Rick Moody Quotes
I always wanted to write something illustrated, and the Details strip finally gave me the opportunity.
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I want to sound like an instrument. I want my voice and my words to marry the beat. I go with the rhythm of it and the words start to come to my mind and those words could be based on things that's been on my mind for the past year, the past month, the past week, whatever; I write it.
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My main thing is I'm going to compete on every play, try to be focused on both ends of the court. That said, I'll always bring my excitement, my swag, to the game.
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My optimism is not based primarily on the successful march of democracy in recent times but rather is based on the experience of having lived in a fear society and studied the mechanics of tyranny that sustain such a society.
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I think movies lost a lot when they went to stereo and five-track sound.
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Most of the birds of the Old World can be found here, as Oman is on a strategic route for migrating birds.
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Guys back in the day, we didn't have wallets. I never kept my money in my pocket; my money always went in my sock. My key my mom gave me, I put it in my sock - whatever it was.
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Online hierarchies are inherently dynamic. The moment someone stops adding value to the community, his influence starts to wane.
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You know, Motorcycle Diaries has no incredible stories, no sudden plot twists, it doesn't play that way. It's about recognizing that instance of change and embracing it.
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I hate jealousy, I hate possessiveness. I'm nobody's possession.
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Many Indians and Israelis seem set to elect, with untroubled consciences, those who speak the language of torturers and terrorists. More disturbingly, these corrupted democracies may increasingly prove the norm rather than the exception.
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The only thing that matters to me is getting to the work - getting to do the work. And I don't really care where it is: whether it's on stage or on television or in film.
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If you ask me anything I don't know, I'm not going to answer.
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The blues and jazz will live forever... So will the Delta and the Big Easy.
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I used to know all the lyrics to all the songs from 'The Phantom of the Opera.'
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You can't satisfy everybody. I will continue to do my job until I get fired, and the only people who can fire me are my fans.
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Sexiness should not be overt. Something shapeless that drapes across your hip, hangs off the shoulder; something that cowls in the front, drapes low in the back, that's sexy.
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When I'm in a foreign city, I like to get to know it like a local.
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Chris Jericho is a great guy. He's beyond hysterical. He's good people. They're really good. Chris wanted me to throw down a solo. He sent it to me and I knocked it out.
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Magicians lose the opportunity to experience a sense of wonder.
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Proactive people carry their own weather with them.
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I was feeling lonely without her, but the fact that I could feel lonely at all was consolation. Loneliness wasn't such a bad feeling. It was like the stillness of the pin oak after the little birds had flown off.
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I always wanted to write something illustrated, and the Details strip finally gave me the opportunity.
