Thurston Moore Quotes

Every now and again, the alternative culture is cherished by the mainstream for what it is, rather than how it should be, like the mainstream popular music.

Thurston Moore Sonic Youth

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• I was probably never going to get to do the kind of things dramatically that I really wanted to do, so I returned to theater from time to time, and to write, and produce. It's by no means sour grapes.

  

  Larry Hovis
  • Time
  • Kind
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• I think mobility is very important, not only to discover opportunities elsewhere but at times, also to appreciate better what your home town has. Allahabad, for instance, has the feel of a small, tightly-knit community where everyone participates.

  

  Vikas Swarup
  • Important
  • Home
  • Small

• I really enjoy dancing. When there's music around, I can't help it; I start dancing, especially when I'm with friends.

  

  Cameron Monaghan
  • Music
  • Friends
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• You mustn't upstage the bride.

  

  Ian Mckellen
  • You
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• I don't think people really understood what I did. And you know, in my book, 'A Helluva High Note' deals with my back story, that I was a songwriter, that I spent years trying to hone my craft and being rejected and then finally becoming a successful songwriter, record executive and publisher.

  

  Kara DioGuardi
  • People
  • Trying
  • Book

• I've never been that guy who says, 'Ooh, I have to play King Lear'. First off, that'd be a disaster anyway. I tend to read something and see who's involved, and then know I want to be part of it. But I don't think I'm through with comedy. I still love to make people laugh.

  

  Ted Danson
  • People
  • Love
  • Guy

• From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs.

  

  Karl Marx
  • Needs
  • According
  • His

• Obviously, for me, story is first and foremost, even in the face of the attractive idea of having all the cast there, or having a great piece of talent come to it.

  

  Vin Diesel
  • Story
  • Idea
  • Talent

• Poetry is the art of substantiating shadows, and of lending existence to nothing.

  

  Edmund Burke
  • Art
  • Poetry
  • Shadows

• When liberty returns, I will return.

  

  Victor Hugo
  • Liberty
  • Will
  • Return

• As a young girl I think I wanted to be a horse woman. I loved horses.

  

  Karen Hughes
  • Girl
  • Woman
  • Horse

• I'm trying to have some longevity in this business. If that means not working for a while and just picking the right job, so be it.

  

  Aaron Paul
  • Trying
  • Business
  • Job

• I think I am less of a prankster and more of a jokester.

  

  Taye Diggs
  • Jokester
  • Prankster

• The fact of the matter is the Arab elites are more inclined to accommodate our wishes because of certain overlapping interests that are often financial. That is not the case with the Arab masses.

  

  Zbigniew Brzezinski
  • Financial
  • Matter
  • Wishes

• You can preach a better sermon with your life than with your lips.

  

  Oliver Goldsmith
  • Life
  • Better
  • Lips

• The universe, when you leave it alone, is going to be beautiful.

  

  Yoko Ono
  • Beautiful
  • Alone
  • Universe

• Television is what it's always been. The best of times and the worst of times at the same time.

  

  Gary David Goldberg
  • Time
  • Best
  • Same

• It was probably my parents who inspired me most. My father was a scientist and answered my scientific questions, while my mother took me on walks and showed me birds and plants. She also took me out at night and showed me the constellations and the aurora.

  

  Nancy Roman
  • She
  • Mother
  • Father

• The economic tsunami has hit all airline employees. With the 2001 terror attacks, airline bankruptcies, pension terminations, loss of pay, changes in work rules - we're all working harder and longer than we used to.

  

  Chesley Sullenberger
  • Work

• Drugs, sex, booze, all the stuff that we wanted to do. The problem was that we didn't want to learn the top 40 'cause most of the music was awful and we had this other idea about what we wanted to do.

  

  Wayne Kramer
  • Music
  • Problem
  • Sex

• I like writing a body of music that has a cohesive, emotional thread through it.

  

  Patti Scialfa
  • Music
  • Writing
  • Emotional

• During the Cold War, workers proudly contributed to national defense, but the carelessness and haste in handling toxic waste created a nightmare of pollution for subsequent generations.

  

  Bobbie Ann Mason
  • War
  • Cold

• Holy charity confounds all diabolical and fleshly temptations and all fleshly fears.

  

  Francis of Assisi
  • Charity

• Every now and again, the alternative culture is cherished by the mainstream for what it is, rather than how it should be, like the mainstream popular music.

  

  Thurston Moore Sonic Youth
  • Music
  • Culture
  • Cherish