Loudon Wainwright III Quotes
I think I'm the oldest new Bob Dylan around. I predate Bruce Springsteen, Steve Forbat and John Prine. I was probably the first of the new Bob Dylans.
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7 Mile is like an Ave. Back in the days it was poppin' in the summer time.
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Is it security you want? There is no security at the top of the world.
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I told everyone who was ready to listen that I had material with pentagonal symmetry. People just laughed at me.
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I get invited to many more literary festivals than I used to because I'm associated with 'Slumdog Millionaire,' the brand. Many more doors have opened up for me as a result of the global success of the film, although I believe that I'm the same person that existed before it.
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I want to be like Johnny Bach or Pete Carril or Tex.
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Eviction riots erupted during the Depression, though the number of poor families who faced eviction each year was a fraction of what it is today.
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Hoboken is a neat place.
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I have a secret passion for horse riding. I haven't done it for ages, but I used to have a horse. I love it; it's one of my favourite things.
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I'm involved with health care/medical supply delivery to Africa and started a non-profit organization to bring supplies to Congo.
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He knows so little and knows it so fluently.
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I grew up a massive Beatles fan.
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Being forced to lose weight is not good.
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For Virgin Galactic's customers, it is transportation to the most amazing experience of their lives. I very much look forward to sending some Scots into space.
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I think Jay Leno is fantastic.
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I am still very observant. I am absorbed by people and why they do what they do.
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Parents don't take a baby's temperature to decide whether the room is too warm; likewise, for global warming, we need a story that spurs us to do what is necessary.
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I never lifted a weight in my life. Why am I going to do steroids? That's not going to do me any good. We didn't have any weights in our clubhouse. We had one exercise bike and that was for the guy who tweaked his hamstring. And that thing didn't even work half the time.
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The Iraqi military are able to deploy these weapons within 45 minutes of a decision to do so.
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And God help Bruce Springsteen when they decide he's no longer God... They'll turn on him, and I hope he survives it.
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All these words are just a front. What I would really like to do is chain you to my body, then sing for days & days & days.
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The cavemen had the same natural resources at their disposal as we have today, and the difference between their standard of living and ours is a difference between the knowledge they could bring to bear on those resources and the knowledge used today.
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I think I'm the oldest new Bob Dylan around. I predate Bruce Springsteen, Steve Forbat and John Prine. I was probably the first of the new Bob Dylans.
