Joe Perry (Anthony Joseph Perry) Quotes
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The mind moves in the direction of our currently dominant thoughts.
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I was always interested in the kind of history they didn't teach you in school.
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I hated singing. I wanted to be an actress. But I don't think I'd have made it any other way.
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Let me go to hell, that's all I ask, and go on cursing them there, and them look down and hear me, that might take some of the shine off their bliss.
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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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I prayed like a man walking in a forest at night, feeling his way with his hands, at each step fearing to fall into pure bottomlessness forever. Prayer is like lying awake at night, afraid, with your head under the cover, hearing only the beating of your own heart.
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No one is above the law, not even the president. I believe perjury does meet at least the definition of high misdemeanor.
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I'm a choir girl gone horribly, desperately wrong.
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It's so hard to be the girl in a country song, so we're speaking up.
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The U.N.'s humanitarian agencies rely on charitable donations from the public as well as the generosity of governments to continue their lifesaving work in response to natural disasters, armed conflicts and other emergencies.
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A glimpse at my night stand gives the mostly true impression that I am a book hoarder.
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I started writing regularly for 'The Atlantic' roughly around the time that Barack Obama got inaugurated.
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I skate all the time, but it's silly for me to do contests when MTV is giving me a boatload of money.
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I'm not interested in being Franchise Boy.
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The experts who managed the original Marshall Plan say Afghanistan needs a commitment of at least $5 to $10 billion over 5 to 10 years, coupled with occupation forces of 250,000 Allied soldiers to keep the peace throughout the country.
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The launch of a space shuttle can still make you weep with amazement and wonder, if you happen to be watching it.
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Great men are they who see that spiritual is stronger than any material force - that thoughts rule the world.
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The thing about being an actor is that as we get older, there are more and more characters to explore and, in general, they get more complicated, so you get to bring all your crazy life experience to the table.
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I had a good imagination and I still have one; a child-like imagination that hasn't gone away.
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If I offered you a thousand dollars to take off your shoes, you'd very likely accept--and then I could triumphantly announce that 'rewards work.' But as with punishments, they can never help someone develop a *commitment* to a task or action, a reason to keep doing it when there's no longer a payoff.
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I associate my childhood with two things, mainly: the North Devon countryside and a sense of connection to another world.
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I prefer the night to the day and always stay up very late. Darkness is more peaceful, and I don't like sunshine - it hurts my eyes. When I used to live in more communal circumstances, I had to wait until everyone had gone to bed before I had the peace to write, and I still find I can get on with my writing much better at night.
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I used to do theater in L.A., but it got to the point where everything was really showcase-y.
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That's what I love about music. It's immediate. There's a connection whether you are playing at Hyde Park or Chicago, and it's been happening since the beginning of time and the troubadours.
