Hal Rothman Quotes
Las Vegas is the therapeutic ethos of our time run amok, our socio-psychological promise to ourselves to be eternally young writ large on the landscape of aging self-indulgence.
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You might find it necessary to 'snap' out of your mental inertia, moving slowly at first, then increasing your speed, until you gain complete control over your will. Be persistent no matter how slowly you may, at first, have to move. With persistence will come success.
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The blackest of fluid is used as an agent to enlighten the world.
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I think being a singer-songwriter... your job is to tell a story that other people can't really tell themselves.
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I was always a lonely person when I was with everyone.
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We don't need a fuel that's cleaner, we need a fuel that happens to be cleaner, but is half the price of oil.
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Nature admits no lie.
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We have not been a normal country when it comes to engagement in the world.
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What I want is to have no enemies when I die. Right now, I seem to have a lot of them.
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Without dissatisfaction, there’s no basis for a sale.
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You can do anything you want to do as long as you keep a good attitude and keep working at it. But the second you give up, you’re screwed.
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Believe, it is our best defense.
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I dreamt that I could paint you with words, but there were no colors bright enough, black or white enough, blue or green enough...they didn't mean enough
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And any time you feed your ego, it's a one-way street. ... There were so many things I had to deal with that erased the positives I got from playing the game that it wasn't worth it. It's like eating a Big Mac and drinking a Diet Coke.
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Why do those people guess so much and shave so little, and are so disdainful of hearing aids?
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Pleasure comes through toil, and not by self indulgence and indolence. When one gets to love work, his life is a happy one.
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Las Vegas is incredible. Either you love it or you're a classy person with morals. I fall into the former category. It's definitely bled into my writing.
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Las Vegas is the therapeutic ethos of our time run amok, our socio-psychological promise to ourselves to be eternally young writ large on the landscape of aging self-indulgence.
