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Luther Allison Quotes

I think I'm the most positive guy still going in my generation, and I'm out there to prove that.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: musician
Nationality: american
Birth: August 17, 1939 - August 12, 1997

Topics

Positive Think Generation Prove Out

I'm not a partygoer.

Poetry Think Hard See Just Kids

I bristle at the implication that only with the help of a Big Six editor does a novel lose its self-indulgent aspects. Before the advent of self-publishing, there were plenty of self-indulgent novels on the shelves.

Jennifer Armintrout

Help Lose Big Only Six Before

I can't remember why or how I started writing, but I think it was always a way of making sense of the world.

Writing World Think Remember Why

I used to work in a fire hydrant factory. You couldn't park anywhere near the place.

Work Fire You Place Park Used

I grew up with a lot of people whose whole prime mover was dad rage. I never really had it - it always seemed so empty. It always seemed to be masking something else, which was really their own lack of initiative.

Robert Downey, Jr.

People Initiative Never Rage Empty

I'd make a better U.S. president than George W. Bush. Bush is an idiot. I'm a better public speaker than him. It makes you wonder about the voters.

Robbie Williams

Better Idiot You Wonder President

I used to be the voice of Virgin Atlantic in America, and some people only know me for that.

People Me Voice America Know Used

There are still going to be great players that are baseliners. That's the way tennis - courts, balls, everything - has shifted. But everyone has to find their own way to win. Not everyone can run around the baseline for five hours. I can't.

Great Win Find Run Way Balls

In the early '70s - a very good time for children's books and their authors - editors and publishers were willing to take a chance on a new writer. They were willing and able to invest their time in nurturing writers with promise, encouraging them.

Good Children Time Chance Early New

I was really happy with my race, though. I beat my personal best by 1.2 seconds.

Best Happy Personal Race Beat

When you're going for a joke, you're stuck out there if it doesn't work. There's nowhere to go. You've done the drum role and the cymbal clash and you're out on the end of the plank.

Work End You Go Done Out

For working with non-professional actors, you have to have this particular desire to work with people who are reluctant to play in a movie. I like this relationship. I'm like a recruiter, an employment agency giving someone employment.

Work Relationship People Giving You

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