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Walter Becker Quotes

The protagonist in 'Deacon Blues' is a triple-L loser - an L-L-L Loser. It's not so much about a guy who achieves his dream but about a broken dream of a broken man living a broken life.

Walter Becker

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: musician
Nationality: american
Birth: February 20, 1950 - September 3, 2017

Topics

Life Man Broken Loser Dream Living

From 'The Sandman' and 'Black Orchid' to 'Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader?,' Neil Gaiman has provided some of the most memorable stories of the comic book industry.

Jim Lee

Book Black Memorable Whatever Most

I've never been to film school. I had to leave this country to make a film. All they would let me do in Hollywood was be a messenger.

Melvin Van Peebles

School Me Country Hollywood Never

Planned obsolescence is not really a new concept. God used it with people.

Robert Orben

God People New Planned Used Concept

My music is - there's no litmus test, there's no political litmus test for listening to it - but I am never going to compromise one iota to satisfy with someone who's uncomfortable with the ideas I feel in my heart.

Tom Morello

Music Heart I Am Ideas Listening

I'm not Blockbuster Boy.

Johnny Depp

Boy Blockbuster

I sometimes think that, since I started writing biographies, I've had more of a life in books than I have had in my real life.

Claire Tomalin

Life Writing Think Sometimes More

I love to invent - avoiding the truth. I need to dramatize.

Sylvia Kristel

Love Truth Need Avoiding Invent

The Church of Christ is constituted in two orders, the clergy and the people, the one having the care of the Church that all may be ruled for the salvation of souls; the other contains kings, princes, and nobles who have to carry on secular government that all things may lead to the peace and unity of the Church.

Thomas Becket

Peace Government People Unity Church

Working as a teaboy may have helped my confidence, but not everyone else was so pleased. I could never remember who had milk or how many sugars, and I had an unusual talent for spilling tea on the recording console.

Rick Astley

Confidence Talent Tea Remember Milk

New Zealand obviously is fully integrated into the global economy.

Richard Quest

New Economy Zealand New Zealand

I've always said that racing in New York is performing on the big stage.

Ryan Hall

New York Racing New Said Stage Big

Because we have a society that by and large is illiterate in these areas - science, math and engineering - what we do is a mystery to them, and they find it scary. And because of that, it creates easy opportunities for opponents of development, activist organizations, to manufacture fear.

Rex Tillerson

Fear Science Society Opportunities