Marc Ribot Quotes

I claimed identity as Jewish musicians for political reasons, because most of us were touring in Germany and, at this time, twelve years ago, there was a strong resurgence of Nazism in the places we were touring and part of that was on the music scene.

Marc Ribot

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You must be willing to risk everything to really express it all.

John Cassavetes

YouRiskEverythingMustWilling

I don't know that I'll ever be the guy who needs to go to a tournament to be seen and to spectate. I feel like I can accomplish spectating from home.

Andy Roddick

HomeFeelAccomplishI CanGoKnow

I've always wanted to work in entertainment. My family moved to Orlando when I was 15 so I could make it.

Amanda Latona

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They had always told me that I wrote like a man.

Ama Ata Aidoo

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One of my great joys in life is being a pilot. There is a great sense of freedom in soaring through the sky. You get a different perspective up there. Seeing things that aren't so apparent from the ground.

Sonny Perdue

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I have two pairs of reading glasses. One pair is for reading fiction, the other for non-fiction. I've read the Bible twice wearing each pair, and it's the same.

Steven Wright

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I'm a huge Kentucky fan. So when there was a chance to do the John Wall dance, I went into character.

Josh Hopkins

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I'm so sick of people shaming women for being sensitive or vulnerable. It's so bizarre to me... I do have those qualities, and I just don't think there's anything wrong with them.

Winona Ryder

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I love working at NASA, but the part that has been the most satisfying on a day-to-day basis, hour-to-hour, minute-to-minute, has been working on board the space station. Even if I'm just cleaning the vents in the fans, it all is important.

Peggy Whitson

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Screenwriting is like ironing. You move forward a little bit and go back and smooth things out.

Paul Thomas Anderson

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I'm interested in why people talk like they do. Like Boston Irish. It's so laid back. Why is that?

Sean Bean

PeopleBackWhyTalkIrishBoston

Reparations - not just aid - should be provided by those responsible for devastating Iraqi civilian society by cruel sanctions and military actions, and - together with other criminal states - for supporting Saddam Hussein through his worst atrocities and beyond. That is the minimum that honesty requires.

Noam Chomsky

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