Augusten Burroughs Quotes

When people meet me, many times they're very surprised because they expect someone who is kind of wacky with seven piercings and very hip and cool and New York City, and I'm not.

Augusten Burroughs

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 23, 1965

Topics

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My mum is a singer and harpist, and my dad writes fantastic poetry, so we've grown up around a lot of words and music.

Jessie Buckley

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The attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 completely crippled our Pacific Fleet.

Jerry Costello

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When I was a boy in the late 1950s, the public library refused to stock books by Edgar Rice Burroughs. They were regarded as vulgar, ill-written potboilers.

Michael Dirda

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Success gave me confidence as an artist. And now I'm able to do what I want without anybody thinking it's dumb.

Amy Lee

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I grew up wanting to entertain.

Torrey DeVitto

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Songs are out there - they're waiting to be grabbed. I start with a phrase, musical and lyrical, words like 'I don't think so' and a nice riff. It rolls from there.

Ronnie Wood

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People have all sorts of expectations which you can't meet. Me, I'm so reclusive I stay away from such things as much as I can. I never go anywhere.

Ry Cooder

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Whenever the speech is corrupted so is the mind.

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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I never wish for critics.

Jasper Johns

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We have a certain bond that we don't have with anyone else on the planet. You just have that bond, that journey when you are in a band together.

Dolores O'Riordan

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When I did 'Young Guns II,' I hung out with Emilio and Kiefer, and I once took a trip with Rob Lowe - we jumped trains.

Christian Slater

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Our highly qualified teachers not only work hard, but they care about each and every student that enters their classroom. I thank you, Montana teachers, for your sense of duty and compassion to our precious future generation.

Conrad Burns

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