Damien Rice Quotes
There are a bunch of songs that I think are beautiful recordings, and I'm proud of them, but I've no interest in listening to them.
Quotes to Explore
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Where are the gains for religious freedom and human rights to justify all the bombings, invasions and wars we have conducted in the lands from Libya to Pakistan - to justify the losses we have endured and the death and suffering we have inflicted?
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I have four kids. They are two years apart, and contraception has been very, very good to me.
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I stayed in the astronaut program until 1993. People ask me why I left. I thought I had a lot of things to contribute that would be difficult to do if I stayed. I thought I could have a stronger voice as an advocate for space exploration. So I ended up starting my own technology consulting company.
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I've fought with everyone . And now I have become so headstrong that I only do what I want.
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Trust is something I know has to be earned whether you're a husband, a father, or a congressman.
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Cartooning was a good fit for me. And yet now, years later, I almost never think about it.
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When I talk to people in need, they tell me they want to hope; they are eager for opportunity; they are ready for better days. And I can tell you that every time their hopes are disappointed, all nations lose.
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I love the way soft white cheese such as ricotta or the creamier mascarpone reflect the milieu in which an animal has been raised.
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War is over if you want it.
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I've learned about ice water in the morning - when you wake up tired, or you're jet lagged and you've been flying and your skin is dry, or you have puffy eyes - the ice water really helps cool the face down and helps circulation.
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I'm totally fine with people criticizing me in shows... people like this show, or don't; you're entitled to your opinion. But when people are criticizing you as a person, I have to say it's a little bit different.
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I have had someone ask me to sign their 'Team Taylor' panties. She wasn't a teenager. She was in her 40s.
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Not knowing the thing that's chasing you is a lot scarier than seeing it right in front of you.
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There are many things I love in this world. Music, acting, and animals are at the top of that list.
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Everything in life has a price on it - there ain't a damn thing free in America, and football has got a price on it.
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Silk Road to Ruin has all the analysis and it's structured very well. I rely on my notes more and I use direct quotes. But there's nothing like writing about it right away.
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Sometimes I will make CliffsNotes of my CliffsNotes.
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Not the fruit of experience, but experience itself, is the end.
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I do mean this - I had the good fortune of being around a number of Alzheimer's patients in the last three years of my mother's life. She was in a care facility that was devoted to just people with memory-loss issues. I found those people engaging and generous in ways that I had not imagined.
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The reinvention of daily life means marching off the edge of our maps.
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If you survive long enough, you're revered-rather like an old building.
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Imagination is the most marvelous, miraculous, inconceivably powerful force the world has ever known.
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No one in my family wrote. And there was no real introduction. I suppose I somehow blundered into it when I was about six or seven years old. I was asked what present I would like, and, without knowing why, I responded that I would like a journal. It was a beautiful journal - so beautiful that I didn't want to sully it.
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There are a bunch of songs that I think are beautiful recordings, and I'm proud of them, but I've no interest in listening to them.
