John Lurie Quotes

I had a mystical experience when I was in my late teens, early 20s, and I spent years trying to recapture that.

John Lurie

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: December 14, 1952

Topics

ExperienceTryingEarlyLateYears

You need a lot of different types of people to make the world better.

Joe Louis

PeopleWorldBetterYouNeedMake

My parents taught me I could be anything in the world I wanted to be.

Joan Jett

ParentsMeWorldAnythingWanted

But there, everything has its drawbacks, as the man said when his mother-in-law died, and they came down upon him for the funeral expenses.

Jerome K. Jerome

ManDownMother-In-LawSaidHimHis

Without wishing to sound arrogant, when I was younger, I used to win every single martial arts tournament I ever entered. I used to enter the under 14s and under 16s, win both gold medals in those, and then go in the men's tournament just for experience, and end up getting a silver medal.

Michael Bisping

ExperienceMenGoldWinEndSilver

When you label so much of what happens to you as 'bad,' it reinforces the feeling that you are a powerless pawn at the mercy of outside forces over which you have no control. And - this is key - labeling something a bad thing almost guarantees that you'll experience it as such.

Srikumar Rao

ExperienceControlKeyYouBadOver

'Competent counsel' ought to require more than a human being with a law license and a pulse.

Tom Price

LawMoreHumanHuman BeingBeing

To compel the nation with challenge the traditional American doctrine of freedom of the seas, every man and every ship in the navy is solemnly pledged.

Josephus Daniels

FreedomChallengeManShipAmerican

In the fields of southwest Iowa, my parents and grandparents worked and sacrificed. Like so many Iowans, the American Dream for them was never about wealth or fame. Their dream was to leave their children and grandchildren a better life, with greater opportunity, than their own.

Joni Ernst

LifeOpportunityChildrenParents

There is only one rule for being a good talker - learn to listen.

Christopher Morley

GoodCommunicationLearnListenRule

I guess I just don't like being physically in front of people I don't know very well, because I expect to be 'seen through,' or, even worse, instantly hated.

Chris Ware

PeopleKnowThroughExpectSeen

I started to sing after high school, and I may have dreamed about being Randy Travis a time or two.

Cole Swindell

TimeSchoolHigh SchoolTwoHigh

People often say that if you have to work hard at a marriage, then it's not naturally good, but I think that's totally wrong.

Penny Lancaster

WorkGoodMarriagePeopleWork Hard

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