John Darnielle Quotes

Sometimes I'll write without the guitar or the piano, but most of the time I'll be playing and just improvising some words. And when I get something that sounds good, a line with a story in it, I'll try and tease it out and figure out where the story is going.

John Darnielle

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GoodTimeWordsStoryGuitarTry

I eat tuna fish every day for lunch. That's all I ever have.

Jerry Speyer

DayLunchFishEvery DayEatTuna

As long as I'm here living and breathing, I'm going to be moving.

Andrew Whitworth

MovingLongLivingBreathingGoing

I learned to impersonate the kind of person that talks about poetry. It comes from teaching, I think.

Robert Morgan

PoetryThinkPersonKindTeaching

As a child I'd get given parts as a tree.

Max Irons

TreeChildGetPartsGiven

I used to call him Pinocchio on the sets. Pinocchio's nose would turn red if he lied. Aamir would turn red-faced if he had to tell a lie.

Amisha Patel

LieRedHimTurnTellNose

I think that the United States is the greatest country in the world to invest in.

Steve Mnuchin

WorldThinkCountryUnitedGreatest

I grew up listening to the Neville Brothers and the Rebirth Brass Band.

Trombone Shorty

ListeningBandUpRebirthBrothers

People want to listen to a lot of music and do whatever they want with it. They don't want DRM, they don't want subscriptions. They don't want a player that only can do this but can't do that and you only have one copy. They don't want that. You know? I don't want that.

Trent Reznor

MusicPeopleYouCopyKnowWant

I don't totally buy or believe the paradigm that's constantly presented to us and the financial news is obsessed with, which is growth. There seems to be this paradigm which is: There has to be growth. I'm watching it and thinking, am I the only one who recognises this is a small planet isolated in a gigantic universe? Where are we growing to?

Matt Bellamy

GrowthSmallBelieveThinkingNews

My theory on an existing crisis is that you have to be very strategic about each case's unique elements. If a crisis involves a legal component, you need a communication strategy that complements the company's legal objective. A strategy for a plea deal is different than a case going to trial.

Judy Smith

CommunicationLegalStrategyYou

Fundamentalism takes different forms in different religions, but there is one striking similarity in all forms of fundamentalist thought. Each wishes dearly to hold in check all varieties of 'modern' or 'decadent' thinking.

Jay Parini

ThinkingThoughtWishesReligions

Women should always take care of themselves first. It makes you more equipped to take care of others.

Donna Karan

WomenCareTake CareYouOthers

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