Larry Kramer Quotes

I forgot that San Francisco is not an angry city like New York. Gays have gotten what they wanted there over the years, unlike New York, where we had to fight for everything.

Larry Kramer

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FightAngryNew YorkCityNewOver

For me, the moral difficulties lie in the continual pressure brought to bear on my friends and immediate family, pressure which is not directed against me personally but which at the same time is all around me.

Andrei Sakharov

FamilyTimeLieMePressureFriends

I don't release records to be anything but enjoyable.

John Lydon

AnythingReleaseRecordsEnjoyable

When you feel like this isn't your business, get out of the business.

Andy Lau

BusinessFeelYouOutGetYour

I carry groceries home on the tank of my motorcycle.

Stephan Jenkins

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In the music business, to survive for so long, you have to be able to cut off from your emotions sometimes. And being a father, you're faced with that situation. I know that my father was, with me. I understand why he had to be distant, because to rip yourself away, time after time, is almost more devastating.

Rufus Wainwright

FatherBusinessMusicTimeYourself

I'm a mother myself, and sometimes mothers get a bad rap just because they've tried to do their job. Some people have more of a knack for it than others do, but almost all of it falls to, 'My mother's suffocating me.' Whatever.

Annie Potts

MotherMyselfJobPeopleMeBad

I owe my family first, but I also have others around me that I have to perform for.

Tyron Woodley

FamilyMeOthersFirstOweAround

When you are 'world building,' people will oftentimes judge how well you built your world. They want to know: Is the culture believable? Does it feel like it has a history? I try very hard to pay attention to details.

Marie Rutkoski

HistoryCulturePeopleWorldJudge

My dad wanted to be a musician, so when I started playing guitar, he was like, 'Go for it.' That is what I did for ages; I was in bands. And then I went to university and got into comedy somehow.

Julian Barratt

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My father also happened to be an intellectual, as learned, literate, informed, and curious as anyone I have known. Unobtrusively and casually, he was my wise and gentle teacher.

James Tobin

FatherTeacherCuriousWiseGentle

It is so often true that whether a person carries with him an atmosphere of gloom and depression or one of confidence and courage depends on his individual outlook.

James Keller

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It's easy listening to a record, but a live performance is so personal and real.

Gin Wigmore

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