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Raymond Chandler Quotes

I think a man ought to get drunk at least twice a year just on principle, so he won't let himself get snotty about it.

Raymond Chandler

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: writer
Nationality: american
Birth: July 23, 1888 - March 26, 1959

Topics

Man Think Year Drunk Twice Get

If you feel well and happy, your face will reflect this, but if you are down in the dumps and having a miserable time, your face will soon show this, too. In fact, you get the face you deserve by the time you're forty, and one of the keys to looking and feeling younger is being active.

Time Happy Looking Face Feel You

Yes, I think it's really important to acknowledge that Dr. King, precisely at the moment of his assassination, was re-conceptualizing the civil rights movement and moving toward a sort of coalitional relationship with the trade union movement.

Relationship Moment King Moving Yes

Turks have long admired the sultan, Mehmet II, for his military triumphs, especially his capture of Constantinople, now known as Istanbul, in 1453.

Long Now Capture Military Istanbul

The scariest part to any story is the sliver of truth you hide in the horror. Sometimes its not about the axe wielding murder, but the fact that he's lurking somewhere in your basement. Sure, you keep telling yourself that you'll replace the burnt out light every week.

Truth Light Yourself Story Week You

I didn't want to commit to a TV show.

Want Show Commit TV Show TV

I did what I did. I went against the grain. And I understand that I would be criticized. Those were all choices.

Choices Understand Against Grain Did

Sometimes, growing up, I tried to be very Latina; I would change my voice... experiment with my hair a lot, trying to figure out who I was in a primarily white school.

Change School Growing Up Hair Voice

If someone leaves me a bad review, I briefly fantasize about pushing them down a well.

Me Someone Bad Down Review Well

I want to thank my mom, Brenda Rose. My heart, the reason I play the way I play, just everything. Just knowing the days I don't feel right, going to practice, having a hard time, I think about her when she had to wake me up, go to work and make sure I was all right. Those were hard days.

Work Heart Time Practice Rose Mom

I've met so many remarkable people so far, coming up through stand-up all these years, who just aren't alive anymore. Because they are dead. Some really great people who helped change my life and career, people like Richard Pryor, Sam Kinison, Rodney Dangerfield, Johnny Carson.

Life Change Great People My Life Up

Certainly in the modern age where everything is glossed over, when somebody speaks their mind, the majority of the public go, I'd love to have said that.

Love Age Mind Go Said Everything

Harmonious relations with a superpower like America should be a priority, but it does not mean that one should start begging from it.

Start America Mean Like Superpower

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