Robert James Ritchi (Kid Rock) Quotes
They believed you can't mix rock, country, and rap, and that crossover is dead. I always knew it would work. And it will always work as long as you're really into it and like what you're doing.
Quotes to Explore
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The phrase 'mad as a hatter' was coined because hat makers were poisoned by the high levels of mercury used in felt processing; these workers developed a strange, uneven gait as well as strange alterations in their personalities - traits that resembled mental instability.
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The artistic part of us all - I think that the easiest way to appreciate this - is through architecture. Architecture is very impressive; the beauty of buildings, temples.
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In my novels, there are twelve ancient 'memory tools,' all now lost. Each of the 'Reincarnationist' books revolves around a different tool.
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My mother is the sort of woman who not only can raise a chicken and roast it to moist perfection but, as she proved to my openmouthed sister and me on a family holiday to Morocco when we were very young, can barter for one in a market, kill it, pluck it, and then cook it to perfection.
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I'm not politically correct.
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Love is not the dying moan of a distant violin - it's the triumphant twang of a bedspring.
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The American people know something is wrong as far as energy is concerned. They don't think they are being told the truth.
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Performing, for me, has always been a very inner process.
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I just lip gloss! It doesn't matter if it's $2 or $30.
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If you respect a language and culture, it shows in your work.
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I technically have two last names, which is a lot of fun when you're making airline reservations.
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Tardiness in literature can make me nervous.
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Meditation is difficult for many people because their thoughts are always on some distant object or place. One form of meditation is to label the thought as it appears and then choose to let it go.
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I'm never really going to be the normal teenager.
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In the movies, they make you look good and tough, but in real life, it's completely the opposite. I do these ueber roles, I think, because in real life I'm quite shy and reserved. In real life, I'm a dork.
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I like cars. I know some things. I can change my own car and battery and change my own oil.
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I love my life and my mistakes and my triumphs - all of it.
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I wanted to reveal how genetic code is translated into protein. I knew a great application could be for antibiotics, since half of the useful ones target the ribosomes, but I didn't believe I could contribute to it. It was like the next Mount Everest to conquer. It was my dream to contribute something to humanity.
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I make hats for lots of iconic people, and that makes my job very interesting.
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There is more to be pondered in the grain and texture of life than traditional fiction allows. The work of essayists is vital precisely because it permits and encourages self-knowledge in a way that is less indirect than fiction, more open and speculative.
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I started writing half a paragraph of a mystery novel, half a paragraph there, and they were terrible.
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You couldn't find a more stylized boxer than Sugar Ray Leonard.
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I had to produce a complete page - or two or three - in one day. I took a lot of pride in my work, and I hated to do a mediocre job. Evidently, some of the writers enjoyed my work best of all for that very reason.
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They believed you can't mix rock, country, and rap, and that crossover is dead. I always knew it would work. And it will always work as long as you're really into it and like what you're doing.
