Pete Hamill Quotes

Sentimentality is a false sense of self.

Pete Hamill

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SelfFalseSenseSentimentality

I've always been known for speeding up the tempo. To me, that's just the way you play the game - aggressive. There's no time to rest. You rest on the sidelines.

Andrew Whitworth

TimeMeGameRestYouPlay

The older I get, the more interest I have in writing other kinds of music.

Andy Biersack

MusicWritingMoreInterestGet

If we are to keep our democracy, there must be one commandment: 'Thou shalt not ration justice.'

Sophocles

JusticeDemocracyKeepMustOur

My first trip to Italy's Tuscany region was in 1990 when my husband, Sting, recorded an album there.

Trudie Styler

HusbandFirstItalyTripAlbum

I adore water, so it would be a real adventure to visit the Amazon before they chop down all the trees.

Michelle Ryan

WaterAdventureTreesDownReal

I find more of an authenticity in people who are a little strange - so I really like characters who are just the tiniest bit weird. I find enormous comfort in that - someone who's kind of normal just doesn't feel as true.

Missi Pyle

PeopleWeirdFeelSomeoneFindTrue

Anybody who's done standup will tell you that there's nothing like it. The show starts at 8:00, the curtain goes up and there's nobody else except you and the audience, and you just perform for them for two hours. Nobody yells, 'Cut!' There are no retakes. That is still the most exciting medium for me, and I love it.

Denis Leary

LoveMeYouNobodyDoneNothing

When you've written a film and directed it and it comes out exactly as you imagined it, it's pretty boring.

Christopher McQuarrie

YouBoringOutPrettyFilmDirected

To me, it makes more sense to write different songs and to play different kinds of music and to find your own voice. But no matter what, get out and play for people. Get out and learn, and do everything that you can, you know?

Corey Taylor

MusicPeopleMeVoiceLearnYou

My whole deal is reforming, changing, shaking up Washington. It sure needs it.

Tim Griffin

WashingtonUpWholeSureChanging

My suit blew up into a parachute. All this water rushed in, there's air, water in there. I was freaking out.

Ryan Lochte

WaterAirOutUpSuitParachute

I once wrote that anybody who believes the world is only 6,000 years old is either ignorant, stupid, insane or wicked.

Richard Dawkins

StupidWorldIgnorantOldWicked

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