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Louis L'Amour Quotes

I don't travel and tell stories, because that's not the way these days. But I write my books to be read aloud, and I think of myself in that oral tradition.

Louis L'Amour

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: author
Nationality: american
Birth: March 22, 1908 - June 10, 1988

Topics

Myself Travel Think Tradition Way

Democracy relies on free speech. Yes, say anything you want, but it relies even more on the speech being truthful. It is the truth, after all, that sets us free.

John F. Kerry

Truth Democracy Free Speech You Say

I was always more interested in asking people about themselves than I was telling them about me.

Matt Lauer

People Me More Always Asking Than

Producing small films, you usually have four or five people you want, and you hope one of them will say they'll do it.

John Wells

Hope People Small You Say Want

I was one of six kids in a single-parent household.

America Ferrera

Kids Six Household

I did television a lot in my earlier years, so to do the high school student that's just the pretty girl, I've done that before, so I don't have any interest in that.

Amanda Crew

Girl School High School Television

Our bureaucracy had excelled at compartmentalizing intelligence - we had a 'need to know' system - but by 2004, it was impossible to foresee what elements of our organization would and would not need to know a given piece of information.

Stanley A. McChrystal

Intelligence Organization Impossible

My definition of success is to live your life in a way that causes you to feel a ton of pleasure and very little pain - and because of your lifestyle, have the people around you feel a lot more pleasure than they do pain.

Tony Robbins

Life Success Live Pain People You

What advice do I tell my grandson? I listen to him.

Roy Haynes

Advice Listen Him Tell Grandson

I think cooking is really key because it's the only way you're going to take back control of your diet from the corporations who want to cook for us. The fact is, so far, corporations don't cook that well. They tend to use too much salt, fat, and sugar - much more than you would ever use at home.

Michael Pollan

Home Cooking Control Think Key Fat

If Rihanna stripped it all down morally rather than with her clothes, perhaps we'd get closer to Nina Simone. She's talented, but all we want is to sing the truth. If Britney Spears was to sing closer to her heart, she might have been the new Bobby Gentry or Dolly Parton.

Lou Doillon

Truth Heart Clothes Down New Want

Many mothers or daughters assume that words only mean one thing. 'If I feel criticised, that has to be the whole story', and 'if I feel I am being helpful, that has to be the whole story'.

Deborah Tannen

Words I Am Story Feel Mean Helpful

Having money is better than not having it, but I've been poor, and I've survived.

Dawn Steel

Money Better Poor Been Than Having