Blackie (Michael LaCour) Quotes
I have people constantly come up to me telling me that I have written their life. When I wrote the story I thought it was a pretty good story but I had no idea that many people felt like that.
Blackie
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I have an ambition to write a great book, but that's really a competition with myself. I've noticed that a lot of young writers, people in all media, want to be famous but they don't really want to do anything. I can't think of anything less worth striving for than fame.
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There is surely nothing other than the single purpose of the present moment. A man's whole life is a succession of moment after moment. If one fully understands the present moment, there will be nothing else to do, and nothing else to pursue. Live being true to the single purpose of the moment.
Yamamoto Tsunetomo
I've never been good at meditation, but surfing is the closest I've ever come to that inner something.
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Writers, not psychiatrists, are the true interpreters of the human mind and heart, and we have been at it for a very long time.
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One can survive everything, nowadays, except death, and live down everything except a good reputation.
Oscar Wilde
I've always loved Scotland, and I'm not a huge fan of big cities, to be honest. I like them to dip into for a bit, but I'm not sure I would want to live in one again.
Iain Banks
Be honest. Be honest with yourself, be honest with, you know, your fellow politicians. This is a rare quality of politicians.
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Joanne Rowling
Well, in order for me to be successful... In order to be a great artist - musician, actor, painter, whatever - you must be able to be private in public at all times.
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Part of being out there, campaigning, talking to people, is being able to read body language.
Gary Johnson
This is probably why, my life is easier, and my family is very happy, because we never lie each other. This is probably all people supposed to feel each other, so be always in all of the world they'll be peace.
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After the Lincoln Hotel people showed their colors by demanding payment, we turned our back on them. We moved out.
Allan Sherman
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I've flown in fish overnight ... because I know people expect us to have fish that stands out. People aren't going to spend $30 on a meal that they can buy at the grocery store.
Kevin Cronin
REO Speedwagon
If you're in the game long enough, you're going to be the toast of the town one day, and the next day you'll be toast.
Alan K. Simpson
I have people constantly come up to me telling me that I have written their life. When I wrote the story I thought it was a pretty good story but I had no idea that many people felt like that.
Blackie
