Kris Kristofferson Quotes

I used to think that my songs were the best things that I would leave behind me. And I definitely think my kids are now. For starters, they're writing better songs than I was at their age.

Kris Kristofferson

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The book that is the closest genetically to 'Goon Squad' is 'Look at Me.' It has the futuristic element - although, freakishly, almost every aspect I invented has come to pass in some way, including the terrorist who fantasies about blowing up the World Trade Centre. That was extremely uncomfortable. The book came out on the week of 9/11.

Jennifer Egan

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I went bald when I was 18. My father cried. He cried about many things. But it allowed me to play older men in summer stock.

Jeffrey Tambor

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I really learned the power of the tube on Sesame Street and how it can influence a very young mind.

Ruth Buzzi

PowerMindInfluenceYoungStreet

Most childhoods are full of anxiety, but that tends to get smoothed over, so you have a sense of nostalgia.

Romesh Gunesekera

AnxietyYouNostalgiaOverGetMost

It's important for the team not to be relying on one player.

Luis Suarez

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I'm embarrassed to admit that I'm still scared of the dark. I have to have a light on all night. It's completely irrational, and my son is the same. I just hate the dark.

Louise Nurding

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In the end, the Foreign Ministry had no power at all to do anything.

Lloyd Cutler

PowerEndAnythingIn The EndHad

Black people lived right by the railroad tracks, and the train would shake their houses at night. I would hear it as a boy, and I thought: I'm gonna make a song that sounds like that.

Little Richard

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Most science fiction is based on our knowledge now and uses that to project the future.

Judith Tarr

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'Right' and 'wrong' aren't words a linguist uses.

Deborah Tannen

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Dealing with ads is depressing. You don't make anyone's life better by making advertisements work better.

Brian Acton

LifeWorkBetterYouDepressingAds

I have no 'dream role.' It just comes to me; it's very intuitive, and I say, 'OK, I have to do this now.' It's not logical; just, 'I have to jump into this very strange character,' or something like that. I can't even explain it.

Sebastian Koch

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