Randy Quaid Quotes
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When I was 8 or 9, I started using bulletin board systems, which was the precursor to the Internet, where you'd dial into... a shared system and shared computers. I've had an email address since the late '80s, when I was 8 or 9 years old, and then I got on the Internet in '93 when it was first starting out.
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I'm not going to roll back anything. Nothing is going to change with respect to reproductive rights.
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I'm from New York, so I'm not a big driver.
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My father's music has always inspired me in many ways... especially to be better at what I do.
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Life isn't about quantity, it's about quality.
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I've found that the most engaging and satisfying author events I've done are with other people, where the conversation is spontaneous. I think that is by far the better way to introduce and promote a book.
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When people refer to 'Back in the Day,' it was a Wednesday. Just a little fun fact for you.
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When the news is good, the BBC view is: 'Get the government out of the picture quickly, don't allow them to say anything about it.' When the news is bad: 'Let's all dump on the government.'
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I doubt there's any government in the world that guides itself primarily by strategy or conceptual documents or worldview. Anybody who has the reins of power has to look at practical limitations and tradeoffs - the fact that you can focus at most on one or two things at a time, that resources are limited.
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It gets pretty boring when all you are is the support system for a male character.
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I went into acting as psychotherapy, and it's still a work in progress.
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I have been fortunate that publications like the 'New York Times' and 'The Wall Street Journal' have allowed me to share some of my opinions with a wider audience.
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The Christian missionary may preach the gospel to the poor naked heathen, but the spiritual heathen who populate Europe have as yet heard nothing of Christianity.
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Man is wise and constantly in quest of more wisdom; but the ultimate wisdom, which deals with beginnings, remains locked in a seed. There it lies, the simplest fact of the universe and at the same time the one which calls forth faith rather than reason.
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What used to drive me was the fact that I wanted to be better than everybody at something. One of my best qualities is that I used whatever other people found to be an adverse thing to be a positive thing for myself.
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I grew up pretty much with nothing.
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During the crusades all were religious mad, and now all are mad for want of it.
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A consensus means that everyone agrees to say collectively what no one believes individually.
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My mother would take the Band-Aid off, clean the wound, and say, "Things that are covered don't heal well." Mother was right. Things that are covered do not heal well.
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Three Rules of Work: Out of clutter find simplicity. From discord find harmony. In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.
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Threats alone are the weapons of the threatened man.
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People think it's terribly sad to spend Christmas alone, but it's no sadder, really, than spending any other day alone, is it?
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I just always wanted to be left alone to go into a creative space.
