Joe R. Lansdale Quotes

The bottom line is, Texas and its people are pretty much what most people mean when they use the broader term 'America.'

Joe R. Lansdale

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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I had been writing for the 'Late Show' for about four years when I started writing short stories. I had a blast writing the stories because I was writing in a voice more my own, as opposed to a man's. HBO ended up buying four of them. I think that had a direct impact on my decision to write a book.

Jill Davis

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I think that the ideal of parenting can make people unhappy. It's that this lie that they're being told by society that parenting is one thing - and when parenting is something completely different - that's what makes them unhappy.

Jessica Valenti

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I spar in the gym, and I take pride in my sparring. But I'm a better fighter when the lights come on because it's right now - there is no tomorrow.

Andre Ward

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He stopped everything behind the plate and hit everything in front of it.

Mel Ott

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I don't want to be too cool. You get so caught up with whether you're doing it right.

John Hughes

CoolDoingYouWantRightUp

I do not forecast playing until 38 or 39.

Toni Kroos

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Dying in childbirth is something that's not new; it's been going on for ages, and so it's not something that people focus on; it's not something that gets funded a lot, and it's exactly for that reason that we are losing mothers all the time, and we have kids with no mothers.

Liya Kebede

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Norway will be recognized as an open democracy with the rule of law, with the universal human rights, and with the broad international engagement on the international scene taking upon ourselves responsibilities, because we are a privileged country.

Jonas Gahr Store

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The real pleasure in writing this, for me, was discovering how little you need.

Jonathan Franzen

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You have to understand the nature of light.

Conrad Hall

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I mean, I'm in a band, we're reasonably successful, I've got a very nice suit - I'm not even a bad person- so why can't I get a shag?

Colin Greenwood

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I'm not privy to the English set-up, but at the academies in Ireland, there is a huge focus on the weights room as opposed to whether they can throw a 10-metre pass on the run. They should be rugby players becoming athletes, not athletes becoming rugby players.

Brian O'Driscoll

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