Ralph Stanley Quotes
I would have quit before I went rock-n-roll. I know one way, and that's natural, and when I can't make it, I'll come home and stay. I believe in my music.
Quotes to Explore
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I remember the moon landings, and Apollo was the paradigm by which all progress was measured at that time. And I knew that creating a true space-faring civilization was both possible and practical. What I failed to realize was that the effort would fail due to bureaucratic inertia and political apathy.
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After all, one knows one's weak points so well, that it's rather bewildering to have the critics overlook them and invent others.
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Any time I'm in a moving thing, like an airplane, I'm usually asleep before we even get on our way.
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All writers are the same - they forget a thousand good reviews and remember one bad one.
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Tragedy is like strong acid - it dissolves away all but the very gold of truth.
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The real drawback to the simple life is that it is not simple. If you are living it, you positively can do nothing else. There is not time.
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We must stop the trend of closing schools and building prisons.
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A good composer does not imitate; he steals.
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I'm not completely at ease at rapping, I can't do it well yet.
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Some people think that if their opponent plays a beautiful game, it's okay to lose. I don't. You have to be merciless.
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When you live in L.A., it is easy to stay fit, as the weather is amazing.
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The 21st century - and the atheists - needs the presence of religion, just as religion must deal with the real challenges and the thinkers of the day in order to sharpen the conscience and the intelligence of those who study the timeless sacred texts in a spirit of responding to the questions of their time.
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In 1921, Harry Houdini started his own film company called - wait for it - the Houdini Picture Corporation.
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Everywhere in the world, whether manufacturing, trade or whatever, it is controlled by one apparatus and one policy perspective. Here we have one prime minister with good intentions, and six ministries running their own empires. This creates problems including the import culture.
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Museums are not normally presenting the works on the walls as provocations to work. It's more like going to a Jacuzzi.
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I was about nine years old when a teacher administered my IQ test. Unfortunately, as I was nine, I didn't know that I needed to keep the paperwork for future reference.
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I love to see a wood full of bluebells. Growing up in the Kent countryside, I have special memories of this brief annual spectacle.
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I'm quite British; I've got big, flat feet, and I can't wear heels. I've got very, very pale Celtic skin, so my legs are always a frightening blue color. So when you take out clothes that reveal your legs, shoes that have any kind of heel, no shop will actually take my money.
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It's always the girl comedy and the guy comedy. It bums me out. You'd think there'd be a progression, from James L. Brooks and Nora Ephron into more subtle humor and behavior and psychology. All these interesting things people can learn about themselves by watching talented writers comment intelligently on someone else's emotional life.
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I started singing weddings and bar mitzvahs at 15, lying about my age. It was a great discipline.
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It's a very simple process. He [Danny Boyl] comes in the tube (subway) and then he sits with me for 3 hours every evening and then I work on something. Then later, if he likes something, I put it even more perfectly. I tweak stuff. So this happened for 3 or 4 weeks and the music was done.
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The political process is rough and tumble by definition, and being grounded in faith in a Higher Power has proven helpful in navigating the difficult terrain.
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I would have quit before I went rock-n-roll. I know one way, and that's natural, and when I can't make it, I'll come home and stay. I believe in my music.
