Rick Moody Quotes
I judged about a zillion awards this year so I've been reading a lot of books that just came out.
Quotes to Explore
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I sing to Jesus for Jesus now. This gives me pure joy... worship!
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I'm the little dog who goes the wrong way - under the hoop.
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Several of the energy companies want to do the right thing. It's a matter of leveling the playing field though for them and that's why corrective action here is necessary.
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I do not play golf regularly, but I feel that hitting the moving ball in cricket is tougher than hitting a stationary ball as in golf, which requires more concentration and steady hands.
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My parents were Zionists born in Poland. My father was a rabbi who didn't know much about science and ran a grocery store in the neighborhood with my mother's help.
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Another example of that was that even during the economic problems of the 1945 government, we managed to carry out other aspects of our policy and other ideals. Through the establishment of national parks, for instance.
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I like cinema. I am very fond of it. But from time to time I feel like having some time on my own.
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When I was diagnosed I didn't know how epidemic cancer was. You find out that everybody you know is touched by this disease.
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I vicariously lived the life of an independent producer from the time I was four years old. And what was always important was writing, writing, writing.
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When I come home, I'm just Maisie, and everywhere I go, I'm just Maisie!
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You can't be an entrepreneur and work in a public company anymore.
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I would have preferred to be successful here with a piece that cost me a huge amount of money and effort... rather than sending to Bohemia some ordinary works.
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Personally, I would not care for immortality in the least. There is nothing better than oblivion, since in oblivion there is no wish unfulfilled. We had it before we were born yet did not complain. Shall we whine because we know it will return? It is Elysium enough for me, at any rate.
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The wisdom of our ancestors.
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The enduring is something which must be accounted for. One cannot simply shrug it off.
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We are all gifted of the mouth, retarded of the ear.
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Buddhism … is not a culture but a critique of culture, an enduring nonviolent revolution or 'loyal opposition' to the culture in which it is involved.
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I think that I used to love Hollywood movies. I remember great phases and moments. But, unfortunately, now is not the moment.
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I'm trying to be a professional singer. ... I've never been given the chance before. But here's hoping it'll change.
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A knowledge of craft is not the enemy of creativity. You sit down to write and realize, today's going to be a really unconscious day and I'm going to let it all out. Or, today's going to be analytical. And some days all mixed up.
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I have played cricket on my own terms.
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There is no victory at bargain basement prices.
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For a generation, terrorists learned they could make war on free nations without fear of war in return. On September 12, the terrorists got war in return.
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I judged about a zillion awards this year so I've been reading a lot of books that just came out.
