Denis Johnson Quotes

If you take a lie and allow your desire for the truth, you'll end up with some truth - not fact, but something that gets you closer to the truth. That's what we want. When we go to a play, we need to be assured that the experience we're having.

Denis Johnson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: german
  • Birth: July 1, 1949 - May 24, 2017

Topics

TruthExperienceLieEndYouPlay

I don't have any legato skills; I could never figure out how to roll the notes off.

Joe Bonamassa

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I went to Bournemouth Film School for 3 years.

Joe Cornish

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I'm open to starting restaurants anywhere as long as the produce that's readily available is high quality. For example, I'm never doing a restaurant in Shanghai because I saw the produce available there, and it's just not good. I won't do a restaurant in Moscow for the same reason.

Joel Robuchon

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Just standing around looking beautiful is so boring.

Michelle Pfeiffer

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No person, no place, and no thing has any power over us, for 'we' are the only thinkers in our mind. When we create peace and harmony and balance in our minds, we will find it in our lives.

Louise L. Hay

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I'm not going to go fight the best guys in the world without getting championship fights or championship money; it makes no sense.

Luke Rockhold

BestMoneyFightWorldGoNo Sense

It's bad enough when people are comparing your movie to just other random movies, but when you have another 'Carrie' to compare it to, it's rough.

Judy Greer

PeopleRandomEnoughYouBadMovies

You can't save the world with music. But I can try. I have the same job as Bruce Springsteen. I have to go as far as I can with it.

Brandon Flowers

MusicJobWorldYouI CanGo

I knew I'd never make it back to the major leagues as a player. Lee MacPhail came to me and asked if I wanted to manage the Yankees' Fort Lauderdale club. I thought about it for a day or two and decided to take the job. That was the turning point. I knew it was what I wanted to do.

Bobby Cox

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Cukor is one of my favorite directors. He was a master at directing women.

Pedro Almodovar

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Sometimes, when you don't have spark, someone in the dugout has to create something.

Pete Rose

SparkSomeoneYouCreateSometimes

Your art kind of changes as you get older, by nature of the fact that you're hopefully gaining wisdom and you're starting to watch things with a better overview.

Sheryl Crow

NatureWisdomArtBetterYouKind

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