Ring Lardner Quotes
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I always knew would be some sort of artist, but didn't know what.
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Marriage happens; it can't be planned. When it has to happen, it will happen. Normally, what we always believe is that however prepared you are, if it's not meant to happen, it won't. And however much we have not planned, it will still happen if it's destined.
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When you're younger they always try to get you to do every ninny role that's going.
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There's this idea of a star, and this person is very aloof and writes all the music, and they don't talk to anyone unless they go through the record label. And I always felt very uncomfortable about that.
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I've always had confidence. It came because I have lots of initiative. I wanted to make something of myself.
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I've always been interested in violence, even as a teenager. I loved 'Helter Skelter' and books like that.
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Journalists always explain that people are mad at them because they tell the truth, which is often unpleasant or uncomfortable to hear. However, they fail in situations where there is more than one truth.
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My first thought is always of light.
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I lived near Arthur's Seat when I lived in Edinburgh. It was the perfect playground as a child. I always have a wee run up there when I'm back.
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A screenplay is really a blueprint for something that will be filmed. Therefore you must always keep in mind that whatever you write is going to be staged, for real.
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My hands were constantly blistered or bloody; my ears were always ringing. I tore through drumheads and drumsticks like there was no tomorrow.
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When I go abroad I always sail from Boston because it is such a pleasant place to get away from.
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I've always worn earplugs, but I'm sure my hearing's not great.
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Success didn't spoil me, I've always been insufferable.
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Homer's work hits again and again on the topos of the inexpressible. People will always do that.
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I remember at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, Shaq always wanted me to show him steps over and over.
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While our amplified knowledge of genetics - and the increasing precision of the field - does make it tempting to take on celebrity cases, retro-genetics can't always provide clear answers.
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India always inspires me.
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The kind of people that all teams need are people who are humble, hungry, and smart: humble being little ego, focusing more on their teammates than on themselves. Hungry, meaning they have a strong work ethic, are determined to get things done, and contribute any way they can. Smart, meaning not intellectually smart but inner personally smart.
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I'm not afraid of death. What's to fear? Once you're dead, that's it. Nothing. I don't believe in heaven or hell. That's baloney. What matters is the here and now. Yes, I'm 88, and there are things I can't do: I can't run a race or climb Everest. But isn't life magnificent?
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Criticism starts - it has to start - with a real passion for reading. It can come in adolescence, even in your twenties, but you must fall in love with poems.
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In Iceland, the weather is the biggest character you deal with every day. There's nothing more relevant in your life than what kind of weather it is.
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We are all dreamers creating the next world, the next beautiful world for ourselves and for our children.
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I've known what it is to be hungry, but I always went right to a restaurant.
