John Darnielle Quotes

For years, I've written narrators who aren't gender-identified. When I do autobiographical stuff, that's different, obviously. But I've always tried to keep my songs as potentially not a man's thing.

John Darnielle

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ManAlwaysYearsDifferentStuff

I used to just sit down and read the dictionary, and I read the Bible and Shakespeare from cover to cover.

Joe R. Lansdale

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I wouldn't say personally that I have problems communicating with men - though I'm not sure what the men would say.

Jess Weixler

MenProblemsSaySureWouldThough

I don't believe in depriving yourself of things you want.

Jennie Garth

YourselfBelieveYouWantThings

In the future, when I come home, most of the things that I need to worry about are solved so I can spend time with my family.

Stacy Brown-Philpot

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Service drives a lot of my decisions.

Mickey Drexler

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I'm a physicist, and we have something called Moore's Law, which says computer power doubles every 18 months. So every Christmas, we more or less assume that our toys and appliances are more or less twice as powerful as the previous Christmas.

Michio Kaku

PowerLawPowerfulChristmasToys

Life is full of horrible mistakes.

Louis C. K.

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I had a fun high school experience. We had a big old prom, we had 400 kids in the graduating class and everything. It was a fun night. I enjoyed the limo ride there the most. Me and a couple friends riding with their dates, everyone was all dressed up, and I was into it, the energy and the anticipation of that entire experience.

Jonathan Keltz

ExperienceRideSchoolFunMeNight

The atmosphere is much too near for dreams. It forces us to action. It is close to us. We are in it and of it. It rouses us both to study and to do. We must know its moods and also its motive forces.

Cleveland Abbe

DreamsActionKnowStudyAtmosphere

Maybe I should have a scandal - then I can be on 'Dancing With the Stars.'

Ashlan Gorse Cousteau

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Slowly, over time, I learned enough that I started considering myself a musician, where I actually knew how to play instruments. But still, when I talk to my real musician friends, they're calling chords out, and I have no idea what they're talking about.

Tycho

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If you do what you've always done, you just get more of what you have always had. We've now got to dream big and act bold.

Tim Griffin

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