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Kevin Barry Quotes

The fundamental human truth underpinning 'Ox Mountain Death Song' is that men so very often turn into their fathers. The way that everything gets passed down.

Kevin Barry

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: author
Nationality: irish
Birth: 1969

Topics

Truth Men Death Mountain Song Down

I was a very shy child. I remember being in a kindergarten open house with my mother and children saying 'Hi' to me, and I still remember feeling this way - but I don't know why - but I wouldn't even say 'Hi' back. I was that shy.

Jim Parsons

Mother Children Child Me Saying

I'm always training to fight the best fighters in the world, and if the UFC wants me to fight Georges St-Pierre, then I will fight him.

Anderson Silva

Best Training Fight Me World Will

I had a lot of friends for a long time who were gay, and I didn't even realize it for awhile. Even in my mid- to late 20s, I was still pretty naive about it.

Megan Mullally

Time Friends Long Late Gay Naive

Homelessness is the fundamental idea of salvation in Jainism. It means the breaking off of all earthly relations, and therefore, above all, indifference to general impressions and avoidance of all worldly motives, the ceasing to act, to hope, to desire.

Max Weber

Hope Desire Salvation Act Above Off

The intelligent use of contemporary music in film has an enormous audience.

Robert Stigwood

Music Intelligent Audience Film Use

In the late '80s and early '90s, there was a slightly retro drum sound that was popular in hip-hop music called the 808 bass drum sound. It was the bass drum sound on the 808 drum machine, and it's very deep and very resonant, and was used as the backbone as a lot of classic hip-hop tracks.

Steve Albini

Music Deep Early Late Hip-Hop Sound

A great gimmick is a great gimmick, but on a dud, it just doesn't work. It comes down to talent.

Stone Cold Steve Austin

Work Great Talent Down Just Gimmick

Monty Python crowd; half of them came from Cambridge, and half of them came from Oxford. But, there seems to be this jewel, this sort of two headed tradition of doing comedy, of doing sketches, and that kind of thing.

Rowan Atkinson

Comedy Tradition Doing Kind Two

I definitely wanted to be famous as a kid, but as I've gotten older, I feel less comfortable with it.

Lola Kirke

Famous Feel Comfortable Kid Older

There's so much nonsense tossed around about L.A. and how horrible it is and 'don't go out there' and all that stuff. So I went out to L.A. and I was pleasantly surprised.

Josh Radnor

Go Nonsense Out Horrible Stuff Much

You want to know if anyone's going to go see your film. You shouldn't worry about it or get hung up on it. So yea, you kind of monitor it.

Dominic Cooper

Worry You Go Know Want Kind

Everything is something you decide to do, and there is nothing you have to do.

Denis Waitley

You Nothing Everything Decide