Jim Carroll Quotes

When I came back to New York, it was such a joke because I was always referred to as the pure young poet who wasn't in it for what he could get out of it. And all of a sudden, the pure young poet comes back... and I'm hanging out with the Rolling Stones.

Jim Carroll

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: August 1, 1949 - September 11, 2009

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The evolution of sex is the hardest problem in evolutionary biology.

John Maynard Smith

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My hope is that out of all the anger and seeming hostility that we hear in some of today's music will come some sort of coalition that will become politically involved.

Roberta Flack

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You heard on all sides that the brightest Jewish children were turned down if the examining officers did not like the turn of their noses.

Mary Antin

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I never did drama at school. I did it for one term, when it was compulsory, and I hated it. Tennis was the main thing in my life, and I was not open to anything else. When I removed tennis from the equation, I didn't know who I was.

Luke Mitchell

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When you're a full-time mum, you're constantly in that zone and doing breastfeeding and having a lot of boredom, too!

Davinia Taylor

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'The Impossible Dream' is, in my opinion, one of the greatest songs ever written. Here is a man, an old man, a very old man full of daring, bravery, courage, determination, romanticism and dreams.

Christopher Lee

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Who has seen the wind? Neither you nor I but when the trees bow down their heads, the wind is passing by.

Christina Rossetti

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Being happy is a matter of personal taste.

Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

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I am a career physician. I practiced for 32 years before I began my career as a public servant.

Phil Gingrey

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In television, there are so many things between you making a joke and the audience seeing it. It's like an assault course.

Noel Fielding

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In business, if you realize you've made a bad decision, you change it.

Richard Branson

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I like to work as much as I can, but I only really have the hiatus to work on other projects. I've kept myself busy recently. I voiced a character in 'Ice Age 4,' which was a lot of fun. I also did another small movie called 'The Scribbler.'

Kunal Nayyar

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