Adam Jones Quotes
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We are asleep with compasses in our hands.
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Some borrowers are pretty damn good at fraud.
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Tone is somewhat totalising in that, once I locate it, it tells me what kind of syntax to use, what word choices to make, how much white space to leave on the page, what sentence length, what the rhythmic patterning will be. If I can't find the tone, I sometimes try narrating through the point of view of someone else.
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Pregnancy is a very creative phase for me.
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Most people who are looking to get a handgun are going to get a carry permit. But most people don't carry around rifles with them; they keep them at home or at the range.
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I always wanted to act. I guess I've always been a bit of a drama queen.
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Certainly, if we had not invaded Iraq on intelligence that was clearly manipulated and cherry picked, we would be in a different position today.
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No matter how far a person can go the horizon is still way beyond you.
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It is my hope that I will be able to work with legislative leaders on both sides of the aisle and Gov. Hickenlooper to find a solution to fix our ailing pension system.
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My mom could be pretty strict.
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I was born in 1951 in Kalgoorlie, a prosperous mining town 370 miles east of Perth, Western Australia. Kalgoorlie was a gold rush town which sprang up in the desert after the Irishman Paddy Hannan struck gold there in 1892.
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Never trust the artist. Trust the tale. The proper function of the critic is to save the tale from the artist who created it.
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Tar sands oil is the dirtiest fuel on Earth. Because producing it consumes so much energy, a gallon of tar sands crude generates 17 percent more carbon pollution than conventional crude oil.
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I do think that I can sing, though I actually like voices I can't imitate.
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In order to maintain that fire for acting and capture its essence, you can't let yourself be concerned with what people have to say about you. You just can't.
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Anyone who creates something new or does something different artistically is going to be singled out.
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The launch of a space shuttle can still make you weep with amazement and wonder, if you happen to be watching it.
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I developed 'Trapped' because I was fascinated with the idea of a terrible crime in a small town cut off from the rest of the world.
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Being an M.C. is all about just going for the throat.
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The public has always, and in every age, been badly brought up. They are continually asking Art to be popular, to please their want of taste, to flatter their absurd vanity, to tell them what they have been told before, to show them what they ought to be tired of seeing, to amuse them when they feel heavy after eating too much, and to distract their thoughts when they are wearied of their own stupidity.
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It takes no time to fall in love, but it takes you years to know what love is.
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It is better that some should be unhappy rather than that none should be happy, which would be the case in a general state of equality.
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Pasta with melted cheese is the one thing I could eat over and over again.
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With four perfectionists in the band, we have a hard time reaching perfection.
