John Lurie Quotes

When I first got sick, they told me I had a year to live, and I was writing my memoir really fast. There were really weird things happening with my nervous system and my heart and stuff, and it didn't look like I was gonna make it, so I was writing really fast, and then I couldn't write anymore.

John Lurie

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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LiveHeartMeWritingSickWeird

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Robert Louis Stevenson

TravelBetterThanArriveThing

The more decisions you make, the better, statistically, your odds of success are. And what I also learned was, it doesn't matter: anything can be fixed. When you're directing, you can agonize, but you can't indulge. Stuff has to happen.

Tony Goldwyn

SuccessBetterDecisionsYouMatter

I became a musician because that's really what I wanted to do when I was fifteen, but I had other abilities.

Robyn Hitchcock

BecauseMusicianWantedOtherReally

We come. We go. And in between we try to understand.

Rod Steiger

GoUnderstandTryComeBetween

You know, I feel that God isn't going to put something in front of me that I can't deal with.

Lloyd Banks

GodMeFeelYouKnowGoing

I was a history undergrad, and there's some things I could do in academics or business.

Chris Borland

BusinessHistoryThingsAcademics

I grew up in Maryland on the East Coast - you know, close to D.C. but sort of in the suburban, rural area - and Nashville felt very, very homey to me.

Chris Carmack

MeYouKnowNashvilleUpRural

I seem to be able to get along with anybody when I work because I really enjoy being there.

Bobby Cannavale

WorkEnjoyBeing ThereSeemGet

I'm good at what I do. I'm really, really good at what I do, and I'm not saying this with any level of arrogance.

Punit Renjen

GoodSayingArroganceLevelReally

Today's youth cannot miss something they have never known, but I fear that there are no current fictional characters whose impact and influence will last with such abiding affection into their 'sore and yellow' as this splendid man's creations have in mine!

Peter Cushing

FearTodayManYellowYouthImpact

I probably will have to become more political down the road when my playing days are done, because I'm going to have to have the support of others to grow my foundation.

Tiger Woods

SupportRoadFoundationPolitical

I was voted valedictorian, and at my school it wasn't based on grades; that was the popular vote.

Thomas Middleditch

SchoolGradesVotePopularBased

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