I kinda see everyone as competition.
Speak boldly and speak truly, shame the devil.
Deeds, not words shall speak me.
We must not be content to be cleansed from sin; we must be filled with the Spirit.
Our acts our angels are, for good or ill, our fatal shadows that walk by us still.
The greatest attribute of heaven is mercy; And 'tis the crown of justice, and the glory
Corruption is a tree, whose branches are Of an immeasurable length: they spread Ev'rywhere; and the dew that drops from thence Hath infected some chairs and stools of authority.
There were bars that began to have acoustic musicians play, it was 1970: Joni Mitchell, Jackson Browne, America, The Eagles, all that kind of stuff was popular. It was very easy for me to just kind of move in and be noticed.
You don't have to be a genius when you're surrounded by morons.
The interesting thing about 'True Blood' is that its appeal is not contained to teenage girls. I get stopped in the street and questioned by 70-year-old men whose wives and daughters are making Bloody Marys and throwing 'True Blood' parties.
Intellectual curiosity about one's own illness is certainly born of a desire for mastery. If I couldn't cure myself, perhaps I could at least begin to understand myself.