Brandon Stanton on moving
Brandon Stanton177 quotes“Just work. Don’t wait. Everybody’s waiting until they have the perfect idea to start working. Even if you have an inkling of what you want to do, start moving towards it. And it’s going to flesh itself out through the process of moving towards the goal.”
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Writing, acting, music, comedy. A deep love of literature and books. Thank God for all the artists who’ve helped me.
Bill HicksBill Hicks I don’t like anything in the mainstream and they don’t like me.
Bill HicksBill Hicks Is it impossible to imagine Americans sneaking into Mexico en masse, seeking regular employment and a better way of life?
Bill HicksBill Hicks I don’t do drugs anymore… than, say, the average touring funk band.
Bill HicksBill Hicks Rock stars hawking Diet Cokes–are demons set loose on the Earth to lower the standards for the perfect & holy children of God!
Bill HicksBill Hicks Sixteen years I’ve pounded my head against the mentality of America, which…I’d say it’s about an 8th grade emotional level.
Bill HicksBill Hicks I was in Australia….Lotta leg room down under. Apartments: dollar a month. 2000-acre den….think of the parties.
Bill HicksBill Hicks They proved that if you quit smoking, it will prolong your life. What they haven’t proved is that a prolonged life is a good thing. I haven’t seen the stats on that yet.
Bill HicksBill Hicks I’m totally confused about what I’m going to do with my life.
Bill HicksBill Hicks I’ve been on what I call my UFO Tour, which means, like UFOs, I too have been appearing in small southern towns in front of a handful of hillbillies lately.
Bill HicksBill Hicks I don’t care if you’re obscene, filthy, horrendous — as long as you’re honest.
Bill HicksBill Hicks Sometimes my dad even gets on this kick–‘You hate this country’….I have to tell him…I just hate being lied to.
Bill HicksBill Hicks To me pornography is…spending all your money and not educating the people in America, but spending it instead on weapons.
Bill HicksBill Hicks Isn’t that weird, we’ve made nature against the law. That’s how un-natural we’ve become.
Bill HicksBill Hicks I had a great time doing drugs. Sorry. Never murdered anyone, never robbed anyone, never raped anyone, never beat anyone, never lost a job, a car, a house, a wife or kids, laughed my ass off, and went about my day.
Bill HicksBill Hicks There is a 3rd point of view on the gun control issue – those who I refer to as THE VICTIMS – but they remain strangely silent.
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More on moving
If you can reincarnate, what do you wanna be in your next life? I think I want to become a rock.
Ah KenAh Ken Look at life all around; everything is growing, everything is moving forward. Therefore I recommend keeping in touch with life and with art.
Agrippina VaganovaAgrippina Vaganova Powers that be can’t stay in control if you have everybody in love and in tune with each other and with the planet, and in tune with the electrons and the dark matter that’s moving at the speed of light.
Afrika BambaataaAfrika Bambaataa Everyone has a different route to success, recognition, and peace. Don’t be afraid to move instinctually.
Aeriel MirandaAeriel Miranda Everyone moves for reason. You need a reason to leave everything behind.
Agathe SnowAgathe Snow I believe that words can help us move or keep us paralyzed, and that our choices of language and verbal tone have something – a great deal – to do with how we live our lives.
Adrienne RichAdrienne Rich It is the thirtieth of May, the thirtieth of November, a beginning or an end, we are moving into the solstice and there is so much here I still do not understand.
Adrienne RichAdrienne Rich I was born and raised in Dallas, Texas and seasonally lived in New Orleans and Boston.
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