Carlisle Floyd Quotes

The artist is something of an outsider in America. I have always felt that America does not value its artists, certainly not in the sense that the Europeans do.

Carlisle Floyd

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ValueAmericaArtistAlwaysOutsider

Evolution is a process of constant branching and expansion.

Stephen Jay Gould

ProcessEvolutionExpansionConstant

My love of Green Day is on so many levels. It's their genius for songwriting, the fact that they write about very important subjects, both personal and political, and they're just a timeless band.

Tom Kitt

LoveDayGreenPoliticalGenius

I've always considered myself a folk singer, even though we strapped on Rickenbacker guitars and played pretty loud.

Roger McGuinn

MyselfAlwaysSingerPrettyLoud

Today on the NATO line, our military forces face east to prevent a possible invasion. On the other side of the line, the Soviet forces also face east to prevent their people from leaving.

Ronald Reagan

TodayPeopleFaceLeavingPossible

For years, I've felt an obligation to harvest an animal, since all my life I've so mindlessly consumed them. But that was from the safety of my desk.

Rosecrans Baldwin

LifeAnimalSafetyMy LifeHarvest

Across the nation, the election protection movement attracts ordinary citizens who educate their neighbors about their voting systems and the private companies that built and run them.

Mimi Kennedy

VotingElectionRunNationMovement

What I've found is that humans do laugh at the same things everywhere.

Jay Chandrasekhar

LaughSameThingsFoundEverywhere

To get a script like 'Death Proof' and to get cast in it just affirmed that I want to do character work; that's where my heart is. Maybe I will get to it again, maybe I won't, but it's what I like to do is play something a little outside of myself. This solidified the desire certainly for me.

Jordan Ladd

WorkCharacterHeartMyselfDeath

It is better to destroy one's own errors than those of others.

Democritus

BetterOthersOwnDestroyErrors

When women told me they'd always wished they had a sister, they were thinking of this ideal of mutual encouragement and support. Many of those who have sisters also yearn for this ideal because their relationships with their sisters don't always live up to it.

Deborah Tannen

WomenLiveSupportMeSisterAlways

Although it's painful at the time, most of the things that people have said about us negatively - some of them are true and you can work on them, and the ones that you don't agree with, you don't work on.

Chris Martin

WorkTimePeopleYouSaidTrue

In 'Changeling,' I tried to show something you'd never see nowadays - a kid sitting and looking at the radio. Just sitting in front of the radio and listening. Your mind does the rest.

Clint Eastwood

MindListeningLookingRestYouSee

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