William Least Heat-Moon Quotes

Beware thoughts that come in the night. They aren't turned properly; they come in askew, free of sense and restriction, deriving from the most remote of sources.

William Least Heat-Moon

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: August 27, 1939

Topics

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I think I've seen the first 'RoboCop' like 15 or 20 times. I'm like a kid that way.

Joel Kinnaman

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When you write something by hand, there's a sort of intimacy that is just intrinsic to that act. You don't get to delete something in the same way, where it's like it was never there.

Jenny Han

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The straight man has the best part. He gets to be in the show and see it, too.

Andy Griffith

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The saxophone is a very interesting machine, but I'm more interested in music.

Steve Lacy

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When I'm using the Internet, I have 25 tabs open, and even if somebody sends me... something interesting, odds are I'll forget about it, or it'll get kind of lost in the shuffle.

Robin Sloan

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Saudi authorities must launch a campaign about the safety of female pilgrims and the determination of the authorities to ensure every woman's safety.

Mona Eltahawy

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TIVO executives stand up and say, 'Well, we're not getting rid of commercials, but we are letting them fast forward, because people like commercials, and if they see one that they like they stop and watch it.' I mean, please.

Dick Wolf

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But I do think it's important to remember that writers do not have a monopoly of wisdom on their books. They can be wrong about their own books, they can often learn about their own books.

China Mieville

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Concealed-carry reciprocity, I believe, undermines American gun laws by forcing states to accept carry-permitting standards of every other state, including some states that have no standards at all.

Brad Schneider

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I've never planned my career, really. It just comes along, and I do whatever comes next!

Sylvester McCoy

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Again, I say I will be glad to tell what songs I have ever sung, because singing is my business.

Pete Seeger

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When angry count to ten before you speak. If very angry, count to one hundred.

Thomas Jefferson

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