Cass McCombs Quotes
I just like writing lyrics. I find a little satisfaction in performing live, making records. But primarily, I just try to write every day.
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Obviously it makes a difference if an author has a public online profile of some sort, even just down to the level of having a moderately popular blog. Most books sell 5, 10, or 15 thousand copies. Most are midlist books. With those people, even a modest online presence can make a difference in sales.
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The wonderful thing about modern medicine is that so many of these complaints that used to signify old age and decline can be coped with.
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Nothing could be more inappropriate to American literature than its English source since the Americans are not British in sensibility.
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If you're not careful as an actor, you can find yourself, at a certain point, a little bit bored.
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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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We don't need to share the same opinions as others, but we need to be respectful.
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I think it's cool people love to hate me.
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Demands for equal financing of sewers, streets, and garbage collection would make more sense than proposals for equal financing of the schools, since some plausible connection may be inferred between the amount of money expended, e.g., for roads, and the quality of service resulting to the taxpayer.
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I always say spend more on classics, like a good pair of leather trousers, an amazing tailored jacket, or a classic handbag. Then you can just mix your everyday tops from the high street.
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Guys like me don't necessarily progress very far, which is fine.
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If you live a rebellious lifestyle, then you rebel against things because they go against your ideals and the integrity of who you are as a person.
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The natural flights of the human mind are not from pleasure to pleasure, but from hope to hope.
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In the late '70s, I was falling into the middle lane. I was way too country to be rock, and way too rock to be a country act.
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The fact is that surveys which media people openly admit to show that fewer than twelve percent of their customers believe they're doing a good job, while the average profit margin in television is in the neighborhood of eighty percent.
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However wack anyone thought 'Whatzupwitu' was, there's not a lot of people that have footage of themselves dancing around in the clouds with Michael Jackson. I do have that forever.
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Smallpox was the worst disease in history. It killed more people than all the wars in history.
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Kaepernick's protest has been very successful. I really appreciate the fact that he's been giving away money to organisations; he pledged to give away a million dollars, and he's been doing it.
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In theater or movies you see either 'I'm religious' or 'I'm an atheist.' I've never seen too much discussion of 'I believe there's a higher power but I'm hesitant to reach out to him because I don't know if I'm worthy of his attention.'
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Amazon's 'Twitch' appears to be creating a service that operates like Twitter.
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People don't know what to do when writing a story with teens that takes place now - they think you have to make a bunch of references to Facebook.
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If you write a novel alone you sit and you weave a little narrative. And it's O.K., but it's of no account.
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Language the most forcible proceeds from the man who is most sincere. The way to speak with power, or to write words that pierce mankind to the quick, is to speak and write honestly.
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A story is not something of this world. A real story requires a kind of magical baptism to link the world on this side with the world on the other side.
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I just like writing lyrics. I find a little satisfaction in performing live, making records. But primarily, I just try to write every day.
