Raymond Pettibon Quotes
Whenever I reference something, it usually comes back at some point. I don't know why.
Quotes to Explore
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I love trying to forge a contract between creator and audience in which we are able to meet halfway, each injecting a part of our own experiences into a story that's being told.
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I'm a big Otis Redding fan, Al Green, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye. My hero is David Bowie. But I like the Beatles, the Stones.
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As an actor, you can do what you want with your role. That's why they hire you; to take the role and make it real.
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There are moments when we are incapable of exchanging a single word with anybody…it’s beyond us…
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What I love - and I'm a journalist - and what I love is finding hidden patterns; I love being a data detective.
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You can't make your kids what you want them to be. They are who they are and you have to help them to succeed in the world as best you can.
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I'm not alone, I'm free. I no longer have to be a credit, I don't have to be a symbol to anybody; I don't have to be a first to anybody.
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My current motto is to go for it, whatever it is that inspires you.
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The first time I ever saw him play, Tre Cool was wearing a tutu and an old-womans swimming cap.
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I can be happy with who I am, not what I should be, or what I might have been, or what someone tells me I must be.
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I'm impossible to forget, but I'm hard to remember.
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The ultimate necessity is the summoning of the mind and will to do their duty.
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But in a lot of ways my poems are very conventional, and it's no big deal for me to write a poem in either free verse or strict form; modern poets can, and do, do both.
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There's a wide variety of demographics for fans of T.I. now, that you have to do something to satisfy everyone.
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Romeo is the most misunderstood character in literature, I think. He's hardcore to play because he's displaying the characteristics of Hamlet at the beginning, and, well, then everything else happens.
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I want to be safe in the knowledge that I can tour and play festivals for a long time. The main thing is that I want a good reputation as a live performer. If I have that, I'd be so happy.
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If I read too much or know too much it's not because I want to talk about it, it's only because it's interesting for me.
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We need to teach how doubt is not to be feared but welcomed. It's OK to say, "I don't know."
