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Dashiell Hammett Quotes

People always say things like, Oh, well, he was suffering so much that he was better off dying. But that's not true. You're always better off living.

Dashiell Hammett

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: author
Nationality: american
Birth: May 27, 1894 - January 10, 1961

Topics

People Suffering Better You Living

There are so many low points with stand-up. You are perpetually humiliated, so it doesn't really matter anymore. I don't have any dignity left to lose. An audience can't hurt you anymore when you've been completely dismantled.

Hurt You Lose Dignity Matter Low

I'm so tired of the privacy advocates.

It is a player's league until you lose.

You Lose Player League Until

I always wished I had a chance to meet an NFL player or even a college player when I was growing up in Los Angeles.

College Growing Up Chance Meet Up

I mean, yeah, I'm sure that Python and the other things have paved the way for a greater understanding of the British sense of humor, but I don't think it's all that different than the American sense of humor.

Humor Think American Understanding

I don't put myself on Jeff Beck's level, but I can relate to him when he says he'd rather be working on his car collection than playing the guitar.

Ritchie Blackmore

Car Myself Guitar I Can Him Playing

I don't like lifts and will walk up 20 flights of stairs if I have to. Crowded rooms make me uncomfortable, too, although I can sing to a stadium full of thousands of people no bother.

Walk People Me Uncomfortable Stairs

Any time you do physical stuff, violence, it is controlled. It's a little bit like you block the move.

Time Violence You Little Move Stuff

It was always intriguing that flies had two peaks of activity, in the morning and evening, with a siesta during the day and not very much activity at night. There are several ways to explain that, but one possibility was that there were two clocks running - one governing the morning peak and one governing the evening peak.

Michael Rosbash

Morning Day Night Evening Explain

My second grade teacher told me I would never graduate high school. That I was going to be a juvenile delinquent.

Teacher School Me High School Never

It's hard to know where your thoughts come from, especially when you have a thirst for material because you need it professionally.

Thoughts You Know Need Hard Where

I can live for my music, but I don't need to be recognized everywhere.

Live Music I Can Need Recognized

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