R. A. Lafferty Quotes
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I was a go-go dancer at the Dom on East 10th Street in NYC. This was a glittering ballroom over Stanley's Bar. 1965.
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I have got prostate cancer, and I have to keep monitoring that. It's no problem, it's under control and I'm very cool about it, but other people are dying from it.
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If I can just be thought of as Omari Hardwick who had a really, really solid career, and whose work is appreciated in its own right, I think that would be a great legacy to leave behind.
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The artist produces for the liberation of his soul. It is his nature to create as it is the nature of water to run down the hill.
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In real life, I'm pretty much an eternal optimist.
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Culturally, the arts of Puerto Rico is really unmatched by any other island.
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I'm from Long Beach - not the best area in the world - and I had a lot of ghetto friends growing up.
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There would be nights when I would wake up and couldn't get back to sleep. So I would go downstairs and write. The staff had a pool going on how many pages of typing I would bring in here in the morning.
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In a vague way, I always knew neurosurgery was different - more delicate, more difficult, more demanding. After all, we say things like, 'I'm no brain surgeon,' for a reason.
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After retiring, I was a little bored with nothing to do and got fat. I thought, if a 60-year-old metabolic fat man, after five years, can get to Mount Everest, that would be very exciting.
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The imperative is to define what is right and do it.
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Karl Malden was quite a mentor. He taught me things he had learned from being in front of a camera so long.
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On a given day, you can have market fluctuations where prices fluctuate far more than the underlying economic value of the unit.
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The historical problem of the United States is to admit that it is a multiracial and multi-ethnic nation.
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Indecision is a virus that can run through an army and destroy its will to win or even to survive.
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I have a weird and undying love for George Michael. He's the reason why I want to do what I do.
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The Church is now more like the Scribes and Pharisees than like Christ... What are now called the 'essential doctrines' of the Christian religion he does not even mention.
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God is going to supply a million dollars, somebody is praying right now, right this second, you’re praying for a million dollars and God said, 'I have heard your prayer, I know your need, and I'm going to supply the need that you requested,' it's done, in Jesus' name.
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The key with a full-skirt shape is to balance it out with a great figure-hugging top.
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I don't think time is involved in how the thing is made.
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One day, the Devil decided to go out of business. His tools, therefore, being for sale, were put on display; and Malice, Jealousy, and Pride were soon recognized by most of his prospective customers. There was one worn, tiny wedge-shaped tool bearing the highest price, however, which seemed difficult to identify. "What is that?" someone asked. "I can't quite place it." "Oh that!" Satan answered. "That is Discouragement. It is my most valuable tool. With it I can open many hearts, since so few people know that it belongs to me."
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We must kill the Devil afresh every day.
