Earl Campbell Quotes

After watching films of Jim Brown, I noticed that he never ran out of bounds. He always ran North and South and that's what I turned my style into. I was a North and South runner.

Earl Campbell

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StyleNeverWatchingAlwaysOutHe

As an idea occurs to me, I'll either follow it or not, but I'm more instinctive than master-planner about stuff.

John Darnielle

MeMoreFollowIdeaStuffEither

Even though I have often recorded alone, I still feel the best music is made by musicians playing off each other.

John Fogerty

MusicAloneBestFeelMusiciansOff

I write easily, let's put it that way. And in a novel particularly, the characters take over. And they tell me what to say and they tell me what they're doing. And I'm a third of the way into a novel and then I just let the characters finish it for me.

Andrew Greeley

MeDoingSayWayWriteFinish

People look at me and go, 'You must have it made. You have girls. You have a great life.' It's not true. I mean you pull the curtain away, and you see I'm just as insecure and neurotic and scared and vulnerable as anybody, you know.

John Stamos

LifeGreatPeopleMeYouLook

My best friends are my children. We can have fun wherever we are together. They are my fashion icon.

Sridevi

ChildrenBestTogetherFunFashion

I believe in practicing prudence at least once every two or three years.

Molly Ivins

BelieveThreeI BelieveTwoYears

Independent filmmaking burns off a lot of storytelling fat.

Jay Duplass

FatFilmmakingStorytellingOffLot

When I was at school, you had to choose; there was a lot of pressure to assimilate. You were an Aussie, or you were one of 'the wogs' - which was everybody else. But I didn't want to be in either group, so I felt like an odd one out.

Jonathan LaPaglia

SchoolPressureYouChooseGroup

Sometimes it is easier to play someone who is far away from you.

Dougray Scott

SomeoneYouPlayFar AwaySometimes

Voting shouldn't be a challenge. It should be as easy and accessible as possible. We shouldn't require forms of ID that folks don't have. We shouldn't restrict days or hours that allow working people a chance to both do their job and exercise their democratic right, and we damn well shouldn't be throwing up new obstacles midstream.

Donna Brazile

ChallengeJobPeopleObstaclesEasy

I find it an easy way into writing pieces is to think what the character's voice is like, and start from there.

Armando Iannucci

CharacterWritingStartVoiceThink

Memory is this one attempt to not be erased by time. And I think that ties back to what I learned watching my grandmother lose her memories is, you know, we are all facing erasure eventually.

Anthony Doerr

MemoriesTimeMemoryThinkYouLose

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