Gary Louris Quotes
The lyrics seem to follow the music, and that's usually how I write. I write more about what comes out of my mouth while I'm writing the chords, and that seems to work better than filling up notebooks of what I think is really cool poetry, and try to put it on a song. That usually sounds like it's taped on.
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I'm the C.E.O., nominated by the shareholders. If they're not happy, I have to take the consequences.
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When I told the people of Northern Ireland that I was an atheist, a woman in the audience stood up and said, 'Yes, but is it the God of the Catholics or the God of the Protestants in whom you don't believe?
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I'd love to do a movie where I actually get to be kind of quirky and odd and dorky and all that stuff. My parents would like to see some movies where I'm not in peril. They'd appreciate it.
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I hope to stand firm enough to not go backward, and yet not go forward fast enough to wreck the country's cause.
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It goes without saying that it's hard to attain a certain level of success.
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If you're overfishing at the top of the food chain, and acidifying the ocean at the bottom, you're creating a squeeze that could conceivably collapse the whole system.
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It's funny; people get so doctrinaire about music. It should be the last thing you don't have an open mind about.
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The bad boy: always more fun.
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I'm almost completely without family and it's a very odd feeling in life. I have no children.
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I do not know You, God, because I am in the way. Please help me to push myself aside.
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Being a showrunner meant writing and producing a television show, period, but with 'Lost,' suddenly it became part of the job to promote and be the face of the brand. In a weird way, the story was as much the star as any of the actors, so people wanted to hear from us.
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I think it is widely agreed that Carl Steinitz, over the 50 years he taught at Harvard, has been one of the most important figures in influencing the theory and practice of landscape architecture and the application of computer technology to planning.
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History is, strictly speaking, the study of questions; the study of answers belongs to anthropology and sociology.
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We should not have the U.S. government buying stock in American industries - the financial industry or any other industry.
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Seeing what happens when you rip yourself open is what your job is all about.
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Consciously picking the right script after a long period of wait helped me grab a perfect film in the rom-com genre.
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I am interested in how human beings react to crisis and conflict.
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HuhI can't turn you loose now. If I do I'm gonna loose my life. OohI can't turn you loose now. If I do I'm gonna loose my life. I can't turn you loose to nobodyI love you baby, yes I do. Give shakin' mama, I told ya. I'm in love with only you. Gotta Baby do it baby why don't yaI'll give ya everything you want.
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Whether it comes from a despotic sovereign or an elected president, from a murderous general or a beloved leader, I see power as an inhuman and hateful phenomenon.
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Both villains and heroes need to have a steadfast belief in themselves.
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A lot of people would write to me long stories from their lives, and I felt they were thinking of me as some sort of treasure chest to keep their secrets. I felt like sometimes they would tell me stories they wouldn't tell anybody else in the whole world. And I loved these stories.
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Writing is what we do. What else could I want in a life partner than someone who knows and shares what I do?
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I have never killed anyone, but I have often read about some guy getting his ass taken out with great pleasure.
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The lyrics seem to follow the music, and that's usually how I write. I write more about what comes out of my mouth while I'm writing the chords, and that seems to work better than filling up notebooks of what I think is really cool poetry, and try to put it on a song. That usually sounds like it's taped on.
