Loudon Wainwright III Quotes

It's nice when people say, 'God, I've been listening to you since 1963 or 1985, or whatever.' I appreciate anybody who goes out and buys music these days.

Loudon Wainwright III

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MusicGodPeopleListeningYouNice

I'm just not one of these guys who, like, you know, woke up with a six-pack. I need Skittles. I have to eat very particularly and I have to work out like a madman. And then it looks like... okay.

Max Greenfield

WorkYouLooksKnowOkayNeed

There are 500,000 poor children in this state that did not choose to be poor, and we have to take care of them.

Robert J. Bentley

ChildrenCareTake CareChoosePoor

Every year, I come to TED prepared to roll my eyes a lot at the beginning, but knowing that at some point in the intellectual marathon, my brain will buckle to the cascade of ideas and bend to the painstakingly rehearsed presentations.

Steven Levy

EyesBeginningIdeasBrainYear

But MTV relishes its vestigial role as a star maker, so every year it puts all its clout into making the VMAs the biggest, splashiest, loudest show-biz extravaganza of the year, honoring all this music for existing, after a year of paying barely any attention to it.

Rob Sheffield

MusicYearAttentionLoudestStar

Fundamentally, our job as songwriters is to sit down and listen.

Mary Gauthier

JobDownListenSitOurSongwriters

I always say: 'If I'm lucky enough to be given the opportunity to work again, that's it, I'm being wheeled on, sitting on a sofa, and someone's going to feed me grapes, and I'm not getting up.'

Michelle Gomez

WorkOpportunityMeSomeoneEnough

There's the young Jon Voight and the old Jon Voight.

Jon Voight

YoungOldJon

God was awfully good to me during the good days. I cherish the old days, but I don't miss them.

Don Ameche

GoodGodMeCherishOldDays

The tragedy of 9/11 and the bloody scrambling-up of the Middle East were painful reminders that the world had not yet reached any end-of-history ideal. But these events mattered less to the assumptions and strategies of huge multinational companies than one might guess.

Chrystia Freeland

WorldAssumptionsTragedyEvents

I like that original romance of having a pen and a legal pad and going anywhere in the world and being able to write a novel with just those two things.

Alice McDermott

WorldLegalPenWriteTwoRomance

The first war plan has failed because of Iraqi resistance. Now they are trying to write another war plan. Clearly, the American war planners misjudged the determination of the Iraqi forces.

Peter Arnett

DeterminationWarAmericanPlanNow

Resources are a trust of the nation, and each and every penny is being spent on public welfare projects honestly.

Shehbaz Sharif

TrustPennyNationResourcesWelfare

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