Les Claypool Quotes
As I've moved through life, I've found that I like things to be as casual and as spontaneous as possible when writing.
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My dogs are spoilt for sure. They are pampered pooches. But I love them so much! I guess all dogs need to be washed, but maybe blueberry facials aren't essential. It's quite fun, though. You want to give your children everything; I don't have children, so I want my dogs to have a good life.
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I knew the moment it happened, it was a miracle. I could have been kissing her when she threw up. It would have scarred me for life. I may never have recovered.
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Now, occultism is not like mystic faculty, and it very seldom works in harmony either with business aptitude in the things of ordinary life or with a knowledge of the canons of evidence in its own sphere.
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Hard writing makes easy reading.
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I told as much of my life as I could to encourage people: to encourage others to get to where they should be, where they want to be.
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Even if you have $20,000 to buy an item, you still try to get a good price at antique stores. I collect furniture, rugs, paintings, frames. It's my hobby to go around to shops and markets.
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Life's too short not to have fun with what you wear.
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Book sales and teens reading is always a fantastic thing, but we should also be celebrating and consuming the huge wealth of U.K. and U.K.-based writing and illustrating talent. Authors such as Charlie Higson, Darren Shan, Holly Smale, Tanya Byrne, Catherine Johnson, Sophie Mckenzie, to name but a few.
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We're not trying to make us live forever; we're not trying to even make us live significantly longer. What we're trying to do is extend the period of healthy life.
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There aren't a lot of 'Aha!' moments in writing.
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Every other day there's something - I'm dealing drugs, I'm starving people. I have never done a drug in my life.
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It cost me a lot of money to have a vacation, basically. It's nice to step back and see there's more to life.
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One thing I've had to realize in my career is that I can't do it all. Sometimes we put a lot of pressure on ourselves to make sure we're writing the next hit. There are other people out there, and that's what they do every day, and they have strengths that I don't have.
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Every man's life is a fairy tale written by God's fingers.
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All art is propaganda, and ever must be, despite the wailing of the purists. I stand in utter shamelessness and say that whatever art I have for writing has been used always for propaganda for gaining the right of black folk to love and enjoy. I do not care a damn for any art that is not used for propaganda.
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I love England and I love English culture, particularly English pop culture.
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'The ruckus' is different experiences you go through throughout your life which builds your ruckus points up - your tolerance. You've got to have a high tolerance for dealing with stuff all the time.
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I have been doing music all my life so everyday when I get up I expect music will be part of it.
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Though there are lessons that can be learned about becoming a great leader, most exist inherently in the bellies of those who lead.
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Art must anchor in nature, or it is the sport of every breath of folly.
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If men were basically evil, who would bother to improve the world instead of giving it up as a bad job at the outset?
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Even if I don't reach all my goals, I've gone higher than I would have if I hadn't set any.
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As I've moved through life, I've found that I like things to be as casual and as spontaneous as possible when writing.
