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Rock and rollers can get you the youth buzz, and younger people are fanatical readers.


James Ellroy

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KAGE BAKER Enjoy your youth.
You'll never be younger than
you are at this very moment.
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LINDA HILL Energy is so important. If you don't have it, don't bother with rock and roll.
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Keep dreaming and reach out to your dreams.
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GEORGE BURNS I'm the greatest rock and roll drummer on the planet and you suck.
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IAN RANKIN We have tears in our eyes
As we wave our goodbyes,
We so loved being with you, we three. ROALD DAHL It's important, that spirit of youth, and when you're 16 that can get you kickstarted.
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MANUEL PUIG I'm not so rock and roll. I'm more techno.
RAF SIMONS Rock and roll is here to stay.
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GERMAN PROVERB It was as if they wanted to take their older bodies and put their younger hearts inside.
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DENISE WALTER MCCONDUIT En el universo de la imaginación
nada es imposible.
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ANDY ANDERSON It was always my belief that rock and roll belonged in the hands of the people, not rock stars.
PATTI SMITH Children's authors don't talk down or patronise their younger readers.
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JOE ROBERTS People really liked it and couldn't get to see it because the tickets sold out. There was quite a bi...
DAVID KNEUSS Classic rock, psychedelic rock - I like to dig up old music and see what I can get influenced by.
DIPLO You are a sad, sad little man and you have my pity.
— Buzz Lightyear
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RONNIE HAWKINS You can still benefit if you're older, but you'll get the maximum benefit if you're younger.
CARL COTMAN If it's illegal to rock and roll, throw my ass in jail!
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JAMES THURBER Some American writers who have known each other for years have never met in the daytime or when both...
JAMES THURBER When all things are equal, translucence in writing is more effective than transparency, just as glow...
JAMES THURBER I am against bigness and greatness in all their forms, and with the invisible molecular moral forces...
WILLIAM JAMES The most violent revolutions in an individuals beliefs leave most of his old order standing. Time an...
WILLIAM JAMES On the cold cheek of Death smiles and roses are blending, And beauty immortal awakes from the tomb...
JAMES BEATTIE Be ignorance thy choice, where knowledge leads to woe.
JAMES BEATTIE Besides great climates and lovely beaches, California and Greece share a fondness for dysfunctional ...
JAMES SUROWIECKI