Barry Hannah Quotes
Most novels I come across have all the excitement of a long trip on a bus with a sensitive glee club. Yammer and chat.
Barry Hannah
Quotes to Explore
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Sir, I am a republican; and I desire to see this House observe the principles of that democracy which is ever on the lips of its members, and which, I hope, is in their hearts, as I know and feel it is in mine, and mean it shall be in my conduct.
Caleb Cushing
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The greater the conceptual significance of a literary product, the more it should be assumed that it is based on an idea that determines the whole, and that the deeper consciousness of the time to which it belongs is reflected in it.
Ferdinand Christian Baur
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I've been called Mr. Patient Money because I have the patience to work through challenging circumstances.
N. Murray Edwards
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I think people like Steve Vai are so boring.
Adam Jones
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During my second draft pass on my last book I made 20,000 words happen in a week, which is practically supernatural for me, and it would never have been possible without three nights in a hotel in my own city.
Laini Taylor
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It's like why people read scary books or go see scary movies. Because it creates a distance. They're scared, but they're not going to get hurt.
Vincent D'Onofrio
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An explanation of cause is not a justification by reason.
C. S. Lewis
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I have been known to hang out and party back in the day. I had a weekend that lasted a few years.
Vanilla Ice
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Desire then is the invasion of the whole self by the wish, which, as it invades, sets going more and more of the psychical processes; but at the same time, so long as it remains desire, does not succeed in getting possession of the self.
Samuel Alexander
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A designer is an emerging synthesis of artist, inventor, mechanic, objective economist and evolutionary strategist.
R. Buckminster Fuller
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It wasn't not being famous any more, or even not being a recording artist. It was having nobody who needed me, no phones ringing, nothing to do. Because I'm still too young to do nothing. I was only 24 when all that happened. Now, at 40, I feel I've got more to give than I ever have.
Gary Barlow
Take That
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'Smart', in American usage, is slicker and sharper than 'intelligent'; faster off the mark and quicker on its feet than deep thought.
Mal Peet
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If you want to run an ad on the iPad, it has to be approved by Apple.
Carol Bartz
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The noblest of all studies is the study of what man is and of what life he should live.
Plato
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I take the sexy girl parts and try to give them something else and make them a character.
Amber Heard
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The older you get and the wealthier you get, the more complicated life becomes. That's why I have as few material assets as possible. Every material thing you have is more hassle.
Peter Hargreaves
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Even in the most peaceful communities, an appetite for violence shows up in dreams, fantasies, sports, play, literature, movies and television. And, so long as we don't transform into angels, violence and the threat of violence - as in punishment and deterrence - is needed to rein in our worst instincts.
Paul Bloom
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Most novels I come across have all the excitement of a long trip on a bus with a sensitive glee club. Yammer and chat.
Barry Hannah
