Lester Bangs Quotes

The thing is that, they all had real strong personalities and real distinct identities, and I don't find most of the groups that are coming out now really do.

Lester Bangs

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: critic
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: December 14, 1948 - April 30, 1982

Topics

StrongFindNowRealOutComing

I mostly wear hats or put scarves over my head because I like to have a low profile when I go out.

Ann-Margret

HatsGoOverOutHeadLow

Reactionary: a man walking backwards with his face to the future.

Aneurin Bevan

FutureManFaceWalkingBackwards

The music I used to make was a lot more rock, so I come from this background of head banging a lot, and it took me a while to figure out how to do it in the context of our music.

St. Lucia

MusicMeRockMoreOutHead

It's hard for me... If I don't have a project going, I don't feel like I'm connected to anything. I don't even think it's that healthy for me. I like to get out of bed and have a purpose.

Tom Petty

PurposeMeThinkFeelBedHealthy

I can understand why people are bad.

Matt Bellamy

PeopleBadI CanWhyUnderstand

I did a lot of studying of great writers. I read that Hemingway rewrote 'The Sun Also Rises' 39 times.

Marv Levy

GreatSunStudyingReadDidTimes

One of the things that I think I do well as a CEO is that I'm present. When I'm with my employees, I'm there in the moment.

Dick Costolo

MomentThinkPresentEmployeesWell

I always take criticism as a challenge. It's the way I've always looked at it.

Derek Jeter

ChallengeCriticismWayAlwaysTake

If we can prove an afterlife, then we have less pressure to make our physical life last forever.

Chuck Palahniuk

LifePressureProveForeverLast

Virtues, like essences, lose their fragrance when exposed.

William Shenstone

LoseFragranceVirtuesLikeExposed

Gore will not win a popularity contest, he will not win a personality contest, but he can win an idealogical battle, and he can win a battle of experience.

Susan Estrich

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The first thing I did was give up sweet tea because I drank so much. I'd start drinking at lunchtime and wouldn't set it down until I went to bed. When you calculate how much empty calories and how much sugar I was consuming, it was staggering. So I haven't had a glass of sweet tea in three years.

Paula Deen

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