John Darnielle Quotes

If I go see a band, and they play, like, zero from any of their old albums, I'm very happy about that. I do not want to see the bands of my youth playing the songs of my youth. I hate that.

John Darnielle

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HateHappyYouthPlayGoWant

I think no one could have made peace in Bosnia besides Holbrooke.

Michael Ignatieff

PeaceThinkMadeI ThinkCould

My literary heroes all wrote about L.A.: Joseph Wambaugh, Ross Macdonald, and Raymond Chandler were the three writers that made me want to be a writer.

Michael Connelly

MeThreeWantHeroesWriterMade

Not even old age knows how to love death.

Sophocles

LoveAgeDeathOld AgeOldTo Love

Companies need to have rules - that's a given - but they don't have to be shortsighted and lazy attempts at creating order.

Travis Bradberry

RulesCreatingLazyNeedOrder

I don't really write. I'm an on-the-spot type of person. This beat, let's listen to it; let's vibe. And then I'll do a melody, and then we'll go back and do it.

Travis Scott

BackPersonGoListenWriteBeat

We're all men, not machines. We make mistakes.

Tony La Russa

MenMistakesMachinesMake

When I was born, there was a very isolated idea of what it meant to be a man or a woman, and you belonged to one gender or the other.

Javier Bardem

WomanManGenderYouBornIdea

Success is not forever and failure isn't fatal.

Don Shula

SuccessFailureForeverSuccess Is

The painter leaves his mark. And I just put in two statues in Rhode Island that I'm working on. And I think that's going to make me last longer than me.

Anthony Quinn

MeThinkIslandTwoMarkGoing

You must trust yourself more than you trust others. Pay attention to your inner voice - it will tell you if how and in what you are investing is right for you.

Suze Orman

TrustYourselfVoiceAttentionYou

I like a good suspense thriller when it's smart and well done like 'Armed Response' is.

Seth Rollins

GoodSmartWell DoneDoneSuspense

Hackney gets a bit of a bad rap, but it's the only place I've ever lived that felt like a community. I know my neighbours.

Sharon Horgan

CommunityBadPlaceKnowRapLived

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