Chicken John ("Chicken" John Rinaldi) Quotes

If San Francisco is indeed a city of leaders, then I think we should lead, and if we don't want a chain store, then we should say so loudly.

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• Honestly, I envy painters, who can have a masterpiece in one morning. Or musicians, who can write something in 30 minutes and arrange it in an hour, sometimes. 'Cause with this, with writing, you can occasionally feel like a caveman, like you've been working with pitch and tar on this brush.

  

  Barry Hannah
  • Writing
  • Morning
  • Envy

• There are definitely - there is definitely an element of Donald Trump's support that has its basis in racism or xenophobia. But a lot of these folks are just really hardworking people who are struggling in really important ways.

  

  J. D. Vance
  • People
  • Important
  • Support

• I'm in so many videos. There was a period of about two years where I danced for everyone: Kylie Minogue, Ed Sheeran, Jessie J, Taio Cruz. It got to the point where my fees were double the other girls', and I wouldn't even have to audition. They'd call my agent directly and say, 'We want twigs to come in.'

  

  FKA twigs
  • Want
  • Years
  • Period

• The intersection of political analysis and Internet theory is a busy crossroad of cliche, where familiar rhetorical vehicles - decentralized authority, emergent leadership, empowered grass roots - create a ceaseless buzz.

  

  Gary Wolf
  • Political
  • Leadership
  • Busy

• You could cover the whole earth with asphalt, but sooner or later green grass would break through.

  

  Ilya Ehrenburg
  • Earth
  • Green
  • Grass

• I'm someone who likes plowing new ground, then walking away from it. I get bored easily. For me, the big thrill comes with the discovering.

  

  Abraham Maslow
  • Me
  • Walking
  • Bored

• Humorous writing is often thought of as substandard in comparison to work with a more dramatic or tragic intent. I don't know what to say to this except that I disagree wholeheartedly.

  

  Patrick deWitt
  • Work
  • Writing
  • Thought

• No matter where I travel, I make sure to carry a Vaseline body lotion with me to keep my skin well moisturised all the time.

  

  Nargis Fakhri
  • Time
  • Travel
  • Body

• The class distinctions proper to a democratic society are not those of rank or money, still less, as is apt to happen when these are abandoned, of race, but of age.

  

  W. H. Auden
  • Money
  • Age
  • Society

• I'm a model, but I love to eat.

  

  Irina Shayk
  • Love
  • Model
  • Eat

• In one sense, every character you create will be yourself. You've never murdered, but your murderer's rage will be drawn from memories of your own extreme anger. Your love scenes will contain hints of your own past kisses and sweet moments.

  

  Nancy Kress
  • Love
  • Memories
  • Sense

• The odds of having films made which star women... Everyone still references one movie: 'Bridesmaids!'

  

  Patricia Clarkson
  • Women
  • Movie
  • Star

• If our history can challenge the next wave of musicians to keep moving and changing, to keep spiritually hungry and horny, that's what it's all about.

  

  Carlos Santana Santana
  • History
  • Moving
  • Challenge

• In order to govern, the question is not to follow out a more or less valid theory but to build with whatever materials are at hand. The inevitable must be accepted and turned to advantage.

  

  Napoleon Bonaparte
  • Question
  • Hand
  • Theory

• Feeling like you're respected among the people who do the same thing you do is incredible and necessary.

  

  Lana Del Rey
  • People
  • You
  • Feeling

• I always laugh to myself when I listen to some really big A-list star saying that they are just a normal person.

  

  Laura Linney
  • Myself
  • Star
  • Laugh

• There is not always a good guy. Nor is there always a bad one. Most people are somewhere in between.

  

  Patrick Ness
  • People
  • Good
  • Bad

• There is a role and function for beauty in our time.

  

  Tadao Ando
  • Time
  • Beauty
  • Role

• After running for a while, things really start to open up in your body. I felt like I'd tapped into parts of my body that I hadn't before. I let things in the universe flow through me that opened me up in a really cool way.

  

  Flea Red Hot Chili Peppers
  • Up
  • Running
  • Universe

• Banks and riches are chains of gold, but still chains.

  

  Edmund Ruffin
  • Chains
  • Riches
  • Banks

• If it was in my control, Id still be wearing a Red Sox uniform, because its the place I know, I love. All of those fans, Ill always remember. But Im also going to another great place. Im going to a phenomenal city with great tradition as well, phenomenal fans, great organization.

  

  Nomar Garciaparra
  • Remember
  • Organization
  • Fans

• If San Francisco is indeed a city of leaders, then I think we should lead, and if we don't want a chain store, then we should say so loudly.

  

  Chicken John
  • Leader
  • Cities
  • Chains