Damien Rice Quotes
Leonard Cohen has a way with words and with humor that remind me to lighten up, which I appreciate very much.
Quotes to Explore
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I guess I have a talent for humiliation, a place within me that experience can't reach, which is terrible in real life but something that comes in handy in writing. It seems as though humiliation has become a career for me.
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For me, one thing I love is having an arc for a character.
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The magical and fantastical isn't something I'm uncomfortable with in books, and I chafe slightly at the idea that a purely realist novel somehow has more value.
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Hair is a huge part of who I am and what I obsess over - I've had long hair my entire life.
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I can be very hard on myself, very demanding.
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I rarely cook traditional risotto, but I love other grains cooked similarly - barley, spelt or split wheat. I find they have more character than rice and absorb other flavours more wholeheartedly.
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I think your most intimate thoughts are only honest when they're in your head.
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My argument is simple, which is, that for several thousand years in Western civilization, marriage has been the union of one man and one woman. Research is overwhelming that children need mothers and fathers.
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I'm entirely self-taught, which I think is both a blessing and a curse.
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Raising ambition in 2014 is crucial for arriving at a meaningful climate agreement in 2015.
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We expect 'Narcos' will be an enormous success throughout everywhere in the world and maybe out-index in Latin America, given the Brazilian star and Brazilian director and heavy Latin American cast and that we shot the show entirely on location in Colombia.
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I enjoy hiking and skiing, like most Norwegians. In winter, there will be snow for months on end. In the summer, there are the long evenings to enjoy.
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I understand those who don't like me.
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Falsehood is a perennial spring.
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The concept of emergent gameplay is really exciting. That's when players are really crafting their own experience. So if you're clever and creative, you can do things that even developers of the game didn't know were possible.
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I'm waiting for them to come up with a 'Star Trek' thing so they can beam me from my house to the gigs and back.
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What's so brave about being bald? I've not fought for my country or found the cure for cancer - I've just gone out without my hat on!
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I have never retired - I have averaged 40 working weeks a year since 1933.
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In the composition of the human frame there is a good deal of inflammable matter, however dormant it may lie for a time.
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Words are charms. It's like a song you didn't even know you knew.
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The late Indira Gandhi always used to warn about the dangers that the country was facing. She used to keep saying that the country was going through a very dangerous time. This danger is now many times more than what it was at that time. We should all be cautious now.
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Whenever something good happens to me, I try-it may sound kind of bad-to think a little negative. I just always try to keep myself grounded.
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I'm not trying to say I'm a big tough guy... I'm a typical American-waist deep in this violent culture.
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Leonard Cohen has a way with words and with humor that remind me to lighten up, which I appreciate very much.
