Gerry Beckley Quotes

The things I write are combinations of all of the people that have been influences to me.

Gerry Beckley

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PeopleMeWriteThingsBeenI Write

By nature, I sit alone in a room and type... My goal was never celebrity.

Jenji Kohan

NatureAloneGoalCelebrityNever

I don't think anybody submits their first story and sells right away.

Ann Leckie

StoryThinkFirstRightAwaySells

Our goal is to figure out a therapy for prion diseases.

Stanley B. Prusiner

GoalTherapyOutOurFigure

I'm a fan of music, some rock music. But I like many types of music. But I suppose a kind of longstanding love of specific bands would be Radiohead, Wilco, Neil Young, Tom Waits, REM.

Toni Collette

LoveMusicYoungKindRockFan

The difference between science and the fuzzy subjects is that science requires reasoning while those other subjects merely require scholarship.

Robert A. Heinlein

ScienceScholarshipDifferenceFuzzy

Anyone who undertakes the literary grind had better like playing around with words.

Roy Blount, Jr.

WordsBetterGrindPlayingWhoLike

Businessmen should not put their finger in politics, because they tend to think only of their own self-interest. But I worry about the low morale in Italian industry and the lack of government initiatives to help the poor.

Diego Della Valle

PoliticsGovernmentThinkWorryHelp

Bits are fake conversations comedians have because they are uncomfortable being vulnerable with other human beings in any way.

Chris Gethard

FakeUncomfortableWayHumanBeing

Even though I'm not Jamaican, I've always loved Jamaican culture because, to me, it's the island of magic, it's the island of politics, of resistance.

Cheo Hodari Coker

CulturePoliticsMeLovedMagic

In my own recent String Trio I attempt to superimpose two quite different sets of formal strategies, both of which, ultimately, refer back to historical precedent.

Brian Ferneyhough

BackMy OwnTwoOwnHistoricalTrio

Hymns have always sounded like sung spells to me. I never felt included in the magic of the God songs I heard growing up - I knew I was going to hell before anyone ever told me that I was. People found comfort in this all-knowing source, but I felt frightened and found out. I developed some weird and very dramatic complexes.

Perfume Genius

GodPeopleMeGrowing UpHellWeird

My view is that one should diversify broadly across different fund investments. However, it's tough for investors to try to pick the appropriate risk level that they should manage their funds at. Having a personal adviser would be helpful.

Myron Scholes

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