Weird Al Yankovic (Alfred Matthew "Weird Al" Yankovic) Quotes
		
	 
	
		
	
	
	
		I did have a child, and I was reading a lot of picture books to her, but at the same time writing a children's book was something that I'd been wanting to do for many years, pretty much since the start of my career.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Weird Al Yankovic 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		There are really two kinds of optimism. There's the complacent, Pollyanna optimism that says, 'Don't worry - everything will be just fine,' and that allows one to just lay back and do nothing about the problems around you. Then there's what we call dynamic optimism. That's an optimism based on action. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
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		I remember a tour where we played 50 cities in 56 days. We also went to Europe a couple of times. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
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		If I was to do anything besides acting, I would be a fireman or a beat cop. I'd do a regular job. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
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		As a kid growing up - I can see now - it didn't matter what I did, as long as it was something I could be really good at. Cycling just happened to be the opportunity that came along. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Victoria Pendleton 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Even in the angels there is the subordination of one hierarchy to another, and in the heavens, and all the bodies that are moved, the lowest by the highest and the highest in their turn unto the Supreme Mover of all. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
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		In 'D.A.R.Y.L.' there was a part where I had to freeze to death, and they didn't even use it. It can get kind of frustrating. But I don't regret that I decided to become an actor. Besides, if I don't like it at any time, I can stop. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Barret Oliver 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		Those of us raised in modern cities tend to notice horizontal and vertical lines more quickly than lines at other orientations. In contrast, people raised in nomadic tribes do a better job noticing lines skewed at intermediate angles, since Mother Nature tends to work with a wider array of lines than most architects. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
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		One day, though, I was asked if I'd like to go to the University of Florida and become a Gator. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Jack Youngblood 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My father was a teacher, and there were teachers all around, his friends, they were working for the Government and their behaviour was within strictly limited areas. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				C. L. R. James 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		After I'd hit a home run and took my position in the field, the fans in the bleachers began throwing packages of tobacco at me. I stuffed them in my pocket. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Hank Sauer 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The Arab awakening was driven by youth, organized by technology, and fired by a hunger for political change. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
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		I know that inner wisdom is more precious than wealth. The more you spend it, the more you gain. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
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		When I was in my late twenties, a friend suggested that, since I was an avid SF reader and had been since I was barely a teenager, that since it didn't look like the poetry was going where I wanted, I might try writing a science fiction story. I did, and the first story I ever wrote was 'The Great American Economy.' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				L. E. Modesitt 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		One of the things I had a hard time getting used to when I came to California in '78 was Santa Claus in shorts. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
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		I'm more of a thriller-horror fan - things that could really happen. I don't like scary movies, the 'Saw' movies scare the crap out of me - I think I've seen two of them and I wanted to go crawl in a hole. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
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		The euro is a potent tool used by Germany to engage in permanent monetary dumping. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
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		The media lies to us all the time, and we always believe the media. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Ariel Pink 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I did have a child, and I was reading a lot of picture books to her, but at the same time writing a children's book was something that I'd been wanting to do for many years, pretty much since the start of my career. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Weird Al Yankovic