Ray Manzarek Quotes
Doors music is not a simple kind of music. It's like the Bauhaus. It's clean and pure. Morrison's lyrics are psychologically deep. So for people to understand Doors music is certainly a testament to their intellects.
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When U.S.-based editors and columnists parachute into a news storm, it is often the stringers who keep us out of trouble, helping us glimpse the complexity behind the headlines.
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Think and grow rich.
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Greetings and death to our enemies.
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Americans will put up with anything provided it doesn't block traffic.
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Of course, there can be serious injustices within free societies.
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When I was young, about 18 or 19, I read all the Dostoyevsky novels, which made me want to go to St. Petersburg. So I went, and I was so inspired.
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I had several near death experiences or very, you know, close calls, if you may, in Iraq. You know, there was an incident where I was nearly kidnapped.
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It is now proved beyond doubt that smoking is one of the leading causes of statistics.
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I had my group of friends, you know, like my real group of friends, and then I had, like, party friends.
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If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style.
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As an actor, I have casting issues. I'm a minority. I don't have trouble making a living, but as far as being on the food chain of the pecking order of actors, I'm not at the top of it. With the jobs that I do, there are always control issues with directors and producers.
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I've been very lucky.
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I don't remember my first two marriages... the details are very sketchy.
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No one can look bad when you've been lit for six hours.
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I'm working on bringing the instant film camera back as part of the future.
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I was pursuing the arts with theater in school, and I was doing after-school activities, but not in any real movement towards a professional career.
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My judges preach against free love openly, practice it secretly.
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Success or failure in business is caused more by the mental attitude even than by mental capacities.
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I think the confidence that I have right now is something that was created by the fans who love me.
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I'm a huge fan of Tolkien. I read those books when I was in junior high school and high school, and they had a profound effect on me. I'd read other fantasy before, but none of them that I loved like Tolkien.
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More modern poetry is written than read.
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I was an idiot in terms of career-building, but I had a great time.
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I have a great deal of compassion for those in public life and what we have done to them.
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Doors music is not a simple kind of music. It's like the Bauhaus. It's clean and pure. Morrison's lyrics are psychologically deep. So for people to understand Doors music is certainly a testament to their intellects.
