"If I'm reviewing a record, man, I play that record to death, which is ironic in a way because if I review a concert I feel very confident in myself, certainly at this point, and have for most of my career. You're only hearing it once and then you go to your typewriter and you write the review."

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Source : Source: bigthink.com

Gary Giddins

#Writing Quotes #Men Quotes #Ironic Quotes

“An offended heart is the breeding ground of deception.”
“I really appreciate the sport background because the structure and the discipline that that gives a person is incredible, and it just carries with you wherever you go.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“Credibility is someone else's idea of what I should be doing.”

Source : Interview with Steven Hyden, www.avclub.com. November 9, 2006.
“Well, I've thought about donating, but they get so many damn donations already. I read about one foundation that raised over 100 million dollars. Well where the hell did that go? For all I know every starving child has a 2 story house by now. Or maybe they're all raging alcoholics, like homeless people. Homeless people who are more effective when it comes to raising money. Who wants to support alcoholic children? Not me.”
“I would just as soon listen to a gangster lecture on honesty as watch Hollywood portray the Bible.”
“Can ye fathom the ocean, dark and deep, where the mighty waves and the grandeur sweep?”
“Every heart desires a mate.”

Source : Marie Carmichael Stopes (2015). “Married Love: A New Contribution to the Solution of Sex Difficulties”, p.11, the Pelican Press, London.
“I have no skills with machines. I fear them, and because I cannot help attributing human qualities to them, I suspect that they hate me and will kill me if they can.”

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