Dave Van Ronk Quotes

By the mid-70s, I wanted to get out of the business. I was tired anyway.

Dave Van Ronk

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: musician
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: June 30, 1936 - February 10, 2002

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BusinessTiredOutGetWanted

I had three weeks of prep on 'Wolfman,' a ridiculously inadequate amount of time to try to bring together the fractured and scattered pieces of the production. I had taken the job mostly because I had a cash flow problem, the only time in my career I've ever let finances enter into the decision process.

Joe Johnston

TimeDecisionTogetherJobProblem

I think it has helped that I am so curious about what has been happening to me and that I have enjoyed watching the changes through my life, you know? I didn't know what was going to happen to me next.

Jerry Lewis

LifeI AmCuriousMeThinkMy Life

People are capable of incredible gallantry and terrible cruelty in situations of extreme duress. I tried to showcase that range in 'Enclave.'

Ann Aguirre

PeopleCrueltyCapableTerrible

At the height of laughter, the universe is flung into a kaleidoscope of new possibilities.

Jean Houston

LaughterUniversePossibilitiesNew

The body politic, as well as the human body, begins to die as soon as it is born, and carries itself the causes of its destruction.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

DieBodyBornHumanHuman BodyWell

I have always had a lot more trouble with my truths than with my deceits.

Mercedes McCambridge

TroubleMoreAlwaysThanTruthsHad

My grandfather is the greatest man I'll ever know.

Stephanie Zimbalist

ManKnowGrandfatherGreatestEver

It's not the teaching, it's the learning.

Sly Stone

LearningTeaching

There's been so much corruption and so much cronyism in the taxi industry and so much regulatory capture, that if you ask for permission upfront for something that's already legal, you'll never get it.

Travis Kalanick

LegalCorruptionYouCaptureNever

Relegating women to second-class citizenship was abolished when Jesus died on the cross.

Tony Campolo

WomenCitizenshipCrossSecond-Class

I don't believe Rush Limbaugh has a racist bone in his body.

Mike Pence

BelieveBodyBoneRushHis

Very rarely am I attracted to characters that are 'woe is me.' I'm not a big fan of women that have to be the victim and need to be saved, at all times. I don't necessarily think that's how it is, in real life, and I don't think that's how it should be in films.

Mila Kunis

LifeWomenMeThinkNeedReal

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