Rick Moody Quotes
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I'm not religious. I was as a child, and like lots of people, I suppose, rapidly became very disillusioned with the whole thing. I also feel that organised religion has caused far more problems than it has solved.
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What's true for churches is true for other institutions: the older and more organized they get, the less adaptable they become. That's why the most resilient things in our world - biological life, stock markets, the Internet - are loosely organized.
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As the scripts come in they are sent to the artists, and the artists are either very busy, or ready to start.
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How can you go wrong with two people in love? If a good boy loves a good girl, good. If a good boy loves another good boy, good. And if a good girl loves the goodness in good boys and good girls, then all you have is more goodness, and goodness has nothing to do with sexual orientation.
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People think of you differently if you've been in their homes. They think they own you because they watched you while they were eating dinner, or they can turn you up or down, or even freeze you.
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One doesn't have a sense of humor. It has you.
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The great thing about writing is that it has to work without that invisible layer of the reader's added knowledge.
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The names are bigger, the show is worldwide, but I get a royal pass into life in the broadcasting business.
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There has to be so many other ways of approaching airline security than demeaning ourselves by giving up a lot of our dignities and our liberty to do this.
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I love my sleep.
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When I finished the trilogy of 'Pirates of the Caribbean' movies, I had a gear shift and thought, 'I need to take a moment to smell the roses.'
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You cannot survive if you do not know the past.
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English people are famous for never speaking out but only saying what they really feel about you behind your back. Americans believe the shortest distance between two points is a straight line. I like exploring those, er, differences in national snippiness.
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I try to listen to my children. I try to change with my children.
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I'm an all-or-nothing person.
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We're writing a book together. She just finished one. Did you read it? Among the Porcupines?
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We really love to learn and explore things.
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It's a constant challenge trying to find balance between styling, designing and being a mom.
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I'm still blowing alright, and I still enjoy it which is the main thing.
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Even before I auditioned for 'X Factor' the second time, I was doing a lot of dance music.
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Men sometimes speak as if humility and meekness would rob us of what is noble and bold and manlike. O that all would believe that this is the nobility of the kingdom of heaven, that this is the royal spirit that the King of heaven displayed, that this is Godlike, to humble oneself, to become the servant of all!
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You showed me that the real strength comes from learning how to trust again. You make me want to be brave enough to love again.
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No practice exists in isolation.
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I love comic books and always did as a kid.
