Joe R. Lansdale Quotes

I've always done just pretty much what I wanted to do. I mean, I just did a thing for a small press called 'Zeppelins West' that's nothing but an absolute, over-the-top farce, almost like an Abbott & Costello, alternate-universe Western.

Joe R. Lansdale

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 28, 1951

Topics

SmallDoneNothingMeanAlwaysWest

My first two novels were set in the past, and that freed me up in a lot of ways; it allowed me to find my way into my story and my characters through research.

Jennifer Gilmore

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Why do other first world countries give children so many fewer vaccines than we do? Vaccines save lives, but might be harming some children. Is moderation such a terrible idea?

Jenny McCarthy

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I find that the best way to do things is to constantly move forward and to never doubt anything and keep moving forward, if you make a mistake say you made a mistake.

John Frusciante

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I am just a common man who is true to his beliefs.

John Wooden

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Who really wants to be themselves when they're teenagers?

Stephen Colbert

TeenagersWhoWantsReally

I see all kinds of people work hard all over the world, and some of them are barely making it. I don't just mean subsistence farmers. I mean people in the developed world who work multiple jobs, and because the cost of health care and child care eats up almost all of the living they make.

Stewart Butterfield

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I worked at an old folks' home once in Harlem, and I was an activities volunteer. I used to do all these plays with the old people. I did 'The Wizard of Oz;' it was adapted. There was a guy there who played the harmonica, so we had an overture, and The Wizard was 96.

Tony Danza

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Nobody in England knows the real Luis Suarez.

Luis Suarez

NobodyRealEnglandKnows

I have a high tolerance for pain - both physical and mental.

Dr. Dre

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I like anything Jennifer Lawrence is in. She's so beautiful.

Clark Gregg

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Rock and roll and swing never quite mixed. Rock and roll came in and just blew everything out of the water. Big bands were dead.

Brian Setzer

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I have been very interested in labor movement. If I could have wished another life, I would have loved to be a pioneer woman in the beginning of labor movement.

Astrid Lindgren

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