Lloyd Dorfman Quotes
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My own being can be judged by the depths I reach in making these historical origins my own.
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If we could all figure out a way to just be true to ourselves and have a good time doing what we're doing, it would be a lot more fun.
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Once brave politicians and others explain the war on drugs' true cost, the American people will scream for a cease-fire. Bring the troops home, people will urge. Treat drugs as a health problem, not as a matter for the criminal justice system.
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I really like 'Roar' and 'Dark Horse.' 'Dark Horse' I really like, and I feel I would sing that in the bathroom; I would buy that album, and I think Katy Perry's amazing!
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My mom is just so good with fashion! She always tells me what looks good, what doesn't look good, and she gives me great advice.
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The reason a poet is a poet is to write poems, not to advertise himself as a poet.
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More than anything for me, making music is about taking nothing and making something.
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As long as I have my health, I want to be reporting somewhere.
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Life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with sniffles predominating.
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I used to think I had ambition... but now I'm not so sure. It may have been only discontent. They're easily confused.
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Growing up, my mother was a very strong woman who was not very big, about 5'1'', but boy, you grabbed a tiger by the tail if you messed with her. I know grown men that messed with her, and through her wit and intelligence and her no-quit, she never lost a fight. That's very influential on me when I'm telling stories. I love exploring that.
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The more research you do, the more at ease you are in the world you're writing about. It doesn't encumber you, it makes you free.
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My career is playing the guys who go, 'Boo.' That's what I do.
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I can see myself always writing songs - but I'm not sure if I'll always want to perform.
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Sainthood is acceptable only in saints.
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You learn from the things that happen in your career. You get up and down. You never give up. All the things that happened in my career, thank God it happened early rather than late in my career.
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I want to teach. I've got to figure a way to continue doing this in some capacity.
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Take the time today to understand your contribution to any bad event you've just been through.
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I don't want to continue to do what I did when I was 20. I would like to continue to develop myself and not continue to hang around with bands.
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Our contest is not only whether we ourselves shall be free, but whether there shall be left to mankind an asylum on earth for civil and religious liberty.
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This joy of discovery is real, and it is one of our rewards. So too is the approval of our work by our peers.
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We can’t help being the most interesting people in the room.
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The intellect is a very nice whirligig toy, but how people take it seriously is more than I can understand.
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People travel because it's a treat. For me, staying at home is a treat.
