Gary Louris Quotes
I think my strength is in shaping a song - you know, making it feel like it reaches its peaks and valleys, and ends when it should end.
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One of the most important roles of our journalists is to be watchdogs.
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The warrior may fight for gold or for an immediate gain, or for something to take home for the winter to feed the family. The soldier is part of a more complex society. He's fighting for a group ethic of some sort.
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In a way, being born is a sort of ecological contagion. When you have longevity of family, we remember our grandfathers and maybe our great-grandfathers. We somehow don't have the capacity in modern life to remember further than that. All of the ramifications of their lives have an effect on us, and we're not aware of it.
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To create a nice relationship with an ex, the love has to change form. I think you just have to put your children first.
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I basically use Facebook and Twitter and MySpace to communicate with the fans. I don't think it's necessarily about advancing my career, but I do want to be able to connect with my fans. They are so important to me, and a lot of them have stuck with me since the very beginning, and that means so much to me.
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If you can turn your wants into your needs, you can do anything.
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I've always just focused on the work, and I've just tried to be honest with the work. If the work speaks to people, fantastic.
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Don't let fear rule your life. Live one day at a time, and never be afraid.
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I'm just drawing it now. It's totally revolting. I'm sure you'll love it.
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I was sitting in a chair in the patent office at Bern when all of sudden a thought occurred to me: If a person falls freely he will not feel his own weight. I was startled. This simple thought made a deep impression on me. It impelled me toward a theory of gravitation.
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I learned jazz; that comes from blues. I learned rock; that comes from blues. I learned pop; that comes from blues. Even dance, that comes from blues, with the answer-and-response.
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How much more beautiful is the moon, Slanting down the gauffered branches of a plum-tree; The moon Wavering across a bed of tulips; The moon, Still, Upon your face. You shine, Beloved, You and the moon. But which is the reflection?
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Is this still the White House's stated and actual policy?
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It's sort of like my past is an unfinished painting, and as the artist of that painting, I must fill in all the ugly holes and make it beautiful again.
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I'm able to impact kids' lives, I'm able to give back and I will impact so many kids' lives because I feel like that moment taught me that no matter where you are in life, no matter what you may want in life you keep going.
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Just, you know . . . remember that you’re lucky even if you don’t think you are. Because there’s always something you can be thankful for.
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It occurred to me, when I was old enough to make rules of my own, that they should be fair and simple.
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How many lessons of faith and beauty we should lose, if there were no winter in our year!
