Tom Waits Quotes

I look for things that are left of center, something you've only seen your whole life, but never heard. Hit it! With a stick! I have a guitar made out of a 2x4 that I bought in Cleveland.

Tom Waits

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LifeGuitarYouLookNeverOut

I want to continue to make beautiful movies. The most important thing is to be a part of beautiful stories, that's all I want. So I don't care if it's a Hollywood movie or an independent movie or a Spanish or American movie. I care about telling stories.

Melanie Laurent

BeautifulCareAmericanWantMovies

What appealed to me was that the focus of 'North Atlantic' was more about performance rather than emoting, because I was at a point in life where it was nice not to have to emote all over the place.

Maura Tierney

LifeFocusMePerformanceNiceMore

For me, electronic music is like cooking: it's a sensual organic activity where you can mix ingredients.

Jean-Michel Jarre

MusicCookingMeYouIngredients

I found that if I stack the moments correctly, people will believe in the most outrageous things.

Michael Carbonaro

PeopleBelieveMomentsWillThings

Several paranoid suspicions occurred to me, the worst of which was that my whole identity was merely a patched-together set of behaviors designed to keep my parents joined to each other - the repertoire of tricks of a small but intelligent dog.

Amity Gaige

DogIdentityParentsMeSmallWorst

Ataturk approved of the mevlevi dervish approach to God as being 'an expression of Turkish genius' that reclaimed Islam from what he saw as hide-bound, backward Arab tradition.

Stephen Kinzer

GodGeniusTraditionIslamSawHe

I like to be working and moving - the worst thing you can do to me is stick me in a room all day while you're lighting a shot. That just kills me.

Robert Carlyle

DayMeMovingYouWorstRoom

But how does it feel to plug into a system that's say, a million times as smart as a person.

Rudy Rucker

SmartFeelPersonSaySystemHow

I know runners who have suffered a tick bite and ended up with Lyme disease. I'll take an angry moose any day.

Don Kardong

DayAngryKnowUpTakeDisease

What we need to do is understand that we have to love each other, that we have to see each other have worth and dignity and value.

Cory Booker

LoveValueWorthDignityUnderstand

The myths that are created about the South, about the way we grew up, about black people, are wrong.

Clarence Thomas

PeopleBlackWrongWayUpMyths

Being a doctor, lawyer in war-torn countries isn't easy when the infrastructure isn't there. The money, the food and education is not always accessible to achieve those dreams.

Brandon Stanton

EducationDreamsFoodMoneyDoctor

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