Padgett Powell Quotes

If you're going to write a book that might, in its very best accidental career, sell 30,000 copies, you've got to have a day job.

Padgett Powell

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The teachings of the New Testament are the most valuable guide to the best way to a civil and sustainable society the world has seen.

Andrew Forrest

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Please don't retouch my wrinkles. It took me so long to earn them.

Anna Magnani

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I am quite no-nonsense myself.

Sriti Jha

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I book myself tight. If I have any time off, I get antsy.

Skrillex

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Even from the very beginning, I didn't put any money in the stock market.

Trey Parker

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I wish I had a nickel for every song that I've left in the bathroom, written down on a matchbox, or just totally forgotten about.

Tommy Shaw

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Obviously, the United States military can destroy any of Iran's nuclear infrastructure.

Tom Cotton

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This music business can suck all the love out of you, all the compassion for people - you can start to think you're better than them. But I want to continue to let people know that I'm no better and no worse, I'm just like you.

Mary J. Blige

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This commitment to truth is something one senses more and more Americans yearning for, just as they are becoming more and more sophisticated at knowing when the truth is being obscured - an irony that seems to elude most of today's elected officials.

Michael Musto

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There are so many kids in this world, and in this country, that need homes. And so we're perfectly content to look into adoption one day, if for some reason we aren't able to have a biological child.

Lisa Ling

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Also, because people like to multitask, in a way if you've got a bit of music on in the background and the lyrical content is making you want to listen to it, then that would probably put you off the texting you wanted to do. I think people like things that just make that right kind of noise, but leave your brain free to do something else.

Jarvis Cocker

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Losing control of your pick on stage sucks, so I scratch some deep X's into both sides of my pick with something sharp, like a dart.

Dimebag Darrell

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