Joe R. Lansdale Quotes

My dad was born in 1909, my mother in 1914, I believe. Their life experiences were different than younger parents, so I grew up with a different perspective.

Joe R. Lansdale

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Author Biography

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

Topics

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I think anyone who's perfectly happy isn't particularly funny.

Joan Rivers

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My mother took my picture to a model agency and the rest is history.

Angie Everhart

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At its core, 'Spring Awakening' is about the perils of miscommunication and what happens when people are denied a voice.

Michael Arden

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Every coach has his own style of play, but when you spend your whole life as a Cowboy, you have to be influenced by what we did.

Tom Landry

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A lot of times when you're trying to do improv, everybody's doing a different style.

Robert Ben Garant

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As a kid growing up in the little city of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, I dreamed of one day playing in the NHL, but never did I expect it to be as much fun as it turned out to be.

Ron Francis

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All I dreamed of when I became a footballer was to play for a club as big as Real Madrid. It's maybe the most famous and best club in the history of football.

Luka Modric

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When I went to Everest, I underestimated things. I just didn't know what altitude could do. Or the cold - I especially didn't appreciate the cold. It can be just debilitating, and things can happen so quickly.

Jon Krakauer

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For all my success with the Ramones, I carried around fury and intensity during my career. I had an image, and that image was anger. I was the one who was always scowling, downcast. I tried to make sure I looked like that when I was getting my picture taken.

Johnny Ramone

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In my freshman year in high school, I went to the only public high school in Boston with a theatre program.

Donnie Wahlberg

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I don't have an all-embracing vision which people have to buy. I'm simply trying to work with the struggles we all deal with every day while we're trying to live out our personal destinies and make a living at the same time.

David Whyte

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I don't mind if my skull ends up on a shelf as long as it's got my name on it.

Debbie Harry

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