Loudon Wainwright III Quotes

If I had five minutes to live, I don't think I'd be bothered singing a song. I'd be dead, so it won't really matter. I'd have a glass of wine and a cigarette.

Loudon Wainwright III

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LiveSingingSongThinkWineGlass

I really love working. It makes me feel like an even better person when I work. I function much better if I have a really rigid schedule. When I'm left to my own devices, I can just be all over the place.

Melanie Griffith

WorkLoveMeBetter PersonBetter

Iran's most formidable modern leader, Reza Shah Pahlavi, was obsessed with the idea of building a steel mill, but in 1941, soon after he assembled all the components, Allied armies invaded Iran, and the project had to be abandoned.

Stephen Kinzer

LeaderBuildingSteelProjectModern

I have so much to learn when it comes to running. I just don't ever want it to feel like a chore. When I choose to sign up for a race or go out for a run, it's to make myself feel good, and I almost always do.

Summer Sanders

GoodMyselfFeel GoodLearnChoose

People, when they go on stage, tend to be animated and try to force things out instead of relaxing and bringing it in.

Ron White

PeopleGoTryStageOutForce

We all hate those stories that end with 'And that's the story.'

Matt Besser

HateStoryEndStoriesThose

Inequality can have a bad downside, but equality, for its part, sure does get in the way of coordination.

Mary Douglas

EqualityBadInequalityWaySure

My first job out of college was with HBO. I worked in a small sales office in Chicago. So, I can say that even when I was just a little, low-on-the-totem-pole assistant for HBO, they were always amazing.

Jazmyn Simon

JobCollegeAmazingSmallI CanSay

I don't recall being excited about a new rapper, ever.

DMX

NewRapperRecallExcitedBeing

A grand jury hears only one side - that of the prosecutor.

Donella Meadows

JurySideProsecutorOnlyGrand

Getting older, you just don't want to sing fluffy.

Christina Aguilera

Getting OlderYouWantSingJust

We played it as long as we could play it on that CD and I think it might be 50 minutes, maybe. What you have to do is play a couple of songs and then get off the stage because everything that trails it sounds stupid.

Branford Marsalis

StupidThinkLongYouPlayStage

I go home by noon, and I'm in bed by 6 p.m. I get up at 1 and do it again.

Bob Edwards

HomeBedGoUpGetAgain

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