Donald Ray Pollock Quotes

I'm not sure about 'absolute' happiness, but I am happiest when I go to bed at night knowing that I tried to do my best that day.

Donald Ray Pollock

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HappinessBestDayI AmNightGo

Everybody has a gun in their car in Detroit.

Jim Harrison

CarGunDetroitEverybody

No man is poor who does not think himself so. But if in a full fortune with impatience he desires more, he proclaims his wants and his beggarly condition.

Jeremy Taylor

ManThinkPoorMoreFortuneDesires

For the past 32 years, I've done nothing outside the entertainment business. I've had some real highs and some real lows, but I love the work so much that I never once thought of quitting.

Meat Loaf

WorkLoveBusinessPastThought

I know when an actor goes in to audition, if they don't get the part, it's not because they're a bad actor at all; it's because it's not quite the right fit.

Matthew Gray Gubler

BadKnowActorRightBecauseGet

To succeed, you need to find something to hold on to, something to motivate you, something to inspire you.

Tony Dorsett

PositiveSucceedInspireYouFind

Love is when you don't have to be with another person to touch their heart!

Torquato Tasso

LoveHeartLove IsYouPersonTouch

I've always hated oppression.

Rodrigo Duterte

OppressionAlwaysHated

I never saw anything funnier than Texas politics.

Molly Ivins

PoliticsTexasNeverAnythingSaw

From a scientist's perspective, to understand everything that you need to know about human beings, you only have to tinker with all the mechanical parts of genes and the brain until there are no more secrets left.

Deepak Chopra

PerspectiveBrainYouSecretsKnow

If I could only get people to rub my belly for good lucky and then throw money in my fountain, it'd be a perfect world.

Christopher Meloni

GoodMoneyPeopleWorldPerfectGet

Last year, the surgery was a tough decision, but I had to make a decision based on my career. It was a decision to get healthy, and start over with a new team at 100 percent.

Brian Jordan

DecisionTeamStartToughYearNew

But by us doing a lot on the road, we were able to afford things like videos on the tours, cartoons that we'd open up the shows with. We were doing that way back when and now it's the hippest thing to do. We're just coming back around, I guess trying to play catch-up.

Bootsy Collins

RoadDoingTryingBackPlayWay

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