trees (1978)
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Dangerous because your present Administration and its specialized agencies by all accounts know no restraint in hitting out at any perceived enemy of America, and nobody or nothing can protect one from their vindictiveness.
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The outfits come and go but there is a constant that I like about the catwalk model: the snotty expression.
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Unfortunately the global warming hysteria, as I see it, is driven by politics more than by science.
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My name is Kurt Schwitters... I am an artist and I nail my pictures together.
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Trade, migration, and modern communications have given us networks of friends and associates in other countries. We owe them much, but the social contract with our fellow citizens at home brings unique rights and responsibilities that must sometimes take precedence, especially when they are as destitute as the world's poorest people.
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It's my nature to run from relationships, because I have never seen a good one.
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I have never made a cent off a record in my life. I have never recouped enough, and I never sold enough. When people see you have a song on MTV, they think you are doing well - but you know, the way the traditional label deal was set up, it is really hard for an artist, unless they sold a lot, to see anything.
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I think what I most admired about my father was his extraordinary courage. He had such energy to pursue whatever he wanted, and he really didn't care what others thought.
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The experience of having a child does crack you wide open. I felt like I suddenly had to rebuild the skin that I'd grown over the years before having a child. Perhaps that might be quite interesting in terms of acting.
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It's not just about waking up and trying to be a star... It's practice, practice, practice.
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The idea of writing songs because you're depressed and you need to communicate it somehow, that isn't really true for me.
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While weight loss is important, what's more important is the quality of food you put in your body - food is information that quickly changes your metabolism and genes.
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I've always been interested in strange foods, coming from all different places.
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I do craft songs, that this is designed. It's almost like the song was written to produce this desired effect. And it probably really works for somebody. It's maybe somebody's favorite tune, and it's really hard to come down on that, even if I feel a little embarrassed for it. Because some songs are written like a commercial, and that can be a little strange.
