Rick Moody Quotes
I am in Boston right now, in fact, to do work at the New England Historical Genealogical Library, where I'm trying to finish up tracing my lineage back to the seventeenth century.
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Sometimes what I think what the news is missing is the human element, the connection - the moment that you look into a little girl's eyes or a father who has just left his family and risked everything just to try and survive.
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A liberal public is interesting to have as an audience. It is for that very reason that corporations make such an effort to ally themselves with cultural institutions.
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Becoming a leader is synonymous with becoming yourself. It is precisely that simple, and it is also that difficult.
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The single most important thing we can do to protect our communities from climate change is to reduce dangerous carbon pollution.
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I think that the good and the great are only separated by the willingness to sacrifice.
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There is much good luck in the world, but it is luck. We are none of us safe. We are children, playing or quarrelling on the line.
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Well, we all have murderous thoughts throughout the day, if not the week.
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When the tech geeks talk, I pay close attention.
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When I became a published writer, I said, 'Whatever I can do to help the libraries I want to do,' so all of my book tours since then have involved me coming to a library and talking about how important libraries are for a community.
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My aim is that every sermon series I preach is prepared as though I were teaching a college-level course.
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What attracted me to New York was there was an anonymity that I couldn't always have in Los Angeles, and it was easier to blend in there. The more successful you are, the less you are able to do that.
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It doesn't matter what background you come from; it doesn't matter what your circumstances are - you can survive.
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The thing that's very puzzling to somebody who's been in Pakistan repeatedly since 1983 is lots of people live in compounds with high walls in Pakistan. I mean, that's so completely routine. In fact, you know, it would be un-routine to have the reverse.
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I like to read non-fiction on my e-reader, but as for fiction, I usually like to have a copy to keep at home.
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I do everything on my phone as a lot of people do.
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I wanted to be heard, not seen. That's how it all started.
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There are career waiters in Los Angeles, and they're making over $100,000 a year.
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I enjoy learning about the new technologies. I enjoy getting to know the new fans and dealing with them on their turf.
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That's the thing: You don't understand burnout unless you've been burned out. And it's something you can't even explain. It's just doing something you have absolutely no passion for.
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For me, there is only love and fear.
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Handsome is that handsome does.
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If you start by promising what you don't even have yet, you'll lose your desire to work towards getting it.
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I am in Boston right now, in fact, to do work at the New England Historical Genealogical Library, where I'm trying to finish up tracing my lineage back to the seventeenth century.
